The Marshall Thundering Herd and Radford Highlanders meet Friday in college basketball action at The Greenbrier. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Marshall Thundering Herd Betting Preview

The Marshall Thundering Herd look for another win after beating Queens on Monday. The Marshall Thundering Herd look for their third 2-0 start in the last 4 years. The Marshall Thundering Herd are averaging 89 points on 48.6 percent shooting and allowing 73 points on 38.6 percent shooting. Kevon Voyles is averaging 18 points and 6 rebounds, while Kamdyn Curfman is averaging 15 points and 4 rebounds. Nate Martin is the third double-digit scorer and Obinna Anochili-Killen is grabbing 5 rebounds. The Marshall Thundering Herd are shooting 30.8 percent from beyond the arc and 56.3 percent from the free throw line. The Marshall Thundering Herd are allowing 26.9 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 36 rebounds per game.

Radford Highlanders Betting Preview

The Radford Highlanders look for a win after losing their opener to UNC. The Radford Highlanders look to avoid their third 0-2 start in the last 4 years. The Radford Highlanders are averaging 70 points on 42.4 percent shooting and allowing 86 points on 52.5 percent shooting. DaQuan Smith is averaging 18 points and 4 rebounds, while Kenyon Giles is averaging 18 points and 2 rebounds. Bryan Antonie is the third double-digit scorer and Truth Harris is dishing 1 assist. The Radford Highlanders are shooting 23.8 percent from beyond the arc and 90 percent from the free throw line. The Radford Highlanders are allowing 35 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 27 rebounds per game.

Randy’s Pick

The Marshall Thundering Herd will have the best player on the floor for this contest, and they actually showed some heart defensively in their season opener. This is obviously a more reasonable game for the Radford Highlanders than UNC was, but the defense has to step up if this game is going to be different. Marshall is simply the more talented team here. I’ll lay the bucket with the more talented team in the Thundering Herd.