MBB Game Day: Tennessee State
12/12/2023 10:38:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game Day Coverage
- Liberty vs. Tennessee State (Liberty Arena)
- Tipoff: Wednesday at 8 p.m. EST
- TV: ESPN+
- Radio: LFSN Radio
- Live Stats
- This will be the second all-time meeting between the two squads. Liberty topped Tennessee State 64-60 in the only other meeting in 2009 at the Chicago Invitational.
- Liberty is looking to bounce back after a 69-64 setback to Grand Canyon this past Saturday. TSU 78-71 at Lipscomb on Sunday. The Tigers are a team on the rise after an 18-14 (10-8 OVC) 2022-23 season.
- Liberty saw its 20-game home winning streak snapped vs. GCU. The Flames are 48-5 in four seasons at Liberty Arena.
- Flames guard Colin Porter leads CUSA in assist/turnover ratio (3.6), ranking 15th nationally in the category. Kyle Rode is No. 31 in the country and first in CUSA in threes per game (3.00)
- With 11 rebounds on Saturday, Joseph Venzant became the 40th player in school history to grab 400 or more boards. Venzant has 405 career rebounds and is the team's leading rebounder this season at 8.0 rpg.
Liberty received seven votes in the Nov. 27 AP Poll. Three weeks ago (Nov. 20), the Flames also received seven votes.
In seven wins, the Flames are shooting 52.4 percent from the floor and 40.2 percent from three-point land while averaging 84.1 ppg and surrendering only 57.7 ppg. - Liberty is No. 57 in the NCAA Men's Basketball NET Rankings. The Flames are also No. 69 in the KenPom out of 362 Division I teams.
- TSU is No. 229 in the NET and No. 245 in the KenPom.
- Kaden Metheny has scored in double figures in eight straight games and is averaging 13.5 ppg during that stretch.
- Liberty has already faced five NCAA Tournament teams from last season. The Flames are 2-3 in those games, with wins against Furman and Vermont and setbacks to Florida Atlantic, Charleston and Grand Canyon.
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