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2014-15 Liberty Game No. 30 - Feb. 26, 2015 Men’s Basketball Schedule/Results Liberty FLAMES Overall: 7-22 (7-22, 1-15 Big South) Big South: 1-15 11/14 RANDOLPH COLLEGE W/69-45 vs. 11/17 DELAWARE W/61-55 Cancun Challenge (Home Sites) 11/19 at Virginia Tech L/63-73 Radford HIGHLANDERS 11/22 at Miami (Ohio) L/52-63 (20-9, 11-5 Big South) Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico) 11/25 North Florida L/57-77 11/26 Morgan State L/50-51 Lynchburg, Va. - Vines Center - 7 p.m. 12/1 FURMAN W/66-52 12/6 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN L/54-65 The Game 12/13 BLUEFIELD W/79-61 12/17 at UNCW L/70-73 OT The Liberty men’s basketball team returns to the Vines Center on Thursday to play host to 12/19 CENTRAL PENN W/94-65 fellow Commonwealth competitor, Radford. The Flames look to snap a three-game skid, 12/22 at Princeton L/47-65 12/28 CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN W/78-58 while the Highlanders are currently tied for fourth place, one game back of top seeds High 12/31 at Campbell * L/46-53 Point and Charleston Southern. Radford enters Thursday’s matchup leading the all-time 1/3 PRESBYTERIAN * L/58-62 1/8 at UNC Asheville * L/54-71 series, 35-30. Liberty will attempt to halt a three-game losing streak against its most com- 1/10 COASTAL CAROLINA * L/54-69 mon opponent, while also picking up its fi rst win against the Highlanders in nearly two 1/14 at Charleston Southern * L/58-80 1/17 at Longwood * L/71-85 years. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m., with the contest broadcasting live on the Liberty Flames 1/22 WINTHROP * L/56-71 Sports Network, MASNHD, ESPN3 and the Big South Network. 1/24 at Radford * L/76-84 1/29 HIGH POINT * L/53-72 1/31 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L/62-74 What to Watch for 2/4 at Winthrop * L/61-74 2/6 at Presbyterian * L/61-69 - Joe Retic returned on Saturday after missing 12 games due to a fractured foot. He 2/10 CAMPBELL * W/73-60 played for 14 minutes, fi nishing with two points. Retic checked in at the 15:06 mark and 2/14 at Coastal Carolina * L/56-96 2/17 LONGWOOD * L/72-78 posted his lone basket at 12:48. Look for Retic’s role to increase as the team heads into 2/21 at Gardner-Webb * L/67-77 postseason play. 2/26 RADFORD * 7 p.m. 2/28 UNC ASHEVILLE * 3 p.m. - Andrew Smith (683 points) needs 17 more points to reach 700 for his collegiate career. He is currently tied for 41st on Liberty’s all-time scoring list with Nathan Day. Big South MBB Championship The HTC Center - Conway, S.C. - Jordan Dembley is continuing to take full advantage in his role as a starter. Dembley concluded Saturday’s contest with 21 minutes of game action and a career-high 10 points. 3/4 First Round TBA 3/6 Quarterfi nals TBA - Liberty’s loss at Gardner-Webb marks the fi rst time the Flames have gone winless in true 3/7 Semifi nals TBA road games since the 2005-06 season and the fi rst time Liberty has failed to win a road or 3/8 Championship Game TBA neutral site game in the regular season since the 1998-99 campaign. - Liberty is currently 7-7 in the Vines Center, this season, and went 7-8 in the facility last Home Games in BOLD CAPS * - Big South Conference Game year. The last time the Flames fi nished below .500 at home in back-to-back seasons was All times are Eastern Standard Time the 1997-98 and 1998-99 campaigns. - In the seven games freshman point guard Jordan Dembley has started, the Flames have MMediaedia IInformationnformation averaged 13.4 turnovers per game. In the 22 games prior, the Flames were averaging 17.3 miscues per contest. TTV/StreamingV/Streaming CCoverageoverage SStationtation ....Liberty....Liberty FFlameslames SSportsports NNetworketwork - In the last six games, Theo Johnson is leading the Flames with 13.8 ppg. ....................................................MASNHD..................................................MASNHD ........................................................ESPN3......................................................ESPN3 Liberty’s Probable Starters ......................................Big....................................Big SSouthouth NNetworketwork No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Other Stats PPlay-By-Playlay-By-Play ...........................Nick...........................Nick PPierceierce 11 Andrew Smith F 6-9 225 Sr. 9.0 7.4 35 blocks CColorolor .............................Clement...........................Clement TTownsendownsend 0 David Andoh F 6-7 220 Jr. 9.6 5.7 .420 FG % RRadioadio 1 Jordan Dembley G 6-1 175 Fr. 2.6 1.2 .529 FG % SStation...........................WLNItation...........................WLNI ((105.9105.9 FFM)M) 13 James Johnson F 6-10 245 R-Sr. 6.0 3.1 .541 FG % ................................................WWFIRFIR ((960960 AAM/107.3M/107.3 FFM)M) 14 Theo Johnson G/F 6-7 205 Jr. 9.1 4.7 .425 FG % PPlay-By-Play............................Alanlay-By-Play............................Alan YYorkork CColorolor ....................................................................PPaulaul NNazigianazigian Available Reserves 2 A.C. Reid G/F 6-5 190 Fr. 4.3 1.7 .284 3FG % SSocialocial MediaMedia 3 Calvin Hoffman G 6-0 165 Fr. 0.3 0.4 -- @@LibertyFlamesLibertyFlames ((Twitter)Twitter) 5 Ryan Kemrite G/F 6-4 200 R-Fr. 4.3 1.4 .411 3FG% @@LibertyMBBLibertyMBB ((Twitter)Twitter) 15 Ethan Layer G 6-1 165 R-Sr. 3.6 0.8 .397 3FG% FFacebook.com/LibertyFlamesAthleticsacebook.com/LibertyFlamesAthletics 23 Joe Retic G 6-3 190 Jr. 6.7 2.8 5.4 apg FFacebook.com/LUbasketballacebook.com/LUbasketball 32 Evan Maxwell C 6-10 245 Fr. 2.1 1.1 .568 FG % 22014-15014-15 LibertyLiberty 2014-15 Roster MMen’sen’s BBasketballasketball No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 0 David Andoh Jr. F 6-7 220 Montreal, Quebec, Canada/IMG (Merritt College) QQuickuick FFactsacts 1 Jordan Dembley Fr. G 6-1 175 Minneapolis, Minn./Osseo HS 2 A.C. Reid Fr. G/F 6-5 190 Spring Branch, Texas/Smithson Valley HS GGeneraleneral IInformationnformation 3 Calvin Hoff man Fr. G 6-0 165 Anchorage, Alaska/Anchorage Christian School NNameame ooff SSchoolchool ...................... LLibertyiberty UUniversityniversity CCity/Zipity/Zip .................................. LLynchburg,ynchburg, VVa.a. 2245154515 5 Ryan Kemrite R-Fr. G/F 6-4 200 Conroe, Texas/ Satch Homeschool FFoundedounded ....................................................................................11971971 11 Andrew Smith Sr. F 6-9 225 Pompano Beach, Fla./Highlands Christian EEnrollmentnrollment ........................................................................113,5003,500 12 Tomasz Gielo Sr. F 6-9 230 Szczecin, Poland/SMS Cetniewo Sports Academy NNicknameickname.......................................................................... FFlameslames SSchoolchool CColorsolors ........................ RRed,ed, WWhitehite & BBluelue 13 James Johnson R-Sr. F 6-10 245 San Diego, Calif./Elsinore HS (San Diego State) HHomeome ArenaArena................................................ VVinesines CCenterenter 14 Theo Johnson Jr. G/F 6-7 205 Sacramento, Calif./Franklin (College of Charleston) CCapacityapacity....................................................................................99,443,443 15 Ethan Layer R-Jr. G 6-1 165 Forest, Va./Liberty Christian Academy AAfffi lliationiation ................................................ NNCAACAA DDivisionivision I CConferenceonference ............................................................ BBigig SSouthouth 23 Joe Retic Jr. G 6-3 190 Indianapolis, Ind./Fishers (Owens CC) FFounderounder .................................................. DDr.r. JJerryerry FFalwellalwell 24 Ezra Talbert Fr. F 6-8 190 Olathe, Kan./Olathe East HS PPresidentresident ..............................................JJerryerry FFalwell,alwell, Jr.Jr. 31 Peter Moller Fr. G 6-3 185 Vaerloese, Denmark/Falkonergaardens HS DDirectorirector ofof AthleticsAthletics................................ JJeffeff BBarberarber AAthleticsthletics DDept.ept. PPhonehone .......... ((434)434) 582-2100582-2100 32 Evan Maxwell Fr. C 6-10 245 Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights MMen’sen’s BBasketballasketball InformationInformation Coaching and Support Staff HHeadead CoachCoach...................................................... DDaleale LayerLayer Head Coach: Dale Layer, Sixth Year (Eckerd, ’80) AAlmalma MMaterater ........................................................EEckerd,ckerd, ‘‘8080 RRecordecord aatt SchoolSchool ..............881-1111-111 (Sixth(Sixth YYear)ear) Assistant Coach: Brian Joyce, Sixth Year (Oklahoma Christian ’95) CCareerareer RRecordecord ................ 3351-30451-304 (22nd(22nd Year)Year) Assistant Coach: Vince Walden, Third Year (Longwood ’01) AAssistantssistant CCoachesoaches Assistant Coach: Omar Mance, Second Year (Rice ’03) ........ BBrianrian JoyceJoyce (Oklahoma(Oklahoma Christian,Christian, ‘95)‘95) ......................................................OOmarmar MManceance ((Rice,Rice, ‘‘03)03) Director of Operations: Matt Olinger, Seventh Year (Liberty ‘08) ................................ VVinceince WaldenWalden (Longwood,(Longwood, ‘01)‘01) Graduate Assistant: Reggie Chambers, First Year (Virginia Wesleyan ‘12) Graduate Assistant: Griffi n Williams, First Year (Cincinnati ‘13) HHistoryistory FFirstirst SSeasoneason ooff BBasketballasketball ....................11972-73972-73 Certifi ed Athletic Trainer: Aaron Schreiner, 10th Year (Taylor, ‘02) AAll-Timell-Time RRecordecord ....................................................6605-66605-666 Strength and Conditioning Coach: Solomon Tat, First Year (Virginia ‘10) NNCAACAA TournamentTournament AAppearancesppearances ......................3 LLastast NNCAACAA AppearanceAppearance ......................................22013013