MBB Game Day: Lipscomb
2/3/2023 4:04:17 PM | Men's Basketball
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TV Coverage:Â ESPN+
Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Jonathan Seamon
Color Analyst: Justin Seamon
Radio Coverage:
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LFSN Radio (107.5 FM Lynchburg)
Play-By-Play Broadcaster:Â Alan York
Liberty’s Top Storylines
• Guard Darius McGhee has 2,365 career points and is nine points away from becoming the school's new all-time leading scorer. He is No. 2 in program history, behind only Karl Hess (2,373 points, 1977-80).
• Liberty is third in the country in total three-pointers (265) and fourth in three-pointers per game (11.0). The Flames are also No. 3 nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.67), No. 4 in scoring margin (16.6), No. 4 in effective field goal percentage (57.5), No. 5 in scoring defense (58.4) and No. 9 in assists per game (17.6).
• This is the 14th all-time meeting between the two squads and second of the season. Liberty defeated Lipscomb 77-48 on Jan. 2 at Liberty Arena. The Flames have won four straight against the Bisons and hold an 8-5 edge in the all-time series.
• McGhee (20.9 ppg) ranks No. 2 in the nation in both three-point field goals per game (4.46) and total three-pointers made (107). McGhee has 473 career three-pointers, fourth most in NCAA DI history.
• The Flames and Kennesaw State Owls are tied atop the ASUN standings at 10-1. Liberty's nine conference wins have all been by at least 11 points.
• Liberty has won 10 or more ASUN games in all five years in the league and is 60-12 (.833) overall.
• Here is a look at Liberty's year-by-year ASUN record:
2022-23 Season: 10-1
2021-22 Season: 12-4 (East Division)
2020-21 Season: 11-2
2019-20 Season: 13-3
2018-19 Season: 14-2
• This will be Liberty's 18th all-time game on this date but first since 2017. The Flames are 8-9 all-time on Feb. 4. Liberty's last game on this date was a 57-54 triumph over the Radford Highlanders on Feb. 4, 2017 at the Vines Center. A.C. Reid hit a buzzer-beater off the glass to give the Flames the win. Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz paced Liberty with 15 points, and John Dawson added 12. Liberty moved to 10-2 in the Big South with the victory to remain in a tie for first place in the league.
Main Photo at Top of Story: No. 3 Isiah Warfield
