Lee scores 22; Old Dominion beats Marshall 70-62

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Gerald Lee scored a season-high 22 points, 14 in the second half, as Old Dominion remained unbeaten with a 70-62 victory over Marshall on Saturday night.

Frank Hassell added 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Monarchs (4-0), who increased a 20-19 lead with 7:32 remaining in the first half to a 28-21 edge at halftime.

They expanded that to 46-30 with 14:07 left in the second half, with Lee scoring seven points in that stretch and Marsharee Neely hitting a pair of 3-pointers. Neely finished with 11 points.

Damier Pitts scored 14 points and had four steals, and Tyler Wilkerson added 12 points for the Thundering Herd (2-1), which closed the game with an 11-3 run after trailing 67-51 with 56 seconds remaining.

Marshall led by as many as five points in the first half and still led 16-14 at the midway point but was outscored 14-5 the rest of the way until intermission.

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