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SPORTS
Pena will be last Marshall player to wear No. 10
Marshall retired No. 10 to honor former player Mike D'Antoni and he gave the OK for Pena to finish his career in that number.
D'Antoni, NBA head coach of the New York Knicks, played for Marshall from 1970 to 1973. He was the point guard in 1972 when Marshall was ranked 10th in the nation.
Pena is a sophomore guard.
PLAYER POTENTIAL: From the dictionary of Donnie Jones, head coach of the Marshall University men's basketball team, comes a definition of the word "potential."
"It means they (players) haven't gotten there yet," Jones said.
COMING UP: Global Sports Invitational games for the Thundering Herd resume with a Wednesday night visit by Lamar, a Southland Conference school in Beaumont, Texas. The Lamar Cardinals play a Global Sports Invitational game Monday at Ohio.
Lamar took a 2-1 record into a Saturday game at Texas Tech.
The Global Sports Invitational is an exempt event with teams playing four games and only two games count against their schedule limit.
Marshall has defeated North Carolina A&T (79-63) and Middle Tennessee State (63-60) so far. The Thundering Herd plays Wednesday against Lamar and Saturday against Ohio in the Charleston Civic Center.
Lamar played a Thursday game at Middle Tennessee State and lost, 74-66. Six-foot-six sophomore Charlie Harper for the Cardinals had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Sophomore guard Anthony Miles scored 19.
TICKETS: Tickets for Saturday when the Thundering Herd plays Ohio in Charleston are $25 for lower level seats if purchased through Marshall (www.herdzone.com).
Ticketmaster.com has lower level seats for $25 ($31.95 with convenience charge and tax) and upper level seats for $15 ($21.63 with convenience charge and tax).
JC RANKINGS: Chipola College in Marianna, Fla., where Marshall recruit Steadman Short plays is No. 10 in the current national junior college rankings. The Indians entered the weekend with a 5-0 record.
Short is a 6-foot-9 forward from Greenville, S.C.
LUNCHEON: The next Victory Club support group luncheon is Dec. 17 in Pullman Plaza Hotel. Lunch is at noon and costs $12.
Sports editor Rick McCann covers the Marshall men's basketball team for The Herald-Dispatch. Contact him at 304-526-2759 or hedge@herald-dispatch.com.
