MBB Game Day: Grand Canyon
12/7/2023 1:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Coach McKay Comments on Grand Canyon (4:55 mark)
Game Day Coverage
Game Day Coverage
- Liberty vs. Grand Canyon (Liberty Arena)
- Tipoff: Saturday at 2:05 p.m. EST
- TV: ESPNU
- Radio: LFSN Radio
- Live Stats
- This will be the second all-time meeting between the two teams. The Flames topped the Antelopes 70-61 in the Jerry Colangelo Classic on Dec. 8, 2019.
- Liberty is currently on a 20-game home winning streak, the second longest streak in the nation.
Liberty is coming off a 74-39 win over Mississippi Valley State. Meanwhile, GCU topped No. 25 San Diego State 79-73 on Tuesday evening for its first-ever win over a Top 25 team. - Saturday's battle features two mid-major powerhouses in Liberty and GCU. The Flames have won 138 games since the start of the 2018-19 season and have won three conference titles in the last five years. The Antelopes won the 2023 WAC title and have won 104 games in that same span.
- Liberty is No. 40 in the NCAA Men's Basketball NET Rankings. The Flames are also No. 59 in the KenPom out of 362 Division I teams. GCU is No. 48 in the NET and No. 71 in the KenPom.
- Kaden Metheny is Liberty's second-leading scorer at 12.2 ppg and has scored in double figures in seven straight games.
- Liberty received seven votes in last week's AP Poll (Nov. 27). Two weeks ago, the Flames also received seven votes.
- The Flames have won 138 games over the past six seasons (starting in 2018-19), fourth most in the country during that span.
- Liberty Record by Year: 7-2 (2023-24), 27-9 (2022-23), 22-11 (2021-22), 23-6 (2020-21), 30-4 (2019-20), 29-7 (2018-19)
- This will be Liberty's 11th all-time game on Dec. 9. The Flames are 6-4 all-time on this date. Liberty had won six games in a row on this date until falling in their last matchup on Dec. 9, 2020 at Missouri by a 69-60 score. Blake Preston paced the Flames with 12 points and five boards. Kyle Rode and Elijah Cuffee chipped in 10 points each.
- Liberty is 48-4 all-time at Liberty Arena. The Flames have not lost at home in over a year. Their last home loss was a 76-72 setback to Southern Miss on Nov. 18, 2022.
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