Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs Marshall Thundering Herd

C-USA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL

24-10, 12-6 CUSA

Final

	1	2	T
Marshall MRSH	34	33	67
Western KY WKU	31	35	66

Western Kentucky HilltoppersWestern KYWKU

24-10, 14-4 CUSA

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Jannson Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Lamonte Bearden made Jumper.
Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.
Ajdin Penava made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.
Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
Jannson Williams missed Layup.
Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius Thompson.
Ajdin Penava made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jarrod West.
Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
Dwight Coleby made Layup.
Jarrod West missed Three Point Jumper.
Darius Thompson missed Jumper.
Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
C.J. Burks made Free Throw.
C.J. Burks made Free Throw.
Lamonte Bearden missed Jumper.
C.J. Burks missed Three Point Jumper.
Jarrod West made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.
Dwight Coleby made Jumper. Assisted by Justin Johnson.
Ajdin Penava missed Three Point Jumper.
Darius Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Taveion Hollingsworth.
Jon Elmore missed Layup.
Taveion Hollingsworth missed Three Point Jumper.
C.J. Burks missed Layup.
Taveion Hollingsworth made Free Throw.
Taveion Hollingsworth made Free Throw.
C.J. Burks made Layup.
Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper.
Darius George made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rondale Watson.
Darius Thompson missed Layup.
Moustapha Diagne missed Layup.
Moustapha Diagne missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Darius Thompson made Layup.
Josh Anderson missed Layup.
Justin Johnson missed Layup.
Moustapha Diagne made Layup. Assisted by Darius Thompson.
C.J. Burks missed Jumper.
Darius George made Layup. Assisted by C.J. Burks.
Ajdin Penava made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.
C.J. Burks missed Layup.
Darius George missed Layup.
Jon Elmore made Layup.
Lamonte Bearden missed Layup.
Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.
Darius Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
Dwight Coleby missed Jumper.
Darius Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Justin Johnson.
Darius Thompson missed Free Throw.
Darius Thompson made Free Throw.
Ajdin Penava made Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.
Lamonte Bearden made Layup.
Jannson Williams missed Layup.
Dwight Coleby missed Layup.
Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Rondale Watson missed Layup.
Darius Thompson missed Layup.
Jon Elmore made Free Throw.
Jon Elmore made Free Throw.
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
Josh Anderson missed Layup.
Josh Anderson missed Free Throw.
Josh Anderson made Free Throw.
C.J. Burks missed Three Point Jumper.
Ajdin Penava missed Layup.
Ajdin Penava missed Layup.
Jarrod West missed Three Point Jumper.
Jannson Williams made Two Point Tip Shot.
Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Josh Anderson made Layup.
Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper.
Marek Nelson missed Three Point Jumper.
Ajdin Penava missed Jumper.
Ajdin Penava missed Three Point Jumper.
Darius George missed Layup.
Dwight Coleby missed Jumper.
Jon Elmore missed Jumper.
Taveion Hollingsworth missed Jumper.
Jannson Williams made Free Throw.
Jannson Williams made Free Throw.
Taveion Hollingsworth missed Layup.
Ajdin Penava made Layup. Assisted by Jon Elmore.
Darius Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.
Lamonte Bearden missed Jumper.
Justin Johnson missed Layup.
Lamonte Bearden missed Three Point Jumper.
Lamonte Bearden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taveion Hollingsworth.
Jon Elmore missed Jumper.
Taveion Hollingsworth missed Three Point Jumper.
C.J. Burks missed Layup.
Jannson Williams made Two Point Tip Shot.
Lamonte Bearden missed Jumper.
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
Justin Johnson missed Free Throw.
Ajdin Penava made Jumper.
Dwight Coleby missed Jumper.
C.J. Burks missed Jumper.
Jannson Williams made Dunk. Assisted by Jarrod West.
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by C.J. Burks.
Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lamonte Bearden.
C.J. Burks missed Layup.
Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper.
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
Justin Johnson missed Free Throw.
Jon Elmore made Layup.
Josh Anderson missed Jumper.
Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper.
Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Taveion Hollingsworth missed Jumper.
Jon Elmore missed Layup.
Lamonte Bearden made Jumper. Assisted by Josh Anderson.
Justin Johnson made Jumper.
Jon Elmore missed Jumper.
C.J. Burks missed Layup.
Darius George made Two Point Tip Shot.
C.J. Burks missed Jumper.
Lamonte Bearden made Jumper.
Jarrod West missed Layup.
Josh Anderson made Free Throw.
Josh Anderson made Free Throw.
Jon Elmore missed Jumper.
Darius Thompson made Layup.
C.J. Burks missed Three Point Jumper.
Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper.
Darius Thompson missed Layup.
Ajdin Penava made Free Throw.
Ajdin Penava missed Free Throw.
Josh Anderson missed Jumper.
Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper.
Josh Anderson made Layup. Assisted by Jake Ohmer.
Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.
Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.
Josh Anderson made Layup.
C.J. Burks made Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.
Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
C.J. Burks missed Layup.
Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
Ajdin Penava missed Jumper.
Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper.
Josh Anderson made Dunk. Assisted by Lamonte Bearden.
C.J. Burks missed Three Point Jumper.
Lamonte Bearden made Free Throw.
Lamonte Bearden made Free Throw.
C.J. Burks missed Layup.
Josh Anderson made Free Throw.
Josh Anderson made Free Throw.
Darius Thompson made Jumper.
Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius Thompson.
C.J. Burks missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
Lamonte Bearden missed Jumper.

