After getting pushed around by Conference USA leader Middle Tennessee, Marshall can expect no mercy from its next opponent.
In this, perhaps the toughest Thursday-Saturday road trip in the league’s scheduling format, the Blazers from Alabama-Birmingham await. Game time Saturday at Bartow Arena in Birmingham is 2 p.m.
The Thundering Herd (11-7 overall, 4-1 C-USA) is coming off Thursday’s 69-57 loss at MTSU in which the offense was grounded by a 1-3-1 zone and the Blue Raiders ruled the backboards. The final rebounding margin was 58-25.
It has been a long time since the Herd went minus-33 in that stat, and UAB has the front-line personnel to inflict the same punishment.