Topic: H-D: ETSU's zone too much for the Herd

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RICK McCANN

HUNTINGTON -- East Tennessee State men's basketball coach Murry Bartow said he didn't feel good about playing man-to-man defense against the Marshall Thundering Herd.

So, the Buccaneers used a zone defense Saturday to slow down some of Marshall's athletes and picked up an 88-78 victory at home in Johnson City, Tenn.

ETSU (3-5) stayed in the zone for the entire game.

When Marshall went inside the Herd either scored or was fouled, forward Ryan Taylor said.

Link: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1584263340/ETSUs-zone-too-much-for-the-Herd

[HerdnClt]

Interesting ETSU stayed in a zone.  Just read where UAB used a zone to beat #16 North Carolina and Charlotte also beat #14 Michigan this weekend.  Looks to be a challenging basketball league this year.