HUNTINGTON ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Call it a bring-a-bear workshop.
Marshall UniversityÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s womenÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s basketball team (4-6) takes on Davis & Elkins (1-9) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cam Henderson Center. The contest is the last non-Sun Belt Conference regular-season game of 2024-2025 for the Thundering Herd.
Anyone who brings a teddy bear to toss onto the court at the designated time will receive free admission. The toys will be donated to children for Christmas.
Marshall leads the all-time series 4-0. The Herd enters the game fifth in the nation in 3-point shots made at 10.6 per game. MU has made 10 or more treys in five consecutive games.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œWe started working on Davis & Elkins on our trip back from Cincinnati Wednesday,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Herd coach Juli Fulks said.
The Senators, of NCAA Division IIÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Mountain East Conference, lost their first nine games before beating Point Park 65-51 Saturday. They score 55.9 points a game and give up 76.1.
Jahniya Marion, a 5-foot-6 freshman guard from Centerville, Virginia, leads Davis & Elkins in scoring at 8.2 points per outing. Josiany Canales, a 5-8 senior guard from Puerto Rico, tops the Senators in rebounding with 5.6 per game.
She scores 7.5 points per game.
Marshall averages 71.3 points and allows 69.6 per game. Senior guard Aislynn Hayes leads the Herd in scoring at 18.1 points a contest. Meredith Maier scores 12.8 and Maddie Kellione adds 11.3.
Maier grabs a team-best 5.4 rebounds. Kellione tops Marshall with 3.4 assists.
The Herd is coming off a 67-64 loss at Cincinnati. Marshall made just 10 of 23 free throws.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œWeÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™re getting closer,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Fulks said of where she wants the Herd to be. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œI think thatÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s the third game, if weÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™d been great at the free throw line, it wouldÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ve pushed us over.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
Marshall begins league play Dec. 29 at home against Texas State.
