Marshall University women’s basketball will look to keep its season alive 7 p.m. Thursday when in heads to Athens, Ohio to face off against rival Ohio University in the NIT Tournament.
Marshall earned its NIT bid after winning a pair of games in the Conference USA Tournament against Florida International University and Western Kentucky University before bowing out in the tournament semifinals against eventual champion Middle Tennessee State University.
The NIT berth is just the third postseason birth all time for the women’s program. However, it’s the second straight under head coach Matt Daniel with the team participating in the Women’s Basketball Invitational last season where it defeated Northern Kentucky University before falling to Mercer University.