The Associated Press
Marshall's Teyonka Hodge, left, grabs
the ball after a collision between
Marshall's KaShawna Curry and Toledo's
Crystal Young, right, on Wednesday
night. Hodge led the Herd with 15 points,
while Curry added 13.

Herd goes inside to topple Toledo
Marshall’s post play dominant in quarterfinal win
By ROBYN RISON - The Herald-Dispatch

CLEVELAND -- The dream lives.
Marshall, the No. 3 seed, upended No. 6 Toledo, 68-56, Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference women’s basketball tournament at Gund Arena. All four of the higher seeds advanced.

The winners of Wednesday’s games advance to Friday’s semifinals. Top seed Bowling Green downed Miami (Ohio), 84-68, and No. 4 Eastern Michigan knocked off Ball State, 72-64, to advance. The Falcons and the Eagles will play in Friday’s first semifinal at noon. No. 2 Kent State held off a pesky Ohio team, 93-74, and will face Marshall at 2:30 p.m.

The championship game will be played Saturday at 1 p.m. and will be televised on Fox Sports Net.

"We’re excited to be in Cleveland and excited to still be alive in the tournament," said Marshall coach Royce Chadwick. "Toledo is a great basketball team and they’re well-coached. They didn’t shoot as well as I’ve seen them in the past, but we’re happy to advance."
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Marshall (19-9) bullied the Rockets (14-15) inside. Herd sophomore forwards KaShawna Curry (13, 13) and Crystal Champion (10, 12) combined for 23 points and 15 rebounds, both recording double-doubles.

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We have a legitimate shot of winning the tourney with the way the women have been playing as of late.

Kent will be tough but we spanked them the last time 84-78 but had a 10 lead most of the game, Bowling Green will be a real test or EMU if we get there, we got knocked around by both of them. If we just get by Kent I think we atleast earn a NIT bid. If not then the season is for not. Thats another reason I want C-USA, you have multi-bids on both mens and womens sides and even NIT bids.