Presbyterian at Marshall 3/26/19 - NCAAB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/21/2019 at 11:12 AM ET

On Tuesday, the Presbyterian Blue Hose visit Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia to play the Marshall Thundering Herd in a CIT quarterfinals showdown. The Blue Hose defeated the Robert Morris Colonials on Sunday 77-70 in the second round. Francois Lewis and Adam Flagler each scored 19 points to lead the Blue Hose.

Marshall reached the quarterfinals after defeating the IUPUI Jaguars 78-73 on Tuesday. C.J. Burks led the Thundering Herd with 26 points, while Jon Elmore scored 22. Taevion Kinsery chipped in with 16 for Marshall. The Thundering Herd will have had a full week layoff when they play on Tuesday.
Adam Flagler leads the Blue Hose in scoring with an average of 15.8 points per game. Cory Hightower is the team leader in rebounds with 6.2 and Davon Bell leads the team in assists with an average of 6.4 per game. Presbyterian is shooting 45.0% from the field and 38.8% from 3-point territory.

Jon Elmore leads the Thundering Herd in scoring and assists with averages of 20.2 points and 5.1 assists per game. C.J. Burks is second in scoring averaging 17.3 points per game. Jannson Williams leads Marshall in rebounds with an average of 4.9 per game. Marshall is shooting 44.1% from the field and 34.8% from 3-point territory.

Marshall has covered 5 of the last 7 overall, 4 of the last 5 versus an opponent with a winning record straight up and 5 of the last 6 following a win straight up, but Presbyterian has covered 13 of the last 16 non-Big South games and 14 of the last 20 on the road. The Blue Hose have come up big on the road. Final Score Prediction, Marshall Thundering Herd win, but fall short ATS 67-65.

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