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I\u2019m proud of the guys. We had to overcome a lot of adversity. We fought to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall was to within three at 78-75 on a basket by Speer with 20 seconds left.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a chance at the end,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cWe played some percentages and fouled (Peat made 1 of 2 with 1:14 left and Tristan Thompson missed two with 29 seconds to play).\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beadle was fouled with 7 seconds left and made 1-of-2 attempts to set the score.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall\u2019s output would come from guards Jalen Speer and Noah Otshudi, but not necessarily by design. Illness among the team and coaches, plus foul trouble, limited the production. Speer finished with a career-high 39 points and Otshudi added 18. No other Marshall player scored more than six.<\/p>\n<p>Coastal Carolina\u2019s three-guard attack produced as it has all season. RaSheed Jones led with 29 points and went 9 of 9 at the foul line. Joshua Beadle totaled 18 points and converted 9-of-10 free throws. Nadjrick Peat came off the bench to record 13 points and 13 rebounds and A.J. Dancler scored 10.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall (18-11, 10-6 Sun Belt) made 16-of-18 free throws, including 15 of 15 in the second half. The Chanticleers converted 24 of 34 from the free-throe line, including 21 of 29 in the second half to keep the Herd at bay.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson indicated up to eight or nine players, support staff members and coaches battled a virus on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half, Coastal Carolina (17-12, 9-7) had five threes to one for the Herd, the top three-point shooting team in the league. Marshall missed its first five before Speer connected.<\/p>\n<p>The Chanticleers opened the game on a 7-0 run. With 10:03 left in the half, Jackson received a technical when he inched onto the floor on the sideline and a Coastal Carolina player bounced the ball off him.<\/p>\n<p>Coastal Carolina went on a 9-0 run to open a 29-15 lead when Jones nailed a three-pointer with 4:35 left in the half. The lead stayed in double digits when Jones hit another three just before the half ended for a 36-24 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Speer had half of his team\u2019s scoring output at halftime and poured in 27 in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Beadle added nine on three threes.<\/p>\n<p>The Herd\u2019s Wyatt Fricks extended his games played streak to 122. He had just four points and fouled out.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall began the day tied with Troy for first and returns home for its final two games. Old Dominion visits the Cam Henderson Center on Tuesday at 7 p.m. On Friday, it\u2019s a doubleheader with the men and women against Georgia Southern in both.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got two huge games left,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cGet home, get healthy and take them one at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appalachian State moved back into first place in the Sun Belt with Saturday\u2019s 89-74 win over the Eagles that leaves the Mountaineers 11-6 in Sun Belt play.<\/p>\n<p>South Alabama defeated Troy 65-54, meaning the Jaguars, Trojans and Herd are each 10-6 within league play.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014<\/p>\n<p>In women\u2019s basketball action Saturday, Marshall pulled away late to defeat Georgia State, 82-75, in Atlanta.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Timaya Lewis-Eutsey put in a full day for the Herd with 32 points, seven rebounds, six blocked shots and four steals. The Herd improved to 23-7 overall and 13-4 in the Sun Belt. The Panthers fell to 9-19 and 4-12 in league play.<\/p>\n<p>Through Saturday, Georgia Southern and Troy share first in the Sun Belt at 14-2.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herd fall out of first place in Sun Belt Conference. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":659363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marshall-sports","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Speer shines, but Marshall falls short at Coastal Carolina, 79-75 - WV MetroNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speer shines, but Marshall falls short at Coastal Carolina, 79-75 - WV MetroNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Herd fall out of first place in Sun Belt Conference.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WV MetroNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"WVMetroNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-22T00:43:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/02\/HBtj_xYXMAAc6Dv.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MetroNews Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@wvmetronews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MetroNews Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/\",\"name\":\"Speer shines, but Marshall falls short at Coastal Carolina, 79-75 - WV MetroNews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tk-wv-metro.beforewegolive.dev\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/02\/HBtj_xYXMAAc6Dv.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-22T00:43:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-22T00:43:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tk-wv-metro.beforewegolive.dev\/#\/schema\/person\/083b56fd0d4d114fe49f6a8f955a2ca6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/speer-shines-but-marshall-falls-short-at-coastal-carolina-79-75\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/02\/HBtj_xYXMAAc6Dv.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/02\/HBtj_xYXMAAc6Dv.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1101,\"caption\":\"Marshall's Jalen Speer handles the ball. 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