11/12/2026 10:06:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game Day Coverage
- Liberty vs. NC Central
- Tipoff: Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN+
- Radio:Â LFSN Radio
- Live Stats
- Liberty (1-1) welcomes NC Central (0-3) to Liberty Arena for a Friday night showdown in what will be the second-ever meeting between the two squads.Â
- The Flames topped Boyce 113-54 in their home opener, last Saturday afternoon. Liberty shot 62.2 percent for the game and featured five players in double figures. Cooper Campbell led the way with a game-high 21 points.
- Sophomore Zander Carter is leading the team in scoring at 17.5 ppg through two games. He is shooting 68.2 percent from the field and 62.5 percent from three.
- Liberty (11) is one of three teams in the nation with 11 or more total titles in the last eight seasons (others: Gonzaga 12, Colgate 11). The Flames' 11 titles include one CUSA Tournament crown, two CUSA regular season titles, three ASUN Tournament crowns, four ASUN regular season titles and an ASUN Division title.
- The Flames have won 17 straight games against MEAC schools, a streak which started during the 2017-18 season.
- Liberty has 204 wins over the last eight-plus seasons, tied for seventh most in the nation during that span.
- The Flames are 84-12 at Liberty Arena since it opened in 2020.Â
- Liberty topped NC Central 79-63 at Liberty Arena in the first-ever meeting on Nov. 14, 2022. Â Darius McGhee scored a game-high 27 points. Liberty led by 24, 45-21, at halftime and shot 52.5 percent for the game.Â
- Head coach Ritchie McKay has 299 wins with the Flames, one away from 300 in his time at Liberty.Â
- This will be Liberty's sixth all-time game on Nov. 13 but first since 2018. The Flames are 3-2 all-time playing on this date. Liberty last played on this date in 2018, a 93-40 home triumph over Trevecca Nazarene at the Vines Center. The Flames shot 55.6 percent from the floor and had five players score in double figures. Scottie James led the way with a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds.
- The Flames are currently No. 146 in the KenPom rankings. NC Central is No. 350.Â
- Liberty is 14-0 in home openers under Coach McKay after last Saturday's 113-54 victory over Boyce.
- The Flames started two true freshman, Eli Sancomb and Eli Herbert, in the game against Boyce. They are the first Liberty freshmen duo to start a game since Joseph Venzant and Brody Peebles started against Boyce on Dec. 31, 2021.
- Junior Ryan Jones Jr. made his first collegiate start against the Boyce Bulldogs and scored a career-high 11 points. Fellow junior Brady Kester had a career-high six points in that contest as well. Cobi Campbell had 18 points off the bench.
- Liberty is among others receiving votes in the College Insider Men's Mid-Major Top 25®. The Flames were No. 21 in the preseason poll. The top five include: No. 1  Miami (OH), No. 2 High Point, No. 3 Santa Clara, No. 4 UNCW and No. 5 UIC.Â
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