2015-16 Liberty Game No. 5 - Nov. 26, 2015 Men’s Basketball Schedule/Results Liberty FLAMES Overall: 3-1 (3-1) Big South: 0-0 11/13 COVENANT W/64-62 vs. 11/14 SUMMIT W/90-52 11/17 WILLIAM & MARY L/59-70 Challenge in Music City (Home Site) Appalachian State MOUNTAINEERS 11/21 CENTRAL PENN W/86-50 (1-3) Challenge in Music City (Nashville, Tenn.) 11/26 Appalachiam State 3 p.m. 11/27 Western Michigan 3:30 pm Nashville, Tenn. - Nashville Municipal Auditorium - 3 p.m. 11/29 Tulane 2 p.m. 12/3 at Radford * 7 p.m. The Games 12/5 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 2 p.m. Off to a 3-1 start, the Liberty men’s basketball team heads to Nashville, Tenn., for 12/8 at Furman 7 p.m. 12/12 LAMAR 2 p.m. the American Sports Network (ASN) Challenge in Music City. The Flames will play three 12/17 at Princeton 7 p.m. games inside the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, beginning with Appalachian State on 12/20 at St. Francis Brooklyn 4 p.m. Thursday. The contest will broadcast live on ASN at 3 p.m. (EST). Following its Thanks- 12/27 at VCU 5 p.m. giving Day clash with the Mountaineers, Liberty will square off with Western Michigan on 12/29 at Notre Dame 3 p.m. 1/2 UNC ASHEVILLE * 2 p.m. Friday (3:30 EST) before closing out the tournament against Tulane on Sunday (2 p.m. 1/6 at Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. EST, ASN). 1/9 CAMPBELL * 2 p.m. 1/14 at Charleston Southern * 7:30 p.m. Matchup Notes 1/16 at Winthrop * 4 p.m. 1/19 LONGWOOD * 7 p.m. - Appalachian State leads the all-time series against the Flames with a 4-1 record. Lib- 1/23 HIGH POINT * NOON erty’s lone win occurred on Nov. 30, 2000. The Flames defeated the Mountaineers inside 1/27 at Gardner-Webb * 7 p.m. the Vines Center, 68-52. 1/30 at Presbyterian * 7:30 p.m. - Thursday’s matchup marks the fi rst meeting between the Flames and Mountaineers in 2/2 WINTHROP * 7 p.m. 2/6 at High Point * 7 p.m. nearly 14 years. The two squads last met on Dec. 1, 2001, resulting in a 95-77 win for 2/12 at Longwood * 2 p.m. Appalachian State in Boone, N.C. 2/18 RADFORD * 7 p.m. - Liberty’s fi rst meeting against Appalachian State took place on Jan. 28, 1987, during 2/20 PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. the Flames’ tenure as an NCAA Division II member. The Mountaineers won the contest, 2/25 at UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. 2/27 GARDNER-WEBB * NOON 74-60. - Thursday’s contest is the fi rst neutral site meeting between the two teams. Big South MBB Championship Gore Arena - Buies Creek, N.C. Look Back at Saturday vs. Central Penn 3/3 TBA TBA - Guided by a career-high 21 points and 13 rebounds from sophomore center Evan 3/4 TBA TBA Maxwell, the Liberty men’s basketball team returned to the win column, Saturday after- 3/5 Semifi nals TBA noon, defeating Central Penn inside the Vines Center, 86-50. 3/6 Championship Game 2:30 p.m. - Along with Maxwell, sophomore forward A.C. Reid chipped in a career-high 16 points, knocking down a trio of three-pointers on the afternoon. Freshman guard Lovell Cabbil Home Games in BOLD CAPS rounded out Liberty’s double-digit scorers with 11 points, while redshirt freshman forward * - Big South Conference Game Ezra Talbert had a near double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. All times are Eastern Standard Time - Despite Central Penn entering the contest averaging 100.4 ppg through its fi rst eight games, the Flames defense stifl ed the Knights, holding the visitors to half their average. MMediaedia IInformationnformation Liberty shot 49.2 percent (30-of-61) from the fi eld, compared to 27.9 percent (17-of-61) TTelevisionelevision CoverageCoverage for Central Penn. AAmericanmerican SSportsports NetworkNetwork .................................................. - Liberty had its highest rebound total of the season, outrebounding the Knights, 49-32. The Flames also distributed the ball well, tying its season-high in assists with 22. McKay’s squad capitalized in the paint (42-20) and off turnovers (19-7), while receiving a season- RRadioadio SStation..........................WVGMtation..........................WVGM ((ESPNESPN iinn best 35 points from the bench. VVA)A) .................................................. 