MBB Game Day: St. Andrews
12/16/2024 3:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Game Day Coverage
- Liberty vs. St. Andrews (Liberty Arena)
- Tipoff: Tuesday at 7:02 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN+
- Radio: LFSN Radio
- Live Stats
- Liberty and St. Andrews meet for the second time ever on the hardwood and second time in as many seasons. The Flames earned a 99-26 win over St. Andrews on Dec. 16, 2023 in Liberty Arena. It was Liberty Head Coach Ritchie McKay's 400th career win. Liberty's 26 points allowed were tied for the second fewest given up in a game in program history, while the Flames dished out 34 assists.
- Zander Yates scored a career-high 23 points for Liberty last year against St. Andrews, sinking 6-of-7 three-point attempts, while Brody Peebles matched Yates with 23 points, hitting five triples.
- Liberty, in the middle of a seven-game homestand, its longest since the 1985-86 season, hosts St. Andrews on Tuesday. The Knights (1-7) lost 79-62 to Milligan at home on Monday before heading to Lynchburg.
- Liberty carries a seven-game winning streak into Tuesday's game. During that stretch, the Flames are shooting 52 .2 percent from the field and averaging 78.7 ppg while allowing 57.3 ppg.
- The Flames are No. 63 in the country in the NET rankings and 66th in the KenPom rankings.
- Liberty has scored 80 or more points in each of the last three games, the first time since Dec. 17-22, 2020 that the Flames had three straight 80-point games.
- The Flames rank ninth in the country in scoring defense (59.1). Liberty is also in the top 30 nationally in fewest fouls per game (No. 2, 12.1), effective field goal percentage (No. 5, 58.8), scoring margin (No. 21, 18.6), field goal percentage (No. 24, 49.8) and assist/turnover ratio (No. 29, 1.62).
- This will be Liberty's fourth game during a seven-game homestand. The Flames will be home all of December.
- This is the Flames' best start to a season since the 2019-20 campaign. The 2019-20 squad opened the year by winning its first 14 games.
- Liberty's current seven-game winning streak is its longest since winning seven in a row, Jan. 12-Feb. 2, 2023.
- Liberty has not trailed at halftime in any of its 11 games this season, leading at half eight times and being tied three times.
- The Flames have utilized four different starting lineups this season after utilizing only two starting lineups all of last year.
- Junior guard Colin Porter became the 19th player in program history with 300 career assists, Dec. 7 against Mississippi Valley State.
- Zach Cleveland ranks 33rd in the country and second in the CUSA in assists per game (5.7).
- This will be Liberty's 16th all-time game on Dec. 17. The Flames are 8-7 all-time in games played on this date. Liberty has won each of its last two Dec. 17 games, most recently an 82-62 win over Bryant on Dec. 17, 2022 at the Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Mass.
- Liberty has won 159 games over the last six-plus seasons (since start of 2018-19 season), which is tied for seventh most in the nation.
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