IMAGE GALLERY: Marshall Topples Houston

Friday, February 24, 2012 - 03:01 by Chris Spencer, HNN Photographer
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) -  Marshall came from a eight point deficit at the intermission to beat Houston 66-58 at Cam Henderson Center on Wednesday night before an attendance of 6,023. Houston at the upper hand in the first period taking a 31-23 lead.   It seemed like Marshall had the opportunities, but the shots were not going in.

Afterwords, in the words of   Marshall Coach Tom Herrion the Herd came out after intermission like a different team.  
Marshall came out and scored  38 points holding Houston  to nine points in a span of about fifteen minutes to take a  twenty-one point lead of 61-40 lead with 5:05 left in the game.    From there Marshall went on for the 66-58 win. 
Herrion said, "I counseled them aggressively.  I will not comment on what I said because my son might be listening." Marshall is now 17-10 overall and 8-5 in Conference USA.  Houston is 12-14 overall and 4-9 in Conference USA.
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