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		MRSH	WKU
20:00	Jump Ball won by Marshall	0	0
19:41	Jannson Williams missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:41	Taveion Hollingsworth Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:34	Foul on Ajdin Penava.	0	0
19:14	Lamonte Bearden made Jumper.	0	2
19:05	Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
19:05	C.J. Burks Offensive Rebound.	0	2
18:55	Foul on Josh Anderson.	0	2
18:49	Ajdin Penava made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.	3	2
18:25	Justin Johnson missed Jumper.	3	2
18:25	Jon Elmore Defensive Rebound.	3	2
18:03	Jannson Williams missed Layup.	3	2
18:03	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	3	2
17:54	Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	3	2
17:54	Western Kentucky Offensive Rebound.	3	2
17:31	Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius Thompson.	3	5
17:21	Ajdin Penava made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jarrod West.	6	5
16:59	Justin Johnson missed Jumper.	6	5
16:59	Dwight Coleby Offensive Rebound.	6	5
16:53	Dwight Coleby made Layup.	6	7
16:33	Jarrod West missed Three Point Jumper.	6	7
16:33	Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.	6	7
16:21	Darius Thompson missed Jumper.	6	7
16:21	Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.	6	7
16:11	Justin Johnson missed Jumper.	6	7
16:11	Jannson Williams Defensive Rebound.	6	7
16:08	Foul on Lamonte Bearden.	6	7
16:08	C.J. Burks made Free Throw.	7	7
16:08	C.J. Burks made Free Throw.	8	7
15:57	Lamonte Bearden missed Jumper.	8	7
15:57	Jarrod West Defensive Rebound.	8	7
15:46	C.J. Burks missed Three Point Jumper.	8	7
15:46	Ajdin Penava Offensive Rebound.	8	7
15:38	Jarrod West made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.	11	7
15:21	Dwight Coleby made Jumper. Assisted by Justin Johnson.	11	9
15:01	Ajdin Penava missed Three Point Jumper.	11	9
15:01	Taveion Hollingsworth Defensive Rebound.	11	9
14:47	Darius Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Taveion Hollingsworth.	11	11
14:28	Jon Elmore missed Layup.	11	11
14:28	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	11	11
14:21	Taveion Hollingsworth missed Three Point Jumper.	11	11
14:21	C.J. Burks Defensive Rebound.	11	11
14:09	C.J. Burks missed Layup.	11	11
14:09	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	11	11
14:08	Official TV Timeout	11	11
13:49	Foul on Jon Elmore.	11	11
13:49	Taveion Hollingsworth made Free Throw.	11	12
13:49	Taveion Hollingsworth made Free Throw.	11	13
13:25	C.J. Burks made Layup.	13	13
12:57	Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper.	13	16
12:40	Darius George made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rondale Watson.	16	16
12:22	Darius Thompson missed Layup.	16	16
12:22	Moustapha Diagne Offensive Rebound.	16	16
12:16	Moustapha Diagne missed Layup.	16	16
12:16	Moustapha Diagne Offensive Rebound.	16	16
12:16	Moustapha Diagne missed Two Point Tip Shot.	16	16
12:16	Darius Thompson Offensive Rebound.	16	16
12:08	Darius Thompson made Layup.	16	18
12:02	Jon Elmore Turnover.	16	18
12:02	Josh Anderson Steal.	16	18
11:54	Josh Anderson missed Layup.	16	18
11:54	Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.	16	18
11:49	Justin Johnson missed Layup.	16	18
11:49	Darius Thompson Offensive Rebound.	16	18
11:46	Moustapha Diagne made Layup. Assisted by Darius Thompson.	16	20
11:45	Official TV Timeout	16	20
11:45	Foul on Moustapha Diagne.	16	20
11:45	Official TV Timeout	16	20
11:32	C.J. Burks missed Jumper.	16	20
11:32	Moustapha Diagne Defensive Rebound.	16	20
11:32	Moustapha Diagne Turnover.	16	20
11:32	Rondale Watson Steal.	16	20
11:26	Darius George made Layup. Assisted by C.J. Burks.	18	20
10:52	Western Kentucky Turnover.	18	20
10:41	Ajdin Penava made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.	21	20
10:18	Lamonte Bearden Turnover.	21	20
10:18	C.J. Burks Steal.	21	20
10:14	C.J. Burks missed Layup.	21	20
10:14	Darius George Offensive Rebound.	21	20
10:12	Darius George missed Layup.	21	20
10:12	Josh Anderson Block.	21	20
10:12	Josh Anderson Defensive Rebound.	21	20
10:12	Josh Anderson Turnover.	21	20
