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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Men’s Basketball (1-2) makes its first trip to Youngstown State (1-2) since the 1949-50 season when the Herd and Penguins meet at 6 p.m. Saturday evening from the Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center.
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BROADCASTING NOTE
COACH CORNELIUS ‘CORNY’ JACKSON
- Head Coach Corny Jackson enters year three leading the Herd. Jackson, who played for Marshall from 1998-2001, was named Head Coach on March 25, 2024 after seven seasons on the coaching staff dating back to the 2017-18 season.
- The 2x Ben Jobe Award finalistCoach Jackson’s Herd possessed a 27-7 home record following his first two seasons at the helm.
- With 20 and 19 wins in the first two seasons for the Herd under Jackson’s leadership, MU vaulted up to a 2nd place finish in the Sun Belt Conference in 2025-26.
- For more information on Coach Jackson, view HERE.
MARSHALL NOTES
- Marshall battled back with a 47-39 advantage in the second half of the team’s 10-point loss at Ohio State Monday evening. The Herd used a 14-0 scoring run to battle back into the contest, the team’s longest scoring run this season. The Herd has a double-digit scoring run in all three of its games this season.
- Noah Otshudi scored a team season-high 27 points against the Buckeyes Monday. Otshudi has scored double figures in 28 of the 34 games he has played in for Marshall since the start of last season.
- Marshall signed Thomas Cochran to its 2027 class on the Nov. 11 National Signing Day period opening. Cochran, a 6-foot-8 forward, will join Coach Jackson’s Herd ahead of the 2027-28 season.
- Coach Jackson met with the media following Monday’s game, it can be viewed HERE.
- For extended notes for Marshall Men’s Basketball, view HERE.
ABOUT YOUNGSTOWN STATE
- Youngstown State is 1-2, playing before its home crowd for the first time this season on Saturday. Like Marshall, the Penguins have also faced Ohio State this season, falling 89-65 last Friday in Columbus.
- Head Coach Ethan Faulkner is in his third season leading the team. He led YSU to the Horizon League Championship in his first season.
- Native of Stockholm, Sweden, Linus Holmstrom leads the Penguins with 14.3 PPG. He scored 26 in the team’s win at St. Bonaventure to open the season.
SERIES HISTORY
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The two sides have not met very often in either West Virginia or Ohio. Marshall leads the all-time series, 6-1, winning the only matchup this millennium by a 73-70 score at the Cam Henderson Center in December 2005.
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