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ASUN honors McKay as Coach of the Year, Homesley as Player of the Year

Flames Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ritchie McKay and Caleb Homesley address the media during last season’s NCAA March Madness tournament. (Photo by Leah Stauffer)

After earning a share of the ASUN regular-season title for the second straight season, Liberty University’s men’s basketball team was well-recognized on the ASUN All-Conference Postseason awards, as Caleb Homesley was chosen as ASUN Player of the Year and Head Coach Ritchie McKay was named ASUN Coach of the Year.

In addition, Scottie James was tabbed ASUN First Team All-Conference and Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz was selected to the second team.

McKay, who was named the 2019 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, has guided the Flames to a historic season, including 27 wins — the most in school history to end a regular season. The Flames finished the regular season with a perfect record at home (14-0) for the first time.

Homesley averaged a career-best 15.0 points per game to go along with 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the regular season. In conference play, he elevated his game to another level, averaging 17.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.

James joins Homesley as an ASUN First Team All-Conference selection for the second straight season as he averaged 11.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. This is Pacheco-Ortiz’s second time to earn an all-conference honor, as he was named to the Big South All-Freshman Team in 2017. As the floor general for the Flames, Pacheco-Ortiz averaged 10.7 points per game and ranks first in the ASUN in free-throw average, shooting 92.5 percent.

Liberty opens ASUN Championships play tonight, Tuesday, March 3, with a quarterfinal matchup against NJIT at 7 p.m. in the Vines Center. The contest will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Read the full story on Liberty’s Athletics website.

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