10:06	Jon Elmore made Layup.	23	20
9:49	Lamonte Bearden missed Layup.	23	20
9:49	Darius George Defensive Rebound.	23	20
9:34	Jon Elmore missed Three Point Jumper.	23	20
9:34	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	23	20
9:21	Darius Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.	23	20
9:21	Western Kentucky Offensive Rebound.	23	20
9:13	Dwight Coleby missed Jumper.	23	20
9:13	Ajdin Penava Defensive Rebound.	23	20
8:59	Jon Elmore Turnover.	23	20
8:59	Lamonte Bearden Steal.	23	20
8:54	Darius Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Justin Johnson.	23	22
8:51	Darius George Turnover.	23	22
8:51	Darius Thompson Steal.	23	22
8:51	Foul on Darius George.	23	22
8:51	Darius Thompson missed Free Throw.	23	22
8:51	Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.	23	22
8:51	Darius Thompson made Free Throw.	23	23
8:39	Ajdin Penava made Jumper. Assisted by Jon Elmore.	25	23
8:22	Lamonte Bearden made Layup.	25	25
8:05	Jannson Williams missed Layup.	25	25
8:05	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	25	25
7:58	Dwight Coleby missed Layup.	25	25
7:58	Jannson Williams Block.	25	25
7:58	Josh Anderson Offensive Rebound.	25	25
7:45	Foul on Lamonte Bearden.	25	25
7:45	Lamonte Bearden Turnover.	25	25
7:45	Official TV Timeout	25	25
7:35	Jon Elmore Turnover.	25	25
7:35	Josh Anderson Steal.	25	25
7:25	Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	25	25
7:25	Jon Elmore Defensive Rebound.	25	25
7:11	Rondale Watson missed Layup.	25	25
7:11	Darius Thompson Block.	25	25
7:11	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	25	25
7:04	Darius Thompson missed Layup.	25	25
7:04	Ajdin Penava Defensive Rebound.	25	25
6:46	Foul on Justin Johnson.	25	25
6:46	Jon Elmore made Free Throw.	26	25
6:46	Jon Elmore made Free Throw.	27	25
6:16	Foul on Jannson Williams.	27	25
6:16	Justin Johnson made Free Throw.	27	26
6:16	Justin Johnson made Free Throw.	27	27
6:16	Justin Johnson made Free Throw.	27	28
5:54	Rondale Watson Turnover.	27	28
5:54	Josh Anderson Steal.	27	28
5:48	Josh Anderson missed Layup.	27	28
5:48	Josh Anderson Offensive Rebound.	27	28
5:45	Foul on Rondale Watson.	27	28
5:45	Josh Anderson missed Free Throw.	27	28
5:45	Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.	27	28
5:45	Josh Anderson made Free Throw.	27	29
5:37	Foul on Marek Nelson.	27	29
5:31	C.J. Burks missed Three Point Jumper.	27	29
5:31	Marek Nelson Defensive Rebound.	27	29
5:16	Taveion Hollingsworth Turnover.	27	29
5:05	Ajdin Penava missed Layup.	27	29
5:05	Ajdin Penava Offensive Rebound.	27	29
4:57	Ajdin Penava missed Layup.	27	29
4:57	Jannson Williams Offensive Rebound.	27	29
4:41	Jarrod West missed Three Point Jumper.	27	29
4:41	Jannson Williams Offensive Rebound.	27	29
4:41	Jannson Williams made Two Point Tip Shot.	29	29
4:18	Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	29	29
4:18	Jon Elmore Defensive Rebound.	29	29
4:05	C.J. Burks Turnover.	29	29
3:42	Josh Anderson made Layup.	29	31
3:14	Jon Elmore made Three Point Jumper.	32	31
2:56	Official TV Timeout	32	31
2:50	Marek Nelson missed Three Point Jumper.	32	31
2:50	Darius George Defensive Rebound.	32	31
2:32	Ajdin Penava missed Jumper.	32	31
2:32	Darius Thompson Defensive Rebound.	32	31
2:12	Justin Johnson Turnover.	32	31
2:12	Jarrod West Steal.	32	31
2:02	Ajdin Penava missed Three Point Jumper.	32	31
2:02	Darius George Offensive Rebound.	32	31
1:53	Darius George missed Layup.	32	31
1:53	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	32	31
1:51	Foul on Darius George.	32	31
1:35	Dwight Coleby missed Jumper.	32	31
1:35	Ajdin Penava Defensive Rebound.	32	31
1:20	Jon Elmore missed Jumper.	32	31
1:20	Western Kentucky Defensive Rebound.	32	31
0:50	Taveion Hollingsworth missed Jumper.	32	31
0:50	Ajdin Penava Block.	32	31
0:50	Jannson Williams Defensive Rebound.	32	31
0:49	Foul on Taveion Hollingsworth.	32	31
0:49	Jannson Williams made Free Throw.	33	31
0:49	Jannson Williams made Free Throw.	34	31
0:49	Western Kentucky Timeout	34	31
0:28	Taveion Hollingsworth missed Layup.	34	31
0:28	Jon Elmore Defensive Rebound.	34	31
0:03	Jon Elmore Turnover.	34	31
0:03	Dwight Coleby Steal.	34	31
0:00	End of 1st half	34	31

