Liberty Faces North Alabama in the ASUN Championship
3/6/2021 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
For the third straight season Liberty will play in the ASUN Championship but for the first time during that run, it will be a new opponent as the Flames will face the No. 5 seed, North Alabama at UNF Arena.
Since North Alabama is still in its four-year Division I transition period and ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, Liberty has locked the ASUN's automatic berth.
Gameday Central Links
#1 Liberty vs. #5 North Alabama
Game Date: Sunday, March 7
Game Time: 2 p.m. (ET)
Live Video: ESPN
Play-by-Play Broadcaster: Anish Shroff
Color Analyst: Jon Sunvold
Live Audio: LFSN Radio (107.5 FM | 105.9 FM)
Play-by-Play Broadcaster: Alan York
Color Analyst: Paul Nazigian
Liberty Notables
- Liberty has won 11 straight games, which is tied for the third longest winning streak in the country.
- Liberty is a perfect 8-0 in ASUN Tournament games.
- Liberty is trying to become the first program in ASUN history to win six ASUN championships in three consecutive years.
- Liberty is ahead of 19 Power Five schools in the NET Rankings.
- Liberty is trying to become the second team ever in ASUN Conference history to win three straight ASUN Tournament titles (Belmont won from 06-08).
- Liberty has extended its school-record, by capturing 20 wins for a fifth consecutive season.
- Elijah Cuffee has played in 132 career games, which ranks No. 3 in Division I.
- Cuffee won his 103rd career game at Liberty, becoming Liberty's all-time winningest player.
- Darius McGhee has made 89 three-pointers, which is the fourth most in a single season in program history.
- For the first time in program history, Liberty has back-to-back Conference Player of the Year honorees in McGhee and Caleb Homesley.
- McGhee has more 3FG attempts this season (217) than four schools in Division I this season.
- Blake Preston ranks No. 19 in the country (Per ESPN stats) shooting 64.8 percent from the floor.
- Liberty's 22 wins this season is the most among Division I programs in the state of Virginia.