Fans jammed the Cam Henderson Center Saturday as Marshall University’s men’s basketball team fell to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 81-78.
The Herd fell one basket short on the day after a late-game call by the referees did not go the team’s way when a ball went out of bounds off of forward Ryan Taylor after what looked like a missed shooting foul by the officials. With the win, the Blazers remained atop Conference USA.
Both teams struggled to get ahead early on, but Marshall junior Stevie Browning, sophomore Jon Elmore and junior Austin Loop got things rolling for the Herd, each hitting a 3-pointer at the beginning of the first half.
Men’s basketball falls to UAB in final seconds after controversial call
