MEN’S 2018-19 GAME NOTES

Steven Gonzalez, Associate Director for Communications · Cell: (602) 803-0521 · E-mail: [email protected] LIBERTY VIRGINIA TECH FLAMES V HOKIES 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 29-6 OVERALL S 25-8 OVERALL OVERALL RECORD: 29-6 14-2 ASUN 12-6 ACC ASUN: 14-2 | Non-Conference: 15-4 SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH | 7:10 P.M. EST | SAP | SAN JOSE, CALIF. Home: 16-1 | Away: 11-3 | Neutral: 2-2 COACHING MATCHUP THE STARTING 5 - LIBERTY'S TOP STORYLINES NOVEMBER 8 MAINE FORT KENT W, 89-40 • Liberty faced Virginia Tech in a Hurrican Relief 13 W, 93-40 liberty VA TECH Exhibition prior to the regular season, on Nov. 4 held TREVECCA NAZARENE 16 at Kent State W, 77-70 Ritchie Buzz at Liberty. Head Coach 19 at Vanderbilt L, 70-79 McKay Williams • Virginia Tech's Special Assistant to the Coach, , was the head coach at Liberty from 2010- 23 ALCORN STATE W, 76-54 124-82 Record at School 99-68 2015 and was on Coach McKay's staff at Liberty and 25 SAVANNAH STATE W, 82-56 (6) (Years) (5) Colorado State. 28 at Navy W, 76-58 289-240 Overall Record 252-154 • Liberty's win over the No. 5 seed Mississippi Stat DECEMBER (17) (Years) (12) was its first NCAA Tournament win in school history. 1 GEORGIA STATE W, 78-52 SERIES HISTORY VS. VIRGINIA TECH • The win over the Bulldogs was Ritchie McKay's first 3 at Georgetown L, 78-88 win in the NCAA Tournament as a head coach. 11 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 79-55 3-14 • Liberty's win over Mississippi State was the 15 KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN W, 96-55 Overall...... 3-14 program's first win over a SEC school. 18 vs. Alabama @ Huntsville, Ala.^ L, 75-84 Streak...... L2 • This is head coach Ritchie McKay's second trip to the 21 vs. Alabama State# W, 73-55 At Liberty...... 0-5 NCAA Tournament as a head coach, previously taking 22 vs. Austin Peay# L, 66-75 At Virginia Tech...... 3-8 New Mexico in 2005. 29 at UCLA W, 73-58 Neutral...... 0-1 Ritchie McKay vs. Virginia Tech...... 0-1 • Liberty's 29 wins are the most in a single season in JANUARY Liberty's Last Win...... Nov. 28, 2000, 61-56, (A) school history, passing the 1979-80 team (28 wins). 5 at FGCU* W, 81-63 Last Five Meetings: • 's 30 points was the most points 9 at Stetson* W, 71-53 Nov. 19, 2014...... Liberty lost 63-73 (N) scored in an NCAA Tournament game in school 12 JACKSONVILLE* W, 69-53 Dec. 19, 2007...... Liberty lost 46-58 (A) history. It was also his career high. 16 at Kennesaw State* W, 62-41 Nov. 28, 2000...... Liberty won 61-56 (A) Dec. 11, 1999...... Liberty won 62-61 (A) • In Liberty's last two games against SEC schools (Al- 19 NORTH FLORIDA* W, 70-64 Nov. 24, 1998...... Liberty lost 51-85 (A) abama and Mississippi State) Homesley is averaging 21 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 72-47 26.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. 27 at Jacksonville* W, 69-59 HOW TO FOLLOW THE FLAMES • Liberty gives the ASUN Conference five NCAA 29 LIPSCOMB* L, 59-79 Tournament wins since 2013 and eight total wins in Video...... TBS FEBRUARY conference history. 2 NJIT* W, 77-57 Audio...... Westwood One Sports Radio • Cabbil became Liberty's winningest player in school 5 STETSON* W, 57-54 Audio...... LFSN Radio (100.1 FM, 610 AM/101.1 FM) history with 85 wins over the past four seasons, 9 FGCU* W, 74-67 besting the previous record of 79 set from 1983-86. Twitter...... @LibertyMBB 13 at Lipscomb* W, 74-66 POTENTIAL STARTERS 16 at North Alabama* W, 80-70 23 at North Florida* L, 70-75 26 KENNESAW STATE* W, 76-59 MARCH 1 at NJIT W, 57-51 4 vs. #7 Jacksonville % W, 72-58 7 vs. #3 North Florida % W, 71-63 10 at #1 Lipscomb % W, 74-68 22 vs. #5 Mississippi State @ W, 80-76 24 vs. #4 Virginia Tech @ 7:10 p.m. Home Games in BOLD CAPS 11 3 10 1 31 All times are listed in Eastern Time * - ASUN Conference Game Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Lovell Cabbil Jr. Elijah Cuffee Caleb Homesley Scottie James ^ - Rocket City Classic 6-1 | Junior | G 6-3 | Senior | G 6-4 | Sophomore | G/F 6-6 | R-Junior | G 6-8 | R-Junior | Forward # - St. Pete Shootout 7.2 PPG 11.7 PPG 7.7 PPG 12.5 PPG 12.9 PPG % - ASUN Men's Basketball Championship 2.3 APG 2.7 APG 1.9 APG 5.5 RPG 8.7 RPG @ - NCAA Tournament ‹ 1 › QUICK FACTS / ROSTERS / MEDIA INFo GENERAL INFORMATION 2018-19 LIBERTY NUMERICAL ROSTER Name of School...... No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School (Previous School) City/Zip...... Lynchburg, Va. 24515 Founded...... 