HUNTINGTON — Entering the second half of the conference season, teams are gearing up to see what can shift before the 2017 C-USA Men’s Basketball Championship, March 8-11 in Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Miss welcomes Marshall to Reed Green Coliseum for a 8 p.m. (EST) on CUSA.tv.
The Herd (13-9, 6-3 C-USA) had its 12-game home court win streak snapped on Saturday with a loss to UTEP, but MU still averages 87.1 points and 10.3 three-pointers per game to rank among the top 10 nationally in both categories. Senior Austin Loop sinks an average of 3.2 treys per game this season to rank among the top 20 in the nation, and his 45.