Region Gameday 02.18.16
Charlotte (10-15, 6-6) at Marshall (13-12, 9-3)
Cam Henderson Center, Huntington, W.Va., 7 p.m. (MeTV)
The 49ers upset Marshall 103-95 on Jan. 21 at Halton Arena, their first big win under first-year coach Mark Price. … Charlotte is coming off back-to-back 100-point games against Rice and North Texas. … The Thundering Herd, third in the Conference USA standings, has won two straight but needed overtime to beat Western Kentucky 96-93 Saturday.
Coastal Carolina (16-9, 10-5) at Winthrop (18-7, 10-4)
Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, 7 p.m.
The Eagles host the Chanticleers with first place in the Big South at stake. … Winthrop is tied for the league league with UNC Asheville, with the Chanticleers a half-game back. … The Eagles lost to the Chanticlees 82-63 on Jan. 2.
Charleston Southern (9-17, 5-10) at Gardner-Webb (13-14, 8-7)
Paul Porter Arena, Boiling Springs, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
The Bulldogs downed Charleston Southern 68-59 on Jan. 30. … The Bulldogs are sixth in the Big South standings, 1 1/2 games behind High Point and Liberty and a half-game up on Radford. … Gardner-Webb has lost its past two games, but the Buccaneers have lost six of their past seven.
South Alabama (11-15, 6-9) at Appalachian State (6-19, 4-10)
Holmes Center, Boone, 7:30 p.m.
The Mountaineers, on a five-game losing streak and just a half-game ahead of Troy, are fighting to stay out of the Sun Belt’s cellar. … South Alabama, which beat the Mountaineers 73-60 on Jan. 30, is eighth in the standings, just a half-game back of Georgia State and 1 1/2 games behind Georgia Southern and Arkansas State.
Bill Kiser
This story was originally published February 17, 2016 at 6:06 PM with the headline "Region Gameday 02.18.16."