1971 0 Myo Baxter-Bell R-Jr. F 6-5 Cincinnati, Ohio/Chaminade Julieen HS Enrollment...... 15,000 1 Caleb Homesley R-Jr. G 6-6 Indian Trail, N.C./Porter Ridge HS Nickname...... Flames School Colors...... Red, White & Blue 2 Darius McGhee Fr. G 5-9 Roxboro, N.C./Blue Ridge School Home Arena...... Vines Center 3 Lovell Cabbil Jr. Sr. G 6-3 Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Summit HS Capacity...... 9,511 4 Tytist Dean Fr. G 6-0 St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul HS Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Conference...... ASUN 5 Keenan Gumbs Sr. F 6-5 Cibolo, Texas/Byron P. Stelle HS (Schreiener University) Founder...... Dr. Jerry Falwell 10 Elijah Cuffee So. G/F 6-4 Poca, W. Va./Liberty Christian Academy President...... Jerry Falwell Jr. 11 Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Jr. G 6-1 Ponce, Puerto Rico/Deep Run HS Director of Athletics...... Ian McCaw Athletics Dept. Phone...... (434) 582-2100 15 Zach Farquhar Sr. G 5-9 Cincinatti, Ohio/Sycamore HS 20 Keegan McDowell So. G/F 6-6 Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller HS MEN'S BASKETBALL INFORMATION 25 Josh Price Fr. G 6-3 Charlotte, N.C./Carmel Christian School Head Coach...... Ritchie McKay Alma Mater...... Seattle Pacific, ‘87 31 Scottie James R-Jr. F 6-8 Tarpon Springs, Fla./Tarpon Springs HS (Bradley) Record at School...... 124-82 (6th Year) 32 Blake Preston Fr. F 6-9 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Christian School Career Record...... 289-240 (18th Year) 55 Brendan Newton R-Fr. C 7-2 Roanoke, Va./Faith Christian School Assistant Coaches...... Brad Soucie (Christian Heritage, ‘90) ...... Derek Johnston (Alabama-Huntsville, ‘10) Coaching and Support Staff ...... Kevin Anderson (Richmond, '11) Head Coach: Ritchie McKay, Fourth Year (Seattle Pacific, '87) Director of Player Development...... Joe Pierre III (Oklahoma State, ‘15) Associate Head Coach: Brad Soucie, Fourth Year (Christian Heritage, '90) Director of Basketball Operations...... Assistant Coach: Derek Johnston, First Year (Alabama-Huntsville, '10) ...... Chelsea Mangino (Virginia, ‘14) Assistant Coach: Kevin Anderson, First Year (Richmond, '11) Certified Athletic Trainer ...... Aaron Schreiner (Taylor, ‘02) Director of Player Development: Joe Pierre III, First Year (Oklahoma State, '15) Director of Operations: Chelsea Mangino, Third Year (Virginia, '14) HISTORY Graduate Assistant: Tyde Coffey, Second Year (Covenant, '17) First Season of Basketball...... 1972-73 All-Time Record...... 691-725 Graduate Assistant: Sam Thomas, First Year (Liberty, '18) NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 3 Strength and Conditioning Coach: Henry Barrera, Third Year (Multnomah, '02) Last NCAA Appearance...... 2013 Certified Athletic Trainer: Aaron Schriener, 13th Year (Taylor, '02) Opponent...... North Carolina A&T Result...... L/73-72 (First Four) Final 2016-17 Record...... 21-14 Conference Record/Finish...... 14-4/3rd PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 8/4 #0 Myo Baxter-Bell ...... My-O Newcomers...... 5 #3 Lovell Cabbil ...... Love-el Cab-ull ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS #4 Tytist Dean ...... TIE-tist Assoc. AD - Communications #15 Zach Farquhar ...... Far-qwar ...... Todd Wetmore #11 Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz ...... Puh-checko Office Phone...... (434) 582-2292 Email Address...... [email protected] Assoc. Director (MBB)...... Steven Gonzalez Office Phone...... (434) 582-2294 Email Address...... [email protected] Website...... LibertyFlames.com Facebook...... Liberty Flames Athletics ...... LUBasketball Instagram...... @LibertyFlames ...... @LibertyMBB Twitter...... @LibertyFlames ...... @LibertyMBB

