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Marable and Coastal Carolina host Marshall

Marshall Thundering Herd (6-14, 1-8 Sun Belt) at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (13-6, 4-5 Sun Belt)

Conway, South Carolina; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Coastal Carolina hosts Marshall after Jayden Marable scored 20 points in Coastal Carolina’s 76-69 loss to the James Madison Dukes.

The Chanticleers have gone 8-1 at home. Coastal Carolina is seventh in the Sun Belt in rebounding with 34.2 rebounds. Alancia Ramsey paces the Chanticleers with 6.5 boards.

The Thundering Herd are 1-8 in Sun Belt play. Marshall averages 15.5 turnovers per game and is 4-5 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

Coastal Carolina averages 8.6 made 3-pointers per game, 3.0 more made shots than the 5.6 per game Marshall allows. Marshall’s 37.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.5 percentage points lower than Coastal Carolina has given up to its opponents (41.2%).

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marable is averaging 9.4 points, 3.9 assists and 1.5 steals for the Chanticleers. Savannah Brooks is averaging 15.2 points over the last 10 games.

Meredith Maier averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Thundering Herd, scoring 9.8 points while shooting 31.1% from beyond the arc. Aislynn Hayes is shooting 38.2% and averaging 14.2 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Chanticleers: 5-5, averaging 74.2 points, 34.7 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 9.4 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 39.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.2 points per game.

Thundering Herd: 2-8, averaging 62.9 points, 28.9 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 8.8 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 34.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.0 points.

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