
Men's Basketball Tips Off Season at Home Versus Clarks Summit
11/9/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Gameday Central Links:
Game Time:
7 p.m.
Live Video:
Big South Network
Play-by-Play Broadcaster: Matt Warner
Analyst Broadcaster: Paul Nazigian
Radio Coverage:
Liberty Flames Sports Network-Radio
98.5 FM, 101.1 FM & 610 AM
Play-by-Play Broadcaster: Alan York
Liberty Basketball Storylines
- Liberty will tip off the season at home for the fifth straight season.
- Nine non-conference home games is the most for Liberty during its D1 era.
- Liberty was picked to finish third in the Big South.
- Ryan Kemrite and Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz were named to the Big South's Preseason Second Team.
- Ryan Kemrite starts the season 145 points away from 1,000 career points, ranking 27th on Liberty's all-time scoring list.
- Liberty ranked 19th in the country allowing 63.4 points per game last season.
- Liberty adds six newcomers to this year's roster from four different states.
- The Flames return four of its five starters from last year in Myo Baxter-Bell, Lovell Cabbil, Ryan Kemrite and Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz.
- In the Mid-Major Top 25 poll, Liberty received 12 votes.
- Ritchie McKay was made chairman of the Mid-Major Top 25 voting panel for the 2017-18 season.
- Liberty faces three teams this season that are currently ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25.
Liberty-Clarks Summit History
- Overall Liberty leads, 4-0
- Streak Liberty W4
- At Liberty 4-0
- At Clarks Summit 0-0
- Neutral 0-0
- Ritchie McKay vs. Clarks Summit 2-0
- Liberty's Last Win Dec. 16, 2017
Last Five Meetings
- 1973-74 Liberty won, 94-85 (H)
- 1980-81 Liberty won, 55-52 (H)
- 2015-16 Liberty won, 90-52 (H)
- 2016-17 Liberty won, 81-33 (H)
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