Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Senior Jarelle Reischel and freshman Nick Mayo both scored 20 points, but the Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball team fell at Marshall, 96-72, on Saturday night at the Cam Henderson Center.
 
The game was tied, 36-36, with just under four minutes to play in the first half, but Marshall (2-6) closed the first half on a 10-0 run and opened the second half on a 15-4 run to blow the game open.
 
Reischel notched his fourth double-double of the year in the loss, scoring 20 points, grabbing a team-high 10 rebounds and dishing out a team-high six assists. He shot 8-of-10 from the field.
 
Mayo finished one point shy of his career-high with 20 points. He also grabbed a career-best six rebounds.
 
The Colonels (7-4) were outscored 21-0 in second-chance points.
 
James Kelly led Marshall with 27 points, while Austin Loop added 26 points on 8-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc.
 
It was Loop that sparked the Thundering Herd's late first-half run. He connected on three straight three-pointers in the final two minutes of the half to send Marshall into the locker room at the break up by 10, 48-38.
 
Stevie Browning picked up in the second half where Loop left off in the first half, canning a three-pointer on Marshall's first possession to spark a 15-4 run that ended when C.J. Burks hit another three-pointer to make it 63-42 with 17:05 to play in the game.
 
The Thundering Herd hit 15 three-pointers on the night.
 
EKU jumped out to a quick lead in the game and led by as many as nine points when Resichel knocked down a three-pointer to make it 19-10 six minutes in.
 
However, Marshall responded with a 9-1 run to pull to within a point and then took the lead, 28-27, on a jumper by Burks with 8:48 remaining in the half.
 
The game went back-and-forth and was tied, 36-36, at the final media timeout of the half, until Loop caught fire from beyond the arc.
 
The Colonels return home to face Florida Atlantic on Tuesday, December 15, at McBrayer Arena. Tip is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.