MBB Game Day: St. Andrews
12/15/2023 10:27:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game Day Coverage
- Liberty vs. St. Andrews (Liberty Arena)
- Tipoff: Saturday at 1:02 p.m. EST
- TV: ESPN+
- Radio: LFSN Radio
- Live Stats
- This will be the first meeting between the Liberty Flames and St. Andrews Knights.
- Liberty picked up a 74-52 home win over Tennessee State on Wednesday night. The Flames held the Tigers to 17 points on 4-of-32 shooting (12.5 percent) in the second half.
- Flames guard Colin Porter leads CUSA in assist/turnover ratio (4.00), ranking 10th nationally in the category. Kyle Rode is No. 29 in the country and first in CUSA in threes per game (3.09).
- Rode hit his 200th career three-pointer in the win over TSU. The forward has 203 career triples and needs 17 more to move into the top five in program history in the category. Anthony Smith is No. 5 in school history with 220 career makes from long distance.
- Liberty is No. 49 in the NCAA Men's Basketball NET Rankings. The Flames are also No. 59 in the KenPom out of 362 Division I teams.
- Head Coach Ritchie McKay has 399 career wins.
- The Flames' next win at Liberty Arena will be No. 50 at the facility. Liberty is 49-5 all-time at the venue.
- Guard Joseph Venzant is second in CUSA in rebounding at 8.4 rpg. Venzant has 11 or more boards in four of his last six contests.
- Liberty received seven votes in the Nov. 27 AP Poll. Three weeks ago (Nov. 20), the Flames also received seven votes.
- All eight Flames wins have been by double digits. In those victories, Liberty is averaging 82.9 ppg and shooting 51.4 percent while allowing 57.0 ppg.
- 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.
- Kaden Metheny has scored in double figures in nine straight games.
- Shiloh Robinson has appeared in 143 career games, tied for second most in school history with Caleb Homseley (143 games, 2016-20). Kyle Rode has 142 career appearances.
- This will be Liberty's 11th all-time game on Dec. 16. The Flames carry a 4-6 all-time mark on this date but have won each of their last three games on Dec. 16.
- Liberty's last game on this date was in 2020, a 91-38 win over Carver College in Lynchburg. A total of 13 Flames scored in the game, led by Micaiah Abii's 17 points.
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