Brown, James Madison Dukes take on the Marshall Thundering Herd Huntington, West Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: James Madison visits Marshall in Sun Belt action Thursday. The Thundering Herd are 8-2 in home games. Marshall averages 74.9 points while outscoring opponents by 3.6 points per game.

Jalen Speer's 27 points helped Marshall defeat James Madison 80-78 on Thursday night. Speer shot 9 for 13, including 7 for 7 from beyond the arc for the Thundering Herd (9-8, 2-2 Sun Belt Conference).

Point Goals_James Madison 6-18 (Freeman 2-7, Brown 1-2, Lindsay 1-2, Smith 1-2, Ricks 1-3, Hutchins-Everett 0-2), Marshall 13-24 (Speer 7-7, Dawson 3-5, C.Gibbs 2-5, Martin 1-2, Fricks 0-1, Mingo 0-1,

Marshall is shooting 43.9% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points lower than the 44.3% James Madison allows to opponents. James Madison has shot at a 45.0% clip from th