Marshall men’s basketball prepares for 2026-27 season
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Men’s Basketball is ramping up practice as the team is inside seven days to its first of two preseason contests, a Thursday, Oct. 22 matchup against West Virginia Wesleyan at the Cam Henderson Center.
The WVWC game, as well as MU’s second home preseason contest against UPIKE on Oct. 28, are free to attend.
October preseason basketball will flip to regular season November hoops as the Herd takes the court for the Nov. 2 opener at home against Buffalo under third-year Head Coach Cornelius ‘Corny’ Jackson.
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The Thundering Herd returns four players from its 2025-26 roster, including guard Noah Otshudi. The Hamilton, Ontario native is back for Marshall as the team’s leading returning scorer and assist leader. Otshudi averaged 14.5 PPG with 3.4 assists per contest in 2025-26. The senior guard also connected a team-leading 93 free throws for a team-best .845 FT percentage last season.
Other returners include Erich Harding, Will Moore, and Bryce Slay. As a true freshman last year, Slay made 24 appearances for Marshall with 10 made 3-pointers and four multi-assists contests, three of which came in league games. The Charlotte, North Carolina native scored a season-high eight points with two made triples in a conference win against ULM in January. In the same game, he also grabbed a season-high five rebounds.
The Herd welcomes 11 newcomers to the roster, nine of which have previous collegiate experience, and two first-year players – Mikal Bell Jr. (TLAP Sports Academy) and Kenan Gilao (King Heights Academy) out of high school. Alex Charlotin (Ellsworth CC), Boubacar Djigo (Concord), DeMarco Johnson (Elon), Vasilije Kuridza (Tulane), Colt Langdon (NC State), Khaman Maker (DePaul), Emmanuel Manyuon (Pacific), Fazl Oshodi (Southern), and Luke Rasmussen (Tulane) assemble in Huntington with nearly 2,500 combined collegiate points.
Marshall exhibition with West Virginia Wesleyan will tip at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22.
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