BY PATRICK O’LEARY
The Parthenon
The Marshall University women’s basketball team lost a heartbreaker Thursday night at the Cam Henderson Center against Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles erased as much as a 21 point deficit, and scored 34 points in the final quarter to knock of the Herd by a final score of 82-78.
With the loss, Marshall moves to 12-9 and 4-6 in Conference USA play. Southern Miss is now 14-8 and 6-4 in Conference USA play.
“It’s a picture perfect lesson that we need to learn,” head coach Matt Daniel said following the game.