‹ 2 › FLAMESLIBERTY 2018-19TEAM NOTES PLAYER BIOS ASUN STANDINGS DEFENSE IN THE 'BURG BIG MAN RETURNS TO THE 'BURG Conference Standings Ritchie McKay has brought the “Pack Line Defense” model from Virginia and has implemented it in Lynchburg as the Scottie James proved to be one of the best big W L Pct. men in the country averaging 13.4 points, 8.9 Lipscomb 14 2 .867 Flames rank among the top defenses in the country. McKay Liberty 14 2 .867 and his staff had one of the best in the country last year, as rebounds and 1.1 assists per game last season. North Florida 9 7 .562 the Flames ranked 19th in Division I in scoring defense, al- James shot 61.2 percent from the floor in FGCU 9 7 .562 lowing just 63.4 points per game. 2017-18 which ranked 10th in the nation, and NJIT 8 8 .500 was the fifth highest percentage North Alabama 7 9 .438 NATIONAL RANKING / TEAM OPPONENTS POINTS PER GAME in school history for a season. The big man Jacksonville 5 11 .312 is the only player in school history to post 11 James Kennesaw State 3 13 .188 6. Liberty 61.2 double-doubles during a sophomore season. James has 21 Stetson 3 13 .188 78. NJIT 67.8 career double-doubles.

Overall Standings 109. Lipscomb 69.0 WITHIN JAMES' SIGHT W L Pct. LIBERTY 29 6 .828 241. North Alabama 73.7 ALL-TIME REBOUNDING LIST REBOUNDS Lipscomb 26 7 .787 North Florida 16 17 .484 267. FGCU 75.1 6. Mike Coleman 777 FGCU 14 18 .452 NJIT 21 12 .645 T7. Peter Aluma 682 North Alabama 10 22 .323 Jacksonville 12 20 .387 CABBIL JR. REACHING 1K CAREER POINTS T7. Cliff Webber 682 Kennesaw State 6 26 .194 Lovell Cabbil Jr. became the 26th player in 9. Julius Nwosu 646 Stetson 7 24 .226 school history to score 1,000 career points. Cabbil is now the second player in the last two 10. Scottie James 636 Preseason Coaches Poll seasons to reach 1,000 career points as Ryan 1) Lipscomb (7) - 79 pts. Kemrite reached the milestone last year. 2) FGCU (1) - 66 pts. 3) Liberty - 63 pts. LIBERTY MAKING HISTORY The Flames have broken the school record with 28 wins in a DI 4) North Florida (1) - 61 pts. WITHIN CABBIL'S SIGHT Cabbil Jr. 5) Jacksonville - 40 pts. season. In 1997, Liberty went 23-9 and 23-12 in 2009. 6) NJIT - 38 pts. ALL-TIME SCORING LIST POINTS 7) Kennesaw State - 26 pts. STATISTIC (VALUE) 1996-97 2018-19 8) Stetson - 20 pts. 11. George Sweet 1,422 Points Per Game 68.2 ppg 74.2 ppg 9) North Alabama - 12 pts. 12. George Sweet 1,422 Points Allowed 62.3 ppg 61.2 ppg Preseason Media Poll 13. Chris Caldwell 1,391 1) Lipscomb (44) - 438 pts. Scoring Margin +5.9 +13.0 2) FGCU (2) - 374 pts. 14. John Caleb Sanders 1,384 Liberty's previous Division I record for most wins in a season is 3) Liberty - 338 pts. 15. Lovell Cabbil 1,399 4) North Florida (2) - 304 pts. 23, which the Flames have done twice (1996-97 and 2008-09). 5) Jacksonville (2) - 254 pts. 6) NJIT - 203 pts. FIRE OFF THE BENCH FLAMES NATIONAL RANKINGS 7) Kennesaw State - 147 pts. Liberty’s bench has been exceptional this Liberty ranks among some of the best programs in the nation. 8) Stetson - 121 pts. season, averaging 22.7 points per game in 35 9) North Alabama - 71 pts. games. Through 35 games in the 2017-18 season, Liberty’s bench scored 734 points and .fast forward to this sea- STATISTIC (VALUE) NATIONAL ASUN ASUN First Team All-Conference son, Liberty’s bench has produced 816 points. Liberty's bench is RANK RANK *Garrison Matthews, Lipscomb outscoring opposing benches 796-603 this season a, while (521) No. 28 No. 3 Caleb Homesley, Liberty having been outscored six times this season. Total Assists Scottie James, Liberty Total 3-FG Made (312) No. 34 No. 2 Rob Marberry, Lipscomb FLAMES MAKE HISTORY IN NON-CONFERENCE Abdul Lewis, NJIT 3FG Per Game (8.9) No. 66 No. 2 * - Denotes unimous selection After one of the toughest non-conference schedules in school history, where the Flames scheduled five teams that played in FG Percentage (49.0) No. 13 No. 1 ASUN Player of the Year the postseason last year, including three NCAA Tournament Scoring Margin (13.0) No. 15 No. 2 Garrison Matthews, Lipscomb teams, Liberty tied the school record with 14 wins during its non-conference schedule. During the Flames' 14 wins, Liberty FT Percentage (77.3) No. 12 No. 1 defeated a Pac-12 school for the first time in school history and ASUN Defensive Player of the Year /TO Ratio (1.4) No. 27 No. 1 Wajid Aminu, North Florida also defeated a power 5 school in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history. Total Steals (221) No. 95 No. 3 ASUN Newcomer of the Year Shadrac Casimir, FGCU MCKAY REACHES 100 WINS AT LIBERTY 3FG Percentage (37.1) No. 72 No. 3 Liberty Head Coach Ritchie McKay became the second coach Assists Per Game (14.9) No. 68 No. 3 ASUN Freshman of the Year in school history to reach 100 career wins at Liberty when in Jamari Blackmon, North Alabama six seasons at Liberty, McKay has a winning percentage of .601 and owns three of Liberty’s five 20-win seasons in its DI era. ASUN Coach of the Year McKay is 11 wins behind the most DI wins in school history. Jeff , Lipscomb Meyer had 134 wins in nine DI seasons.

