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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (Jan. 30, 2014) – Senior Tymell Murphy scored a career-high 29 points as the FIU men's basketball team (11-10, 3-3 C-USA) fell to the Marshall Thundering Herd (8-14, 2-5 C-USA), 80-68, on Thursday evening from the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, W.Va.
 
Murphy, who converted 12-of-19 from the floor, notched his eighth 20-point outing of the season and the 16th of his career. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native became the 13th player in FIU history with 800-or-more career points with his performance this evening. Murphy's 29 points gives the 6-foot-5 forward 825 for his FIU career. Murphy also recorded eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and one blocked shot.
 
Also scoring in double-figures were redshirt junior Dennis Mavin (12 points) and redshirt sophomore Cody Mann (10 points). Mavin notched three assists and two steals, while Mann grabbed a career-high nine rebounds and dished out a team-high four assists.
 
The Panthers finished the night shooting 45.2 percent from the floor (28-of-62) and converted 4-of-21 (19.0 percent) from 3-point range. The Thundering Herd shot 50.9 percent from the floor (29-of-57), including 6-of-17 from beyond the arc (35.3 percent).
 
The Panthers held a 36-32 edge on the boards, out-scoring Marshall 18-10 in second-chance points.
 
After 20 minutes of action, both teams entered halftime knotted up at 34-all. Leading by as many as six (15-9 with 14:11 left in the half), the Panthers fell behind midway through the first half following a 7-0 run by the Thundering Herd to put FIU down 25-19. FIU chipped away at the Marshall lead to tie the game at the half. Murphy led all scorers with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while grabbing four rebounds through the first 20 minutes. Mann registered a game-high five rebounds for the half and dished out two assists.
 
In the first half, FIU shot 50.0 percent (15-of-30) from the floor, while holding Marshall to 41.4 percent (12-of-29) from the field. The Panthers out-rebounded the Thundering Herd, 19-12, through the first half of action.
 
The second half saw the momentum swing back-and-forth before a trey by Marshall's Kareem Canty gave the Thundering Herd a 54-53 lead with 11:02 left in the game. Marshall extended its lead to 58-53 after back-to-back scores and held onto the advantage for the remainder of the game.
 
Four Marshall players reached double-figures led by Chris Thomas, who posted 19 points.
 
The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the Panthers and dropped FIU to 0-2 all-time versus the Thundering Herd.  
 
The Panthers travel to Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, Feb. 1, to take on the Charlotte 49ers. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU,visithttp://www.fiu.edu/.