Floyd and Curry Lift Flames over Coastal

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Brolin Floyd and Seth Curry each tallied a team-high 15 points, leading the Liberty Flames (12-6, 3-3 BSC) to victory on Monday night, 68-55, over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (7-10, 1-4 BSC), inside the Vines Center.

Coastal Carolina stormed out to an early 11-4 lead, which included six points by Joseph Harris. The run was capped by a bucket on a Harris spin move in the post at 12:56.

Bill Weaver tallied a bucket on a Johnny Stephene pass at 10:08, cutting the Chanticleers' lead to three points, 13-10. Weaver's bucket capped a 6-2 spurt for the Flames.

Baskets by Dexter Moore and another by Harris quickly extended the Flames' deficit to eight points, 18-10, with 8:36 left in the opening stanza. However, Liberty quickly countered, going on a 12-6 run to cut the Chanticleers' lead to two points, 24-22. Stephene's wide-open trey completed the run with 4:21 remaining.

Mario Edwards retaliated with a trey of his own on Coastal Carolina's next possession, move its lead to five points, 27-22, with 3:50 remaining in the first period.

The Flames then exploded by running off a 13-2 outburst in the opening stanza's final two minutes to take a six point lead into the intermission, 35-29. Kyle Ohman nailed a triple to bring the hosts within two points, 27-25. Curry then completed an old fashioned three-point play at 2:18, prompting a streak of 10 straight Liberty markers.

The Chanticleers tried to close their deficit on their final possession, but a Mario Sisinni pass was intercepted by Ohman, who found Floyd for a dunk as time expired, sending Liberty into the break up six points, 35-29.

Liberty started the game 2-of-11 from the floor, before finishing the half on a 13-of-25 clip for a 52.0 percent mark.
Coastal Carolina finished the first half hitting 43.3 percent (13-of-30) from the floor, including 27.3 percent (3-of-11) from beyond the arc.
A Curry putback at 19:44 extended Liberty's lead to eight points, 37-29, coming out of the break. However, Coastal Carolina scored the next eight points to knot the game at 37-37. Two Harris buckets and a couple free throws by Anthony Breeze capped the burst at 16:31.
Liberty answered with a 12-3 run to retake the lead. A Stephene layup at 12:10 capped the run, as the Flames took the nine point lead, 49-40.
An Edwards bucket and a Sisinni trey at 11:08 quickly cut the Liberty advantage to three points, 49-46. However, the Flames pushed the lead to 10 points, 59-49, via 10-3 spurt. A Smith dunk at 7:10 completed the run.
Liberty extended its lead to 15 points, 66-51, after Floyd sank two free throws with 1:05 remaining. Coastal Carolina wouldn't get any closer than 13 points in the final minute, as the Flames held on for the home victory.
Liberty finished the contest shooting 50 percent (24-of-48) from the floor, including 29.2 percent (7-of-24) from beyond the arc.
Floyd and Curry each tallied 15 points in the winning cause. Floyd's point total tied his career high he set in the season opener against Montreat. Smith chipped in 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including 4-of-6 from three-point land. Ohman pulled down a team-high seven rebounds, while dishing out six assists and grabbing two steals.
Coastal Carolina ended the contest hitting 40.7 percent (22-of-54) of its shots, including 30.4 percent (7-of-23) of its three-point attempts.
Harris collected the double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Edwards, Moore and Sisinni all chipped in eight points.
The Flames return to action on Saturday when they travel to Lexington to take on the Big South Conference first place VMI Keydets. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.
Coastal Carolina will continue their road trip on Saturday at Gardner-Webb. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.

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