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\u2014 By David Walsh<\/em><\/p>\n

Georgia Southern continued its incredible postseason run Sunday night by outscoring Marshall 6-1 over the final minute to escape an 82-78 victory in the second Sun Belt Conference semifinal game at the Pensacola Bay Center.<\/p>\n

The Eagles (21-15) made it five wins in five days to reach Monday night\u2019s title game against No. 1 seed Troy. The Trojans eliminated Southern Miss in the first semifinal, 78-70. The winner gets the league\u2019s automatic to the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Marshall, the No. 2 seed by virtue of winning a six-way tiebreaker, hadn\u2019t played in more than a week. The Thundering Herd finish 19-13.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a chance to play for the league championship and came up short,\u201d Herd assistant coach Steve Snell said on postgame radio. \u201cThey made the plays down the stretch that we didn\u2019t. We fought hard and came out on the short end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia Southern swept the Herd in the regular season and had 200 points and 28 three-pointers in the two games. The bombing slacked off a bit as the Eagles had just two threes in the second half and went 7 of 26 for the night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgia Southern turned to Spudd Webb to secure the win. He poured in 31 points, went 8 of 14 from the field and proved clutch at the foul line with a 13 of 14 effort. Down the stretch, Webb willed his way to the basket multiple times and it paid off in the form of free throws.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Andres Burney scored 12 points and Tyren Moore and Alden Applewhite 11 each in the win.<\/p>\n

Marshall battled adversity before and during the game. Normal starting guard Noah Otshudi, with a 14-point average, did not suit up as he battles an illness. Big man Erich Harding played just 5 minutes in the first half. And the Herd had three players with three fouls each in the first half.<\/p>\n

Shamarrie Hugie led Marshall with a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds. Wyatt Fricks, playing in his final game, totaled 18 points. Jalen Speer scored 15, Caleb Hollenbeck 11 and Landen Joseph 10. Hollenbeck got all his points in the second half and made three three-pointers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the second half, Erich was a little banged up and we had to go small,\u201d Snell said. \u201cThey took advantage of it. We came up one play short tonight. Winner-take-all and we didn\u2019t make that one play. We did have some guys step up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marshall struggled to find an answer for Webb.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s such a good player,\u201d Snell said. \u201cHe\u2019s a foul magnet. He gets fouled a lot and makes them. We have to learn not to foul as much.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Herd trailed by nine early in the second half and Hollenbeck came on to hit three baskets, two of them threes, to cut the lead to 46-45. Joseph\u2019s three-pointer with 15:19 left capped a 15-2 run and gave Marshall the lead, 50-48. The teams went back and forth from that point.<\/p>\n

Over the final 6 minutes, there were five times, while Hollenbeck\u2019s three left Marshall with a 77-76 lead with 1:24 remaining.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Webb\u2019s two free throw with 56 seconds to go put the Eagles ahead to stay 78-77. After a Herd turnover, Webb got fouled with 28 seconds left and made both for a three-point advantage. The Eagles had one foul to take, then fouled Fricks with 16 seconds on the clock and he made one of two to make it 80-78.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Herd had to foul and sent Moore to the line with 10 seconds left and he made both to make it 82-78.<\/p>\n

In the first half, one of the three fouls on Speer was a technical just 1:30 before halftime.<\/p>\n

Georgia Southern\u2019s biggest lead was 13 at 25-12 with 8:54 left on a triple from Khayri Dunn. A three by Wilson Dubinsky at 5:37 got the Herd within two at 27-25. The Eagles then ruled the final five minutes to lead by seven (42-35) at the break.<\/p>\n

Georgia Southern defeated Marshall three times in as many matchups from February 14 on. The Eagles have scored at least 80 points in all five Sun Belt Tournament wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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