MBB Game Day: Lipscomb
12/31/2022 1:01:27 PM | Men's Basketball
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TV Coverage:Â ESPN+
Play-By-Play Broadcaster:Â Matt Warner
Color Analyst:Â Paul Nazigian
Sideline Reporter:Â Emily Austen
Radio Coverage:
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Play-By-Play Broadcaster:Â Alan York
Color Analyst:Â Anthony Smith
Liberty’s Top Storylines
• This is the 13th meeting between the two schools. Liberty owns a 7-5 edge in the all-time series and a 7-3 advantage since joining the ASUN.
• Liberty ranks first in the country in three-pointers per game (12.3). The Flames are also third nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.65), seventh in three-point percentage (40.6) and ninth in assists per game (18.8).
• The Flames are 51-11 in ASUN regular season play in four years in the league, an .820 winning percentage.
• Darius McGhee is first in the nation in three-point field goals per game (5.00) and total three-pointers made (70).
• McGhee was named ASUN Player of the Week for the second straight week, ASUN-leading third time this season and eighth time in his career.
• McGhee has 436 career three-pointers and is one of two active Division I players with 400 or more threes. He is currently eighth all-time with those 436 threes.
• Liberty won the 2019, 2020 and 2021 ASUN titles. The Flames have three conference regular season titles in four years and one division title (ASUN East Division, 2022).
• Liberty and Lipscomb last met in the 2022 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship quarterfinal round at Liberty Arena on March 3, 2022. The Flames prevailed in a low-scoring contest, 52-47. Darius McGhee paced Liberty with 26 points, and Keegan McDowell added 10 points. The Flames swept the season series 2-0 versus the Bisons, also winning 78-69 in the regular season at Liberty Arena (Feb. 8, 2022).
• Liberty is 4-0 all-time in ASUN home openers.
• Here is a look at Liberty's year-by-year ASUN record:
2022-23 Season: 1-0
2021-22 Season: 12-4 (East Division)
2020-21 Season: 11-2
2019-20 Season: 13-3
2018-19 Season: 14-2
Main Photo at Top of Story: No. 33 Shiloh Robinson