Marshall dancing for the first since '85

0:57

Game Information

Frisco, TX

Referee:Gary Maxwell

Referee:Ray Natili

Referee:Jeff Hartness

NCAA Division I

Sun Belt Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Troy	8-3	-	15-8
South Alabama	7-3	0.5	16-6
App State	8-4	0.5	15-9
Marshall	6-4	1.5	14-8
Coastal Carolina	7-5	1.5	14-10
Georgia Southern	6-5	2	14-10
Georgia State	6-5	2	9-14
Texas State	6-6	2.5	13-11
Southern Miss	6-6	2.5	12-12
Arkansas State	5-6	3	13-10
Louisiana	5-6	3	7-16
James Madison	4-7	4	11-12
Old Dominion	4-7	4	7-16
UL Monroe	0-11	8	3-20

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	10-0	-	18-3
Sam Houston	7-4	3.5	15-7
Missouri State	7-4	3.5	13-9
Jacksonville State	6-4	4	11-10
Kennesaw State	6-5	4.5	14-8
Louisiana Tech	5-5	5	12-9
Middle Tennessee	5-5	5	11-10
Western Kentucky	5-6	5.5	12-10
UTEP	4-7	6.5	8-14
Florida International	3-7	7	10-11
New Mexico State	3-8	7.5	10-11
Delaware	2-8	8	6-15

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