‹ 3 › FLAMESLIBERTY 2018-19NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAYER BIOS HISTORY

1994: #16 LIBERTY VS. #1 NORTH CAROLINA 2004: #16 LIBERTY VS. #1 ST. JOSEPH'S

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Liberty vs #1 seed St. Joseph's 03-18-04 3:05 p.m. at HSBC Arena

Liberty 63 • (18-15) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 MARTIN, Gabe f 3-10 0-4 0-0 1 8 9 3 6 1 3 0 1 33 35 SNEED, Louvon f 1-5 1-2 4-4 0 0 0 4 7 1 1 0 0 17 22 BLAIR, Larry g 4-12 1-4 0-0 1 5 6 1 9 4 5 0 1 33 23 WOODSON, Brian g 4-7 1-3 1-3 1 4 5 4 10 4 6 0 2 33 24 MANTLO, Ryan g 1-3 0-2 2-2 1 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 0 18 00 RIBER, Jeff 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 03 CLARKE, John 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04 PERRSON, Mats 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 TURNER, Glyn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 21 DEES, David 7-9 3-4 5-6 0 6 6 2 22 1 1 1 2 29 32 LIGHTBOURNE, Leo 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 40 SARCHET, Jason 2-4 0-0 1-3 1 2 3 3 5 1 1 0 0 20 45 SEGUN, Hope 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 Team 1 2 3 1 Totals 22-51 6-20 13-18 7 29 36 22 63 15 26 1 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-25 36.0% 2nd half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 22-51 43.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 6-20 30.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 13-18 72.2% 1

#1 seed St. Joseph's 82 • (28-1) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 Carroll, Pat f 2-6 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 5 1 2 0 2 24 34 Bryant, John f 1-2 0-0 6-10 4 3 7 2 8 2 1 0 2 23 21 Jones, Dwayne c 2-5 0-0 3-5 2 1 3 4 7 0 0 3 0 16 14 Nelson, Jameer g 11-17 3-6 8-9 1 2 3 0 33 4 1 0 3 30 15 West, Delonte g 7-14 2-6 2-2 1 8 9 3 18 5 4 0 2 33 02 Jesiolowski, Brian 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 03 Sullivan, Rob 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 05 Lee, Dwayne 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 8 11 Surov, Artur 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 Barley, Tyrone 2-4 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 6 1 1 0 1 23 13 Stachitas, Chet 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 18 31 Koefer, Andrew 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 Mallon, Dave 1-5 0-3 1-2 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 13 41 Lidzius, Arvydas 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 43 Hartshorn, Robert 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 0 3 3 Totals 27-60 8-23 20-28 10 26 36 17 82 16 14 3 15 200

FG % 1st Half: 15-29 51.7% 2nd half: 12-31 38.7% Game: 27-60 45.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd half: 1-11 9.1% Game: 8-23 34.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8% 2nd half: 11-17 64.7% Game: 20-28 71.4% 2

Officials: Steve Welmer, Verne Harris, Mike Eades Technical fouls: Liberty-None. #1 seed St. Joseph's-None. Attendance: 18456 St. Joseph's advances to play Texas Tech on Saturday. 2004 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - First Round - Buffalo, N.Y.

