South Alabama at Marshall
HUNTINGTON (Interstat) — South Alabama will visit Marshall on Tuesday for an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The Jaguars enter at 4-2, while the Thundering Herd are 3-3. South Alabama is the visiting team; Marshall is the home team. The matchup features two players to watch in South Alabama quarterback Jared Hollins and Marshall quarterback Zion Turner.
Hollins’ recent outings include a 56-49 win at Arkansas State in which he completed 6 of 10 passes for 76 yards, ran five times for 33 yards and accounted for three touchdowns. Keenan Phillips ran for 157 yards, caught one pass for 7 yards, returned a kickoff 100 yards and scored multiple touchdowns. PJ Martin added 95 rushing yards and a touchdown. In a 52-35 win over Louisiana-Monroe, Hollins completed 14 of 19 passes for 321 yards, ran seven times for 24 yards and accounted for three touchdowns. In a 45-21 loss to Kentucky, he completed 23 of 43 passes for 266 yards, ran 10 times for 25 yards and accounted for two touchdowns.
Marshall most recently lost 27-21 at home to Coastal Carolina. Turner completed 18 of 27 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns in that game. He was 8 of 12 for 88 yards in a 45-17 loss at James Madison. Carlos Del Rio-Wilson also saw time against Coastal Carolina, completing 2 of 6 passes for 37 yards and running four times for 9 yards, while Khalil Wilkins completed 1 of 4 passes for 28 yards and ran seven times for 45 yards.
South Alabama’s other results this season include a 39-14 win over Southeastern Louisiana, a 41-36 win over Ohio and a 52-35 win over Louisiana-Monroe, along with a 28-24 loss to Tulane and a 45-21 loss to Kentucky. Marshall has a 28-26 win over Middle Tennessee, a 30-24 win over Missouri State and a 36-35 win over Gardner-Webb, along with a 45-0 loss to Penn State, a 45-17 loss to James Madison and a 27-21 loss to Coastal Carolina. After this game, South Alabama’s upcoming schedule includes Louisiana Tech at home, a road game at Louisiana, a home game against Troy, a road game at Southern Mississippi and a home game against Appalachian State. Marshall’s upcoming slate includes road games at Old Dominion and Georgia Southern, home games against Appalachian State and Georgia State, and a road game at Louisiana-Monroe.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Marshall 52, South Alabama 46. South Alabama is a 2.5-point favorite, and the over/under is 64.5.