BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State will play its final home game of the season tonight, but it won't be Senior Night. The Mountaineers don't have a senior. They would have if Lennox Marshall hadn't sustained a third season-ending injury one day before practice began. For Marshall, who couldn't play his final year because of a second knee injury, it has been a story of hard luck and perseverance since his arrival from Independence High School in Charlotte in 2001. Marshall, who will graduate in May with a business degree, got to play only one season in five years. He redshirted his first season to concentrate on adding strength to his 6-8, 250-pound frame. The next year, a stress fracture in a foot sidelined him for the season. Then, the next preseason, a torn ACL in his left knee left him out again. Finally, in 2004-05, Marshall made it through a season, though he played in only nine games and didn't score a point. Coach Houston Fancher said that Marshall could have been more of a factor this season. "He worked his way back from those two injuries, which wasn't easy, and this year he really worked hard and was in the best shape he had been in," Fancher said. "He would have potentially made some contribution, with such a huge body and good hands. Then he did it again." A day before the first team practice in October, in a rebounding drill, Marshall tore the ACL in his left knee again. "It was a terrible feeling," Marshall said. "To put so much time and effort into something that doesn't come to fruition really hurts, but at the same time, I try to live by the idea that everything happens for a reason." Marshall said that he will attend tonight's game and support the team. "He's had to deal with so much you can't say enough about his perseverance," Fancher said. "It's been a tough five years, but he'll walk out with his head held high. I'd say when he gets out in the world he'll be able to handle adversity. He certainly won't quit after one setback."