Sean Woods’ Morehead State Eagles had a huge early season win over Marshall yesterday afternoon.
Here is an excerpt from MSUEagles.com:
The Morehead State men’s basketball team overcame a 21-point deficit against Conference USA opponent Marshall to post a 102-94 overtime win on Sunday afternoon in front of 3,506 fans at Johnson Arena.
After missing 25 free throws during regulation, the Eagles sank all 14 freebies in overtime.
“Everyone on our team who dressed played a part in this win,” Head Coach Sean Woods said. “Give Marshall a lot of credit. They came in and took it to us early, but I am so proud of the resiliency of our team.”
The Eagles improve to 3-1, while Marshall slips to 2-1. The Thundering Herd had won four consecutive games against Morehead State with the last Eagle victory (101-100) coming back on Dec. 17, 2002.
Sophomore Brent Arrington and senior Bakari Turner led the Eagles with 24 points apiece. It marked Turner’s career high. Junior Angelo Warner added 15, and junior Luka Pajkovic scored 13.
Marshall senior Elijah Pittman led all scorers with 31 points. Freshman Kareem Canty totaled 19 points and a game-high nine assists.
Senior Chad Posthumus recorded 15 rebounds and 14 points for his fourth double-double at Morehead State. Junior Kareem Storey handed out a team-best eight assists for the Eagles before fouling out in regulation. MSU finished with a 40-39 rebounding advantage.
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Marshall had a chance to win the game with 1.1 seconds left but Devince Boykins missed both free throws. He air balled the second one.
Here are more highlights:
Here is the boxscore which will show there were 108 free throws.
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