Marshall vs. UTEP: Full Game Preview
By on January 13, 2013
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Marshall
(8-8, 0-5 away)
UTEP
(7-6, 6-2 home)
Venue: Don Haskins Center
9:00PM ET / 6:00PM PT, January 12, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | E Pittman 14.5 | D Tinnon 9.0 | D Kane 7.6 |
| UTEP | K Tucker 13.4 | J Bohannon 6.3 | J Streeter 5.1 |
In their last match-up, Konner Tucker finished with 14 points in the Miners 66-57 victory over Tulane on January 9th. He leads the team with 13.4 points per game. For the Thundering Herd, DeAndre Kane finished with 16 points and 7 assists in the 79-61 blowout of Tulsa on January 9th. With 7.6 assists per game and 1.8 steals per game, he has team-best marks in both categories. Marshall will hope to exploit their strengths, which include: free throw rate at 45.7 and offensive rebounding percentage at 39.7.
Marshall StatSmack
- Texas-El Paso players are more experienced than Marshall players (10,497 minutes played vs 8,843 minutes played).
- We just win. Texas-El Paso has more wins over the last 5 years than Marshall (114 vs 105).
- Even computers respect Texas-El Paso more. We have a better RPI this season than Marshall (RPI: #85 vs #264).
- Keep filling up on cupcakes. Texas-El Paso has a stronger schedule than Marshall this season (SOS Rank: #15 vs #255).
- Texas-El Paso takes less vacation, with more NCAA Tournament appearances over the last 10 years than Marshall (3 vs 0).
- Jacques Streeter is ranked 5th in C-USA in assists.
- Texas-El Paso has a much better overall winning percentage over the last 10 years (0.645 to 0.500).
- At least you keep showing up. Texas-El Paso has an average margin of victory of 8 over Marshall in 7 wins since 2005.
- You'll do better on next semester's exams, right? Texas-El Paso currently has a higher Academic Progress Rate (915 to 910) than Marshall, per the NCAA.
- Texas-El Paso allows fewer rebounds (33.4 allowed per game vs 36.8 allowed per game) than Marshall this season.
- The Texas-El Paso blocks leader (John Bohannon) has more blocks than the Marshall blocks leader (Nigel Spikes).
| MARSH Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C+ | DeAndre Kane | 36 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| C | Elijah Pittman | 31 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | Dennis Tinnon | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | D.D. Scarver | 27 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | Nigel Spikes | 25 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Jamir Hanner | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Robert Goff | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D | Chris Martin | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D- | Tamron Manning | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Kelvin Amayo | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | J.P. Kambola | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | DeVince Boykins | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Yous Mbao | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| UTEP Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Konner Tucker | 33 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B- | Julian Washburn | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B- | John Bohannon | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| B- | J. Streeter | 35 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | McKenzie Moore | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | Cedrick Lang | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Chris Washburn | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | Jalen Ragland | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Twymond Howard | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | C.J. Cooper | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Malcolm Moore | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Hooper Vint | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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