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Liberty 26 37 63 #1 seed St. Joseph's 46 36 82 2013: #16 LIBERTY VS. #16 NORTH CAROLINA A&T LIBERTY TOURNAMENT RECORDS

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics North Carolina A & T vs Liberty INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 03-19-13 6:40 PM ET at University of Dayton Arena Points...... Caleb Homesley (30), vs. Mississippi State, March 22, 2019 North Carolina A & T 73 • 20-16 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Rebounds...... Gabe Martin (9), vs. St. Joseph's, March 18, 2004 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 Powell, Adrian f 3-9 1-2 2-5 1452 9510332 Assists...... John Caleb Sanders (9), vs. North Carolina A&T, March 19, 2013 31 Witter, Austin f 3-6 2-4 0-2 1 5 6 3 8 2 1 4 0 37 Steals...... Jason Dixon (3), vs. North Carolina, March 18, 1994 34 Beckford, Bruce c 8-10 0-0 0-0 279316000031 05 Louisme, Jean g 2-7 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 2 5 1 1 0 2 23 ...... Tavares Speaks (3), vs. North Carolina A&T, March 19, 2013 30 Middleton, Lamont g 4-11 2-5 4-5 145314040034 03 Underwood, Jeremy 6-6 2-2 5-6 0 1 1 1 19 1 1 0 0 28 Blocks...... Peter Alumna (3), vs. North Carolina, March 18, 1994 04 Upchurch, Dametrius 1-2 0-0 0-1 0334 2000010 21 Buck, R.J. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 3FG Made...... Davon Marshall (6), vs. North Carolina A&T, March 19, 2013 Team 1 0 1 Totals 27-52 8-18 11-19 6 27 33 19 73 10 8 4 6 200 Free Throws..... Lovell Cabbil Jr. & Myo Baxter-Bell (7), vs. Mississippi State, March 22, 2019

FG % 1st Half: 15-26 57.7% 2nd half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 27-52 51.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 8-18 44.4% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 11-19 57.9% 3 TEAM RECORDS Liberty 72 • 15-21 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Most Points Scored...... 80, vs. Mississippi State, March 22, 2019 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 SMITH, Andrew f 2-3 0-0 3-3 2242 7012125 Fewest Points Scored...... 51 vs. North Carolina, March 18, 1994 32 CORONADO, JR f 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 7 7 1 4 1 1 0 0 29 01 MARSHALL, Davon g 7-17 6-15 2-2 011422320038 Most Points Allowed...... 82 vs. St. Joseph's, March 18, 2004 22 SPEAKS, Tavares g 6-11 0-0 5-5 1 5 6 4 17 2 2 0 3 36 33 SANDERS, John Caleb g 7-18 4-6 3-4 022321930036 Fewest Points Allowed...... 72 vs. North Carolina, March 18, 1994 03 ROBERTS, Casey 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Field Goals Made...... 23 vs. North Carolina A&T, March 19, 2013 10 DONLEY, Chad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 12 GIELO, Tomasz 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 4 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 19 3FG Made...... 12, vs. Mississippi State, March 22, 2019 21 VANDER POL, Joel 0-1 0-0 1-2 1341 1000011 Team 1 0 1 Rebounds...... 36 vs. St. Joseph's, March 18, 2004 Totals 23-54 10-23 16-18 6 24 30 17 72 15 10 3 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 23-54 42.6% Deadball Assists...... 16, vs. Mississippi State, March 22, 2019 3FG % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 10-23 43.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 16-18 88.9% 0 Steals...... 9 vs. North Carolina, March 18, 1994 Officials: Les Jones, Mike Eades, Tony Crisp Turnovers...... 26 vs. St. Joseph's, March 18, 2004 Technical fouls: North Carolina A & T-None. Liberty-None. Attendance: Free Throws...... 20, vs. Mississippi State, March 22, 2019 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship First Round - Midwest Region

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total North Carolina A & T 40 33 73 Liberty 33 39 72

