GAME THREAD - MBB @ Marshall - Thurs 12/29 7pm

[APPdiesel]

And so it begins…back to back road games Thursday vs Marshall and Saturday vs Southern Miss.

[appfanjj]

We play Marshall Thursday and so miss Saturday.
Both on the road.

[beav910]

Students are still out for break, hopefully that helps.

[87ASUgrad]

Beat them blundering turds!!
They are 11-2 so far. Must be pretty good. Only losses are to UNCG & Queens.
Hopefully our tough games on our nonconference schedule will make a difference.
ESPN+

[APPdiesel]

Marshall home attendance is head and shoulders better than ours. I don’t know much about Huntington as a city but there’s no reason Boone and Watauga county population doesn’t support App the same way.

[proasu89]

Down 1 at the under 8. This game is very winnable but the talent disparity is obvious. Marshall’s margin of error is much larger than ours.

[BambooRdApp]

0 for Marshall is sneaky good
Their offense flows much better than App. St... So far I n frst half anyway

[87ASUgrad]

This announcer on ESPN+ just called us Appy State. Every Marshall person I ever met does that just to piss me off!!!

[BambooRdApp]

Mantis taking some not so great shots.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Marshall home attendance is head and shoulders better than ours. I don’t know much about Huntington as a city but there’s no reason Boone and Watauga county population doesn’t support App the same way.

Huntington population is 46,842 and sits in two counties of combined pop of around 134,000 and the metro area is 361,000. On top of that their river port is the second busiest inland port in the country. Maybe they are shipping 'em in to watch the game.

Boone is 19,000, Watauga is 54,000 and from what I can tell the county is the same as the Boone, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area. Is W. Jefferson, N. Wilkesboro or Lenoir close enough to add attendance much? Some, maybe, but not much in my view? The ASU-Hickory campus might help us bring in more of the Hickory area, but that is still a 45 min drive and that is years into the future. Are those students going to be paying athletic fees?

[beav910]

I know we’ll hang around because Kerns teams never give up but Marshall is just better.

[AppDub]

Still playing hero ball. Move the ball and quit trying to back down into the paint just to throw it away.

[BambooRdApp]

So score was viewed on screen until about 3 minutes left in half. Has not showed up since. Life on ESPN+

[mountaineerman]

We are just not good.

[AppOrange]

Miss a dunk, versus scores easily, all season long

[AppDub]

Probably best we can't see the score

[bigdaddyg]

Free throws and layups. Gotta make more

[appfanjj]

There is NOTHING good about this game.
No score and time being shown.
Announcers are horrible.
We look really bad.

[BUTCH1991]

SSDD

[appfanjj]

This announcer on ESPN+ just called us Appy State. Every Marshall person I ever met does that just to piss me off!!!

That’s what he has called us all game.
Unprofessional.