Herd tops Terriers
Published 12:04 pm Sunday, December 7, 2008
BOSTON (AP) — Damier Pitts scored five of his career-high 20 points from the foul line in the final 41 seconds Saturday, helping Marshall beat Boston University, 84-80.
Shaquille Johnson and Tyler Wilkerson added 15 points apiece as the Thundering Herd placed five players in double figures and won by going 12-for-14 from the foul line over the 1:41.
Chris Lutz had 12 points and Markel Humphrey 11 points and six rebounds for Marshall (3-4), which didn’t have a field goal over the final 2:18 but was 25-for-30 from the line in the second half.
BU (4-3) lost for the seventh straight time in the regular season at Agganis Arena, its second home.
Corey Lowe scored career-high 36 points for BU. John Holland added 14 points and Tyler Morris 13 for the Terriers.
The game featured 10 ties and 12 lead changes.
Marshall held the largest lead of the game at eight points with 4:10 leftin the first half.
MARSHALL (3-4) 84
Terrell Baines 4-10 0-0 8, Markel Humphrey 3-7 5-5 11, Tyler Wilkerson 6-10 3-5 15, Damier Pitts 4-7 9-11 20, Shaquille Johnson 5-7 4-4 15, Chris Lutz 3-5 3-4 12, Octavius Spann 0-0 0-0 0, Darryl Merthie 0-2 0-0 0, Dago Pena 0-1 3-3 3, Marcus Goode 0-1 0-0 0, Adam Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 25-50 27-32 84. 3-point goals: 7-12 (Pitts 3-4, Johnson 1-2, Lutz 3-4, Pena 0-1, Merthie 0-1). Rebounds: 30 (Humphrey 6, Baines 5, Johnson 5). Assists: 11 (Pitts 3). Steals: 2 (Pena, Humphrey). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: None.
BOSTON (4-3) 80
Jake O’Brien 3-7 0-2 7, John Holland 4-13 4-4 14, Matt Wolff 0-3 0-0 0, Corey Lowe 11-19 7-9 36, Tyler Morris 3-4 4-5 13, Carlos Strong 3-8 0-0 7, Scott Brittain 1-3 1-2 3, Jeff Pelage 0-0 0-0 0, Valdas Sirutis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 25-57 16-22 80. 3-point goals: 14-28 (Lowe 7-10, Morris 3-4, Holland 2-6, O’Brien 1-4, Strong 1-3, Wolff 0-1). Rebounds: 33 (O’Brien 7, Strong 7). Assists: 13 (Morris 5). Steals: 5 (Holland 2). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 25. Fouled out: Morris.
Marshall 31 53 = 84
Boston 30 50 = 80
Attendance: 1,390