‹ 4 › FLAMESLIBERTY 2018-19TEAM NOTES PLAYER BIOS ASUN CHAMPIONSHIP MCKAY'S JOURNEY BACK TO LIBERTY ONLY DIVISION I OFFERS ASUN Championship Quarterfinals After spending two years as the head coach at Liberty from 2007-09, Ritchie McKay left to be the associate head coach Despite shining in a Liberty uniform, it was a tough road for #1 Lipscomb (86) vs. #8 Kennesaw State (71) at Virginia, when Tony Bennett was named head coach. Con- a few of Liberty’s key players as Lovell Cabbil Jr. and Georgie #2 Liberty (72) vs. #7 Jacksonville (58) sidering himself an “offensive coach” throughout most of his Pacheco-Ortiz were not sought after coming out of high #3 North Florida (76) vs. #6 North Alabama (66) coaching career, McKay earned what he called “a master’s school. Known for being able to recognize talent, Coach #4 FGCU (78) vs. #5 NJIT (83) degree” in the “Pack Line Defense." McKay was able to come McKay was able to find diamonds in the rough as he was the back to Liberty when he was hired in April of 2015 and then only Division I head coach to offer Cabbil and Pacheco-Ortiz. ASUN Championship Semifinals implemented Virginia’s defense in Lynchburg. McKay and the The starting backcourt has now started 91 games together and has won 71 games during that span. #1 Lipscomb (78) vs. #5 NJIT (55) Bennett family are very close as McKay has considered To- ny’s father, Dick Bennett, a mentor throughout his entire life. #2 Liberty (71) vs. #3 North Florida (63) SUCCESS ON THE ROAD ASUN Championship Final LIBERTY'S ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES Battle tested this year, the Flames have been tested on the road facing teams like Alabama, Georgetown, Kent State, #1 Lipscomb (68) vs. #2 Liberty (74) After claiming a share of the ASUN regular season title, Liberty's Caleb Homesley and Scottie James earned ASUN UCLA and Vanderbilt. Liberty has responded with a school First Team All-Conference honors. The Liberty duo are the record 11 true road wins. Liberty’s win over UCLA was the ASUN All-Tournament Team school’s first win over a Pac-12 school. The Flames proved Scottie James, Liberty first players to make a first team in a conference since Jesse Sanders earned First Team All-Big South honors in the 2011- they could compete with anyone on their schedule as their Lovell Cabbil Jr., Liberty biggest losing deficit during non-conference was 10 points Caleb Homesley, Liberty 12 season. They are also the first pair of Flames to earn first team honors in the same season since 2004-05, when David (78-88) at Georgetown. Liberty was the ninth fastest team Garrison Matthews, Lipscomb in the country to reach 10 road wins this season. Kenny Cooper, Lipscomb Dees and Larry Blair made First Team All-Big South. Garrett Sams, North Florida Diandre Wilson, NJIT SCOTTIE JAMES' JOURNEY TO LIBERTY THE MCDOWELL FAMILY ASUN Championship MVP In what Coach McKay calls “A gift from up above”, Scottie Good genes are in the McDowell family as sophomore Kee- Scottie James, Liberty James’ journey to Liberty is quite unique. After starting his gan McDowell is one of two student-athletes competing at collegiate career at Bradley, James was looking to transfer. Liberty. Keegan’s sister, Delaney, is on the track & field team During that time, his mother was working at a school back in at Liberty. Delaney has earned all-conference honors in both ASUN Championship Notes their hometown in Florida and the school shutdown. Looking the Big South and now the ASUN. - Liberty is the first team to win the ASUN to teach somewhere, she applied and accepted a teaching Championship in its debut tournament position at Liberty University. His mother reached out to FUN IN THE SUN - FIRST YEAR IN THE ASUN since the 1997-98 season. McKay and former assistant coach, Kyle Getter, who is now On May 17, 2018, Liberty announced a new direction for its at Virginia, explaining that her son is looking to transfer and athletics department, as conference membership for 17 of - Liberty had four players score in double she sent the coaching staff highlight tapes of James. Once its programs will move to the ASUN Conference. The Flames figures in the championship game led by granted his release, McKay reached out and brought him became the first team to win the ASUN Men’s Basketball Scottie James' 17 points to go along with in for a visit and was able to get a commitment from the big Championship in their debut tournament since the 1997-98 eight rebounds. man. season. - Having never earned any all-conference MCGHEE - FRESHMAN SENSATION season honors, Lovell Cabbil Jr. was CREATING A WINNING CULTURE named All-Tournament for the second Despite not making the ASUN All-Freshman team, Liberty’s Ritchie McKay inherited a program that endured 84 losses straight year. Last season, Scottie James freshman sensation, Darius McGhee, proved to be one of the in four previous seasons. After suffering 13 losses during his and Cabbil were both named Big South best young players in the conference as he earned ASUN first 13 Division I games, McKay changed the culture at Liber- All-Tournament. Newcomer of the Week four times, the most of any player ty that has now posted three straight 20-win seasons, which this season. Despite being 5’9, the freshman is easy to spot has never been done before in school history. Throughout its - The No. 2 seed has now won its last five on the court as he displays a 48’’ inch vertical. history, Liberty has had eight 20-win seasons and McKay is appearances in the Championship Final, responsible for four of those seasons. During its Division I all of which have come against the No. 1 MCKAY RECOGNIZED IN POSTSEASON HONORS era, McKay owns four of the six 20-win seasons. seed. Liberty men's basketball head coach Ritchie McKay has been named a finalist for the 2019 , CAPTAIN CABBIL - Liberty has claimed its fourth ever Award and the Awards. The Ben Jobe award conference championship, having won recognizes the top minority coach in Division I basketball. Lovell Cabbil Jr. was Ritchie McKay’s first recruit he ever the Big South Tournament in 1994, 2004 The recognizes the top coach in Division signed once he returned to Liberty in 2015. Cabbil had not and 2013. I basketball, while the recognizes the received any Division I offers being told that he was too small top mid-major coach in the country. to play Division I. Weighing in at just under 150 pounds, McK- - Liberty's win over Lipscomb extended ay saw something in Cabbil and offered him a scholarship. the Flames' school-record of 11 true road POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE Four years later, Cabbil is now Liberty’s most winningest wins, the most in a single season. player, leading the Flames to a school record 84 wins the The Flames are prepping for their third straight postseason past four seasons. - The last two games Liberty has played tournament, having participated in the CollegeInsider.com on March 10, Liberty has punched its tick- Tournament (CIT) in the past two seasons. In 2016, Liberty THE PIERRE FAMILY et to the NCAA Tournament. Back in 2013, made it to the CIT Quarterfinals, losing on the road to UMBC Liberty won the Big South Championship and last season the Flames made it to the semifinals where It will be a family battle between Liberty and Mississippi and the Flames defeated Lipscomb for they eventually fell to UIC. State as Liberty's director of player development, Joe Pierre the ASUN title on March 10. III has a twin brother, Josh Pierre who is the video coordina- tor at Mississippi State.

