IMAGE GALLERY: MU Women Triumph Over Rice

For Marshall it was a team effort with every player seeing some playing time.   For Marshall's Alaya Mitchell it was her best game to date  as a Herd player.   She led her team with 16 points scoring 6-11 from field goals and was a perfect 4-4 at the foul line.   She also had 3 defensive rebounds.

 In the Conference USA race Marshall was ninth and Rice was in fourth place.  Another challenge comes this Sunday (Feb. 5)  at 1 PM when third place UAB comes to town. UTEP is in first place in Conference USA with an  8-0 mark and 19-2 overall.  Memphis is in second place with an 8-1 Conference USA mark and 16-4 overall. With the Rice win Marshall is 4-4 in Conference USA and 13-8 overall.  Rice is 5-4 in Conference USA and 11-11 overall.