2020-2021 Marshall Thundering Herd

2020-2021 Marshall Thundering Herd Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
25 Obinna Anochili Fr PF 6-8 222 Sep 27, 2001 Lagos Nigeria Chapmanville High School
2 Iran Bennett Jr C 6-10 322 - Durham (NC) United States Hargrave Military Academy
31 Mikel Byers Sr F 6-9 220 - Houston (TX) United States Dysart High School
35 Devin Collins RS-So C 6-8 185 Apr 15, 2001 Chapmanville (WV) United States Chapmanville High School
5 Jeremy Dillon So F 6-5 193 - Mingo County (WV) United States Mingo Central High School
23 David Early Fr PG 6-4 235 Sep 6, 2001 Logan (WV) United States Logan High School
21 Darius George Sr F 6-7 201 - Staunton (VA) United States Robert E. Lee High School
24 Taevion Kinsey Jr GF 6-5 190 Mar 10, 2000 Columbus (OH) United States Eastmoor Academy
1 C.J. Meredith Fr F 6-6 200 Sep 15, 2001 Ceredo (WV) United States Spring Valley High School
50 Goran Miladinovic So C 7-0 244 Dec 21, 1999 Belgrade Montenegro Hoosac School
32 Dajour Rucker RS-So F 6-7 250 Apr 27, 2000 Virginia Beach (VA) United States Cape Henry Collegiate School
15 Marko Sarenac So PG 6-7 207 Nov 18, 1999 Ljubovija Serbia Hoosac School
4 Ty Sturm So G 6-4 180 Dec 12, 2000 Hurricane (WV) United States Cabell Midland High School
0 Andrew Taylor So PG 6-3 195 Jun 23, 1999 Corbin (KY) United States Corbin High School
11 Luke Thomas Jr G 6-0 176 - Proctorville (OH) United States Fairland High School
13 Jarrod West Sr G 5-11 180 Mar 29, 1999 Clarksburg (WV) United States Notre Dame High School
3 Jannson Williams Sr PF 6-9 221 - Newnan (GA) United States Newnan High School

Recent Marshall Thundering Herd History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 13-20 (7-11) 10th (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 24-8 (13-5) 2nd (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 12-21 (4-14) 12th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 15-7 (9-5) 5th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 17-15 (10-8) 4th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 23-14 (11-7) 2nd (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CIT Champion
2017-2018 25-11 (12-6) 4th (C-USA) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2016-2017 20-15 (10-8) 6th (C-USA) Runner Up N/A
2015-2016 17-16 (12-6) 3rd (C-USA) 4th Rnd N/A
2014-2015 11-21 (7-11) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 11-22 (4-12) 14th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 13-19 (6-10) 9th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 21-14 (9-7) 5th (C-USA) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 22-12 (9-7) 5th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 24-10 (11-5) 3rd (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2008-2009 15-17 (7-9) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 16-14 (8-8) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 13-19 (7-9) 8th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 12-16 (5-9) 9th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 6-22 (3-15) 13th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 12-17 (8-10) 7th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 14-15 (9-9) 6th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A

2020-2021 Marshall Thundering Herd Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Taevion Kinsey NABC All-District (11) First Team
Taevion Kinsey C-USA All-Conference First Team
Jarrod West C-USA All-Conference Second Team
Jarrod West C-USA All-Defensive Team
Taevion Kinsey C-USA Player of the Week (Dec 7, 2020)

2020-2021 Marshall Thundering Herd Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Taylor J. West T. Kinsey J. Williams M. Byers
Rotation D. Early     O. Anochili  
Lim PT M. Sarenac   D. George   G. Miladinovic
Lim PT L. Thomas   J. Dillon   I. Bennett
Lim PT         D. Collins

2020-2021 Marshall Thundering Herd Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Taevion Kinsey 22 37.7 19.5 6.2 3.0 0.8 0.3 1.9
Jarrod West 21 34.1 12.5 3.5 6.0 2.5 0.0 2.1
Andrew Taylor 22 33.0 12.0 5.8 4.0 1.5 0.2 2.0
Jannson Williams 22 24.1 9.4 4.3 0.4 0.7 2.0 0.7
Mikel Byers 22 18.1 8.4 3.4 1.1 0.6 0.8 1.5
Darius George 18 15.1 6.0 3.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7
Obinna Anochili 22 16.8 5.8 2.8 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.9
David Early 22 11.2 4.1 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.8
Goran Miladinovic 22 9.6 3.3 2.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7
Devin Collins 4 3.0 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Marko Sarenac 11 5.8 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Luke Thomas 6 4.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2
Iran Bennett 1 9.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Jeremy Dillon 4 4.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5

2020-2021 Marshall Thundering Herd Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Dan D'Antoni Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Los Angeles Lakers, 2012 to 2014)
Mark Cline Assistant Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Scott Rigot Assistant Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Cornelius Jackson Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Cleveland State, 2013 to 2017)
Ivan Vujic Video Coordinator 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (DePaul, 2013 to 2015)
Mike Hamrick Athletic Director 2009-2010 N/A
Joe Varga Director of Strength and Conditioning 2016-2017 N/A
Neal Scaggs Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 Video Coordinator (Marshall, 2015 to 2016)
Scott Hall Associate Director of Sports Information 2016-2017 N/A
Fisher Cross Assistant Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 N/A
Cody Linn Assistant Director of Sports Information 2020-2021 N/A
Milan Mijovic Graduate Manager 2018-2019 N/A
Patrick Herlihy Graduate Manager 2018-2019 N/A
Chris Lapole Head Athletic Trainer 2017-2018 Associate Athletic Trainer (Marshall, 2014 to 2017)
Luke Day Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2016-2017 N/A