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2018-19 Liberty Men's Basketball Liberty Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 23, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 29-6 16-1 11-3 2-2 CONFERENCE 14-2 7-1 7-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 15-4 9-0 4-2 2-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 31 JAMES, Scottie 35-34 868 24.8 174-260 .6 6 9 8-24 .3 3 3 95-134 .7 0 9 103 203 306 8.7 69 0 39 60 17 11 451 12.9 01 HOMESLEY, Caleb 35-26 970 27.7 176-377 .4 6 7 55-173 .3 1 8 32-45 .7 1 1 17 174 191 5.5 66 1 95 49 22 26 439 12.5 03 CABBIL, Lovell 34-33 1016 29.9 127-257 .4 9 4 52-114 .4 5 6 93-108 .8 6 1 15 107 122 3.6 64 1 95 74 6 46 399 11.7 10 CUFFEE, Elijah 35-35 932 26.6 92-205 .4 4 9 55-131 .4 2 0 32-37 .8 6 5 7 63 70 2.0 86 5 67 48 16 26 271 7.7 02 MCGHEE, Darius 35-0 741 21.2 94-247 .3 8 1 56-180 .3 1 1 20-22 .9 0 9 11 84 95 2.7 39 0 38 18 9 33 264 7.5 11 PACHECO-ORTIZ, G. 35-34 892 25.5 82-174 .4 7 1 45-94 .4 7 9 42-48 .8 7 5 6 48 54 1.5 33 1 79 32 4 26 251 7.2 05 GUMBS, Keenan 35-12 587 16.8 77-162 .4 7 5 18-54 .3 3 3 35-46 .7 6 1 27 50 77 2.2 46 0 38 30 3 25 207 5.9 00 BAXTER-BELL, Myo 35-1 525 15.0 72-146 .4 9 3 0-10 .0 0 0 34-47 .7 2 3 29 59 88 2.5 86 3 50 42 8 22 178 5.1 20 MCDOWELL, Keegan 30-0 319 10.6 32-67 .4 7 8 17-46 .3 7 0 3-3 1.000 3 20 23 0.8 24 0 14 13 1 4 84 2.8 55 NEWTON, Brendan 22-0 65 3.0 13-19 .6 8 4 0-1 .0 0 0 5-16 .3 1 3 9 7 16 0.7 10 0 2 7 5 1 31 1.4 15 FARQUHAR, Zach 22-0 84 3.8 6-16 .3 7 5 6-15 .4 0 0 3-4 .7 5 0 0 8 8 0.4 5 0 4 1 1 1 21 1.0 Team 45 47 92 9 Total...... 35 6999 945-1930 .4 9 0 312-842 .3 7 1 394-510 .7 7 3 272 870 1142 32.6 528 11 521 383 92 221 2596 74.2 Opponents...... 35 6989 766-1837 .4 1 7 224-697 .3 2 1 386-572 .6 7 5 294 775 1069 30.5 547 - 352 475 96 184 2142 61.2