993.33.3 FFMM / 11320320 AAMM PPlay-By-Play............................Alanlay-By-Play............................Alan YYorkork Liberty’s Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Other Stats SSocialocial MediaMedia 0 Anthony Fields G 6-0 160 R-Sr. 7.5 1.0 .667 FG % @@LibertyFlamesLibertyFlames ((Twitter)Twitter) 2 A.C. Reid G/F 6-5 190 So. 10.8 5.0 2.0 apg @@LibertyMBBLibertyMBB ((Twitter)Twitter) FFacebook.com/LibertyFlamesAthleticsacebook.com/LibertyFlamesAthletics 5 Ryan Kemrite G/F 6-4 200 R-So. 13.5 3.3 .500 3FG % FFacebook.com/LUbasketballacebook.com/LUbasketball 13 Lovell Cabbil G 6-3 155 Fr. 11.5 4.3 .526 3FG % 15 Evan Maxwell C 6-10 245 So. 15.5 9.5 .684 FG % Reserves 1 Caleb Homesley G 6-4 175 Fr. 3.0 2.0 .500 FG % 4 Hansel Atencia G 5-10 155 Fr. 2.8 2.5 2.8 apg 12 Sam Worman G 6-3 185 Fr. 4.0 1.5 2.0 spg 24 Ezra Talbert F 6-8 190 R-Fr. 8.3 5.3 .375 FG % 44 Ryan Hiepler G 6-0 180 Fr. 0.0 0.3 -- 22015-16015-16 LibertyLiberty 2015-16 Roster MMen’sen’s BBasketballasketball No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 0 Anthony Fields R-Sr. G 6-0 160 Detroit, Mich./Quality Education Academy (Bradley) QQuickuick FFactsacts 1 Caleb Homesley Fr. G 6-4 175 Indian Trails, N.C./Porter Ridge HS 2 A.C. Reid So. G/F 6-5 190 Spring Branch, Texas/Smithson Valley HS GGeneraleneral IInformationnformation 3 Calvin Hoff man So. G 6-0 165 Anchorage, Alaska/Anchorage Christian School NNameame ooff SSchoolchool ...................... LLibertyiberty UUniversityniversity CCity/Zipity/Zip .................................. LLynchburg,ynchburg, VVa.a. 2245154515 4 Hansel Atencia Fr. G 5-10 155 Bucaramanga, Colombia/Mountain Mission FFoundedounded ....................................................................................11971971 5 Ryan Kemrite R-So. G/F 6-4 200 Conroe, Texas/Satch Homeschool EEnrollmentnrollment ........................................................................114,5004,500 12 Sam Worman Fr. G 6-3 185 Leesburg, Va./Flint Hill HS NNicknameickname.......................................................................... FFlameslames SSchoolchool CColorsolors ........................ RRed,ed, WWhitehite & BBluelue 13 Lovell Cabbil Fr. G 6-3 155 Arlington, Texas/Mansfi eld Summit HS HHomeome ArenaArena................................................ VVinesines CCenterenter 15 Evan Maxwell So. C 6-10 245 Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights CCapacityapacity....................................................................................99,330,330 22 John Dawson R-So. G 6-2 205 Clovis, N.M./Clovis HS (Marquette) AAfffi lliationiation ................................................ NNCAACAA DDivisionivision I CConferenceonference ............................................................ BBigig SSouthouth 24 Ezra Talbert R-Fr. F 6-8 190 Olathe, Kan./Olathe East HS FFounderounder ......................................DDr.r. JJerryerry FFalwell,alwell, SSr.r. 44 Ryan Hiepler Fr. G 6-0 180 Camarillo, Calif./Oaks Christian HS PPresidentresident ..........................................................JJerryerry FFalwellalwell DDirectorirector ofof AthleticsAthletics................................ JJeffeff BBarberarber AAthleticsthletics DDept.ept. PPhonehone .......... ((434)434) 582-2100582-2100 Coaching and Support Staff Head Coach: Ritchie McKay, First Year (Seattle Pacifi c ‘87) MMen’sen’s BBasketballasketball InformationInformation Assistant Coach: Brad Soucie, First Year (Christian Heritage ‘90) HHeadead CoachCoach............................................RRitchieitchie McKayMcKay Assistant Coach: Kyle Getter, First Year (Hanover College ’01) AAlmalma MMaterater ................................ 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BBradrad SSoucieoucie (Christian(Christian Heritage,Heritage, ‘90)‘90) Graduate Assistant: Stelios Tzoutzis, First Year (Mansfi eld ‘12) ....................KKyleyle GGetteretter ((HanoverHanover CCollege,ollege, ‘01)‘01) Graduate Assistant: Chelsea Mangino, First Year (Virginia ‘14) Certifi ed Athletic Trainer: Aaron Schreiner, 11th Year (Taylor ‘02) HHistoryistory FFirstirst SSeasoneason ooff BBasketballasketball ....................11972-73972-73 Strength and Conditioning Coach: Henry Barerra, First Year (Multnomah ‘00) AAll-Timell-Time RRecordecord ....................................................6609-66909-669 NNCAACAA TournamentTournament AAppearancesppearances ......................3 Pronunciation Guide LLastast NNCAACAA AppearanceAppearance ......................................22013013 OOpponentpponent ....................................NNorthorth CarolinaCarolina A&TA&T Ryan Kemrite ..............................................................................................Khem-right RResultesult ..............................................LL/73-72/73-72 (First(First FFour)our) Hansel Atencia .................................................................Hawn-cell A-TEN-cee-ah FFinal/Highestinal/Highest RankingRanking .............................................