Ryan Taylor preserved and secured a Marshall victory in the Conference USA men’s basketball tournament Thursday.
The junior forward acted as the team’s defensive savior with a block of University of Texas at El Paso’s guard Omega Harris on a shot where Taylor’s massive mitt was the only possible, though unlikely, deterrence of a Herd defeat.
“Coach Dan was just telling me to go straight up, or if I’m outside to take a charge,” Taylor said. “I think I was a little closer to the basket, so I just jumped up and tried to block it, or just tried to make it a tough shot.