TEAM STATISTICS LIBERTY OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2596 2142 11/08/18 ME.-FORT KENT W 89-40 3002 Points per game 74.2 61.2 11/13/18 TREVECCA NAZARENE W 93-40 2336 Scoring margin +13.0 - 11/16/18 at Kent St. W 77-70 2214 FIELD GOALS-ATT 945-1930 766-1837 11/19/18 at Vanderbilt L 70-79 8493 Field goal pct .4 9 0 .4 1 7 11/23/18 ALCORN W 76-54 1929 3 POINT FG-ATT 312-842 224-697 11/25/18 SAVANNAH ST. W 82-56 1943 3-point FG pct .3 7 1 .3 2 1 11/28/18 at Navy W 76-58 489 3-pt FG made per game 8.9 6.4 12/01/18 GEORGIA ST. W 78-52 2966 FREE THROWS-ATT 394-510 386-572 12/03/18 at Georgetown L 78-88 4011 pct .7 7 3 .6 7 5 12/11/18 SOUTH CAROLINA ST. W 79-55 1684 F-Throws made per game 11.3 11.0 12/15/18 KY. CHRISTIAN W 96-55 2115 REBOUNDS 1142 1069 12/18/18 vs Alabama L 75-84 5781 Rebounds per game 32.6 30.5 12/21/18 vs Alabama State W 73-55 158 Rebounding margin +2.1 - 12/22/18 vs Austin Peay L 66-75 202 ASSISTS 521 352 12/29/18 at UCLA W 73-58 7456 Assists per game 14.9 10.1 * 01/05/19 at FGCU W 81-63 3517 TURNOVERS 383 475 * 01/09/18 at Stetson W 71-53 376 Turnovers per game 10.9 13.6 * 01/12/19 JACKSONVILLE W 69-53 2963 Turnover margin +2.6 - * 01/16/19 at Kennesaw State W 62-41 843 Assist/turnover ratio 1.4 0.7 * 01/19/19 NORTH FLORIDA W 70-64 4958 STEALS 221 184 * 01/21/19 NORTH ALA. W 72-47 2716 Steals per game 6.3 5.3 * 01/27/19 at Jacksonville W 69-59 718 BLOCKS 92 96 * 01/29/19 LIPSCOMB L 59-79 5053 Blocks per game 2.6 2.7 * 02/02/19 NJIT W 77-57 3782 ATTENDANCE 49524 47463 * 02/05/19 STETSON W 57-54 2244 Home games-Avg/Game 17-2913 14-2952 * 02/09/19 FGCU W 74-67 4400 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-1535 * 02/13/19 at Lipscomb W 74-66 3437 * 02/16/19 at North Alabama W 80-70 967 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals * 02/23/19 at North Florida L 70-75 2169 Liberty 1170 1426 2596 * 02/26/19 KENNESAW ST. W 76-59 3376 Opponents 947 1195 2142 * 3/1/19 at NJIT W 57-51 945 03/04/19 JACKSONVILLE W 72-58 1738 03/07/19 NORTH FLORIDA W 71-63 2319 03/10/19 at Lipscomb W 74-68 5687 03/22/19 vs Mississippi St. W 80-76 0

* - Conference game ‹ 40 › TV / RADIO ROSTER

0 • Myo-Baxter Bell 1 • Caleb Homesley 2 • Darius McGhee 3 • Lovell Cabbil 4 • Tytist Dean R-Jr. • F • 6-5 • 255 R-Jr. • G • 6-6 • 205 Fr. • G • 5-9 • 160 Sr. • G • 6-3 • 170 Fr. • G • 6-0 • 170 Dayton, Ohio Indian Trail, N.C. Roxboro, N.C. Arlington, Texas St. Paul, Minn.

5 • Keenan Gumbs 10 • Elijah Cuffee 11 • Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz 15 • Zach Farquhar 20 • Keegan McDowell Sr. • F • 6-5 • 210 So. • G/F • 6-4 • 200 Jr. • G • 6-1 • 190 Sr. • G • 5-9 • 160 So. • G/F • 6-6 • 180 Cibolo, Texas Poca, W. Va. Ponce, Puerto Rico Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio

25 •Josh Price 31 • Scottie James 32 • Blake Preston 55 • Brendan Newton Ritchie McKay Fr. • G • 6-3 • 165 R-Jr. • F • 6-8 • 235 Fr. • F • 6-9 • 220 R-Fr. • C • 7-2 • 235 Head Coach Charlotte, N.C. Tarpon Springs, Fla. Charlotte, N.C. Roanoke, Va. Fourth Year

Brad Soucie Derek Johnston Kevin Anderson Joe Pierre III Chelsea Mangino Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Player Development Director of Basketball Operations Fourth Year First Year First Year First Year Third Year

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