Marshall has struggled without Elijah Pittman. They actually started out 3-0 with him. He was benched for the second half against Penn State and suspended after that game. Starting with the PSU contest, they are 1-4 against the spread without him.

Pittman was averaging 21.4 points per game and was the only returning starter from a 2012-13 roster that was purged in the offseason.

UTSA is not a very good team, but they have a rare winnable game at home. The Herd is currently 0-7 away from home this season and has not won away from the Henderson Center since Feb. 20, 2013, in an 82-70 win over UCF. Marshall is 2-21 away from Huntington since the start of the 2012-13 season.

True, Keon Lewis is questionable for UTSA and they are also very young. But young teams always play much better at home and this is a battle of two such teams.