MEN’S BASKETBALL 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 CENTER | 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 Hurricane 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, Dale Layer, 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: • Caleb Homesley'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 .......................Liberty University 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)