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Ohio (4-1, 3-1 D1) at Marshall (3-0) – 2:00 PM EST (FloHoops)
Break out your abacus for today’s game as the Ohio Bobcats travel down the Ohio River to take on their old conference friends from Marshall today. Despite a cancelled game against Coppin State and a postponed game against Akron, the Thundering Herd is off to an impressive 3-0 start. Their best win was on the road against Horizon League favorite Wright State – the Herd won 80-64. Taevion Kinsey has averaged just over 20 points a game so far for Marshall.
OU has had two memorable games thus far in the season – the first being a narrow 77-75 loss to Illinois in which the Bobcats hit a jumper to pull ahead with 7 seconds left, but the Illini’s Ayo Dosunmu hit a pair of free throws to put the Illini ahead for good in that game. To say that Ohio was angry that one got away would have been a severe understatement – they took a 1st-half lead against Cleveland State in the next game and blew the game wide open with an NCAA D1-record 40-0 run en route to a 101-46 win. Jason Preston is averaging 21 points a game and 8.3 assists a game thus far for the Bobcats.