MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME NOTES Steven Gonzalez, Associate Director for Communications · Cell: (602) 803-0521 · E-mail: [email protected] LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAMES V BULLDOGS 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 28-6 OVERALL S 23-10 OVERALL OVERALL RECORD: 28-6 14-2 ASUN 10-8 SEC ASUN: 14-2 | Non-Conference: 14-4 FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND | 7:27 P.M. EST | SAP CENTER | SAN JOSE, CALIF. Home: 16-1 | Away: 11-3 | Neutral: 1-2 COACHING MATCHUP THE STARTING 5 - LIBERTY'S TOP STORYLINES NOVEMBER 8 MAINE FORT KENT W, 89-40 • Liberty is in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth 13 W, 93-40 liberty BULLDOGS time in school history and first since 2013. TREVECCA NAZARENE 16 at Kent State W, 77-70 Ritchie Ben Head Coach • A No. 12 seed is the highest Liberty has ever been 19 at Vanderbilt L, 70-79 McKay Howland ranked in the NCAA Tournament, having previously been a No. 16 seed all three previous trips. 23 ALCORN STATE W, 76-54 123-82 Record at School 78-55 25 SAVANNAH STATE W, 82-56 (6) (Years) (4) • This is head coach Ritchie McKay's second trip to the NCAA Tournament as a head coach, previously taking 28 at Navy W, 76-58 288-240 Overall Record 479-261 New Mexico in 2005. DECEMBER (17) (Years) (23) • Liberty's 28 wins is the most in a single season during 1 GEORGIA STATE W, 78-52 SERIES HISTORY VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE its Division I era and ties the overall school record 3 at Georgetown L, 78-88 (1979-1980). 11 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 79-55 0-1 • Liberty has set a new Division I school record (2009, 15 KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN W, 96-55 Overall ...............................................................0-1 15 wins) with 16 wins at home in a single season. 18 vs. Alabama @ Huntsville, Ala.^ L, 75-84 Streak ..................................................................L1 • Liberty set the school record for most true road wins 21 vs. Alabama State# W, 73-55 At Liberty ..........................................................N/A in a single season with 11 road victories. 22 vs. Austin Peay# L, 66-75 At Mississippi State .........................................N/A 29 at UCLA W, 73-58 Neutral ...............................................................0-1 • Liberty claimed its third regular season Ritchie McKay vs. Mississippi State .................1-0 conference title. In 1997 and 2004, Liberty won the JANUARY Liberty's Last Win ............................................N/A Big South regular season title. 5 at FGCU* W, 81-63 Last Meeting: • Liberty currently has five players (Cabbil, Homesley, 9 at Stetson* W, 71-53 Dec. 19, 2005 .........................Liberty lost 67-78 (N) Pacheco-Ortiz, James and Baxter-Bell) on Liberty's 12 JACKSONVILLE* W, 69-53 Top 50 all-time scoring list, which is the most a 16 at Kennesaw State* W, 62-41 Liberty team has had in a single season. 19 NORTH FLORIDA* W, 70-64 HOW TO FOLLOW THE FLAMES • Cabbil became Liberty's winningest player in school 21 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 72-47 history with 84 wins over the past four seasons, 27 at Jacksonville* W, 69-59 besting the previous record of 79 set from 1983-86. Video .............................................................truTV 29 LIPSCOMB* L, 59-79 • Liberty is ranked No. 58 in this week's NCAA NET Audio ............................... Westwood One Sports Radio FEBRUARY Rankings, and No. 63 in KenPom rankings. The 2 W, 77-57 highest Liberty has ever finished is 181. NJIT* Audio ........LFSN Radio (100.1 FM, 610 AM/101.1 FM) 5 STETSON* W, 57-54 • Coach McKay is 2-2 all-time against Ben Howland, as 9 FGCU* W, 74-67 Twitter ............................................ @LibertyMBB the two met while McKay was at Portland State and Howland was the head coach at Northern Arizona. 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 7:27 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 7.3 PPG 11.5 PPG 7.9 PPG 12.0 PPG 13.1 PPG 2.3 APG 2.7 APG 1.9 APG 5.5 RPG 8.8 RPG ‹ 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 ......................123-82 (6th Year) 32 Blake Preston Fr. F 6-9 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Christian School Career Record .................... 288-240 (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 ...................................... 690-725 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 ...................... 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