Liberty Hosts North Florida in ASUN Semifinal
3/5/2019 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
With a spot in the ASUN Championship Final on the line, Liberty will host the No. 3 seed, North Florida, in a semifinal matchup at the Vines Center. The Flames have a chance to make school history as they look to reach a conference final for the first time in back-to-back seasons. Liberty and North Florida split the season series as both teams won their home games.
Gameday Central Links
#2 Liberty vs. #3 North Florida
Game Date: Thursday, March 7th
Game Time: 7 p.m. (EST)
Live Video: ESPN+
Play-by-Play Broadcaster: Matt Warner
Color Analyst: Paul Nazigian
Sideline Reporter: Bobbie Bohlig
Live Audio: LFSN Radio (100.1 FM, 610 AM/101.FM)
Play-by-Play Broadcaster: Alan York
Color Analyst: Ryan Mattocks
Liberty Notables
- Liberty has the chance to reach back-to-back conference championships for the first time in school history.
- Liberty has tied its Division I school record (2009) with 15 wins at home in a single season.
- Liberty set the school record for most true road wins in a single season with 10 road victories.
- Liberty became the ninth team in the country to reach 10 road wins.
- Liberty claimed its third ever regular season conference title. In 1997 and 2004 Liberty won the Big South regular season title.
- Liberty set a DI record with 26 wins in a season, surpassing the 1997 and 2009 teams who won 23 games
- Liberty held Jacksonville to 58 points, the fewest points in an ASUN Championship game since Feb. 27, 2017 (Stetson scored 57 at FGCU).
- Liberty currently has five players (Cabbil, Homesley, Pacheco-Ortiz, James and Baxter-Bell) on Liberty's Top 50 all-time scoring list, which is the most a Liberty team has had in a single season.
- Cabbil became Liberty's most winningest player in school history with 82 wins over the past four seasons, besting the previous record of 79 set from 1983-86.
- Liberty is ranked No. 62 in this week's NCAA NET Rankings, and No. 67 in KenPom rankings, the highest Liberty has ever finished is 181.
- Liberty is ranked No. 13 in the College Insider Top-25 poll and No. 18 in the Mid-Major Top-25 poll.
