Marshall University men’s basketball lost to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Thursday, 95-91, giving the Blazers a three game lead in Conference USA with three games left to play in the regular season.
Marshall drops to an 11-4 record in conference play, while UAB boosts its record to 13-2. However, two of the Herd’s four conference losses have come at the hands of the Blazers, giving UAB the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Junior guard Stevie Browning led the Herd in the loss, scoring 23 points on 9-14 shooting.
Junior forward Ryan Taylor and sophomore guard Jon Elmore tied for second on the team in scoring with 19 points apiece, but the duo combined to shoot just 2-11 from 3-point range, including a 1-8 effort by Elmore.