Middle Tennessee (8-18, 5-8) vs. Marshall (13-13, 6-7)
Henderson Center, Huntington, West Virginia; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Middle Tennessee looks to extend Marshall's conference losing streak to five games. Marshall's last CUSA win came against the UTEP Miners 91-86 on Jan. 31. Middle Tennessee came up short in a 71-63 game at Western Kentucky in its last outing.
SENIOR STUDS: Marshall's Jon Elmore, C.J. Burks and Rondale Watson have collectively accounted for 57 percent of the team's scoring this season, including 65 percent of all Thundering Herd points over the last five games.
FACILITATING THE OFFENSE: Elmore has either made or assisted on 44 percent of all Marshall field goals over the last five games. Elmore has accounted for 35 field goals and 23 assists in those games.
WINLESS WHEN: The Thundering Herd are 0-8 when they score 69 points or fewer and 13-5 when they exceed 69 points. The Blue Raiders are 0-15 when they fail to score more than 70 points and 8-3 on the season, otherwise.
ASSIST RATIOS: The Herd have recently created baskets via assists more often than the Blue Raiders. Marshall has an assist on 33 of 60 field goals (55 percent) across its previous three outings while Middle Tennessee has assists on 33 of 68 field goals (48.5 percent) during its past three games.
DID YOU KNOW: Marshall is ranked sixth in all of Division I with an average of 76.7 possessions per game. The fast-paced Thundering Herd have raised that total to 78.4 possessions per game over their last five games.
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