NJIT Highlanders vs. Liberty Flames

Mar 3, 2020

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NJIT	16	33	49
LIB	22	33	55

Game Recap

Top-seeded Liberty beats NJIT 55-49 in ASUN quarterfinal. leb Homesley scored 14 points, Scottie James added 11 points and 10 rebounds as top-seeded Liberty beat eighth-seeded NJIT 55-49 in an Atlantic Sun Conference tournament quarterfinal on Tuesday night.

Player Stats

NJIT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Souleymane Diakite	37	6-7	0-0	1-2	7	2	0	1	2	2	13
2San Antonio Brinson	35	4-11	2-4	3-4	6	3	0	0	2	3	13
11Shyquan Gibbs	28	0-5	0-2	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	3	0
14Reilly Walsh	20	0-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
32Xavier Mayo	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
0Levar Williams	13	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
5Diego Willis	26	1-6	1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	3


TOTAL	-	12-3732.4%	4-1428.6%	4-666.7%	19	7	2	1	5	17	32

LIBERTY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
31Scottie James	28	5-10	0-0	1-2	10	0	0	2	1	2	11
2Darius McGhee	37	3-9	2-7	1-2	6	0	0	0	2	0	9
10Elijah Cuffee	38	1-6	0-3	2-2	5	4	1	3	1	1	4
11Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz	35	3-3	1-1	6-8	5	2	0	0	2	2	13
1Caleb Homesley	33	5-12	1-4	3-5	9	0	1	2	3	4	14
22Kyle Rode	9	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
33Shiloh Robinson	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
0Myo Baxter-Bell	17	0-2	0-1	4-5	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
4Tytist Dean	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	17-4637.0%	4-2020.0%	17-2470.8%	38	8	2	7	9	12	55

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNJITLIB

(19:38) Scottie James missed Layup.
(19:35) Souleymane Diakite Defensive Rebound.
(19:13) Souleymane Diakite Turnover.
(19:13) Caleb Homesley Steal.
(18:54) Scottie James Turnover.
(18:54) Zach Cooks Steal.
(18:37) Foul on Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz.
+1 (18:37) Souleymane Diakite made Free Throw.
10
(18:37) Souleymane Diakite missed Free Throw.
(18:36) Scottie James Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:15) Caleb Homesley made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Cuffee.
12
(17:42) Shyquan Gibbs missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:41) Liberty Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:19) Scottie James made Layup.
14
(17:04) San Antonio Brinson missed Jumper.
(16:58) Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.
(16:40) Darius McGhee Turnover.
(16:40) Shyquan Gibbs Steal.
(16:31) Reilly Walsh missed Layup.
(16:28) Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.
(16:15) Elijah Cuffee missed Jumper.
(16:12) San Antonio Brinson Defensive Rebound.
(16:09) Shyquan Gibbs missed Layup.
(16:05) Elijah Cuffee Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:50) Scottie James made Jumper.
16
(15:26) Zach Cooks missed Layup.
(15:23) Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.
(15:07) Scottie James missed Dunk.
(15:03) Shyquan Gibbs Defensive Rebound.
(15:01) Zach Cooks missed Jumper.
(15:00) Elijah Cuffee Defensive Rebound.
(15:00) Foul on Souleymane Diakite.
(14:36) Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.
(14:33) Elijah Cuffee Offensive Rebound.
(14:23) Elijah Cuffee missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:18) Shyquan Gibbs Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:54) Souleymane Diakite made Jumper.
36
+2 (13:25) Caleb Homesley made Layup.
38
(12:53) Shyquan Gibbs missed Jumper.
(12:49) Scottie James Defensive Rebound.
(12:35) Foul on Caleb Homesley.
(12:35) Caleb Homesley Turnover.
(12:16) Reilly Walsh missed Layup.
(12:16) Caleb Homesley Block.
(12:16) NJIT Offensive Rebound.
(12:14) Foul on Elijah Cuffee.
(12:05) San Antonio Brinson missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:02) Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:35) Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.
311
(11:23) Foul on Shiloh Robinson.
+2 (11:17) Zach Cooks made Jumper.
511
(10:56) Foul on Xavier Mayo.
+1 (10:56) Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.
512
+1 (10:56) Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.
513
(10:40) San Antonio Brinson missed Jumper.
(10:37) Xavier Mayo Offensive Rebound.
(10:31) Foul on Xavier Mayo.
(10:30) Xavier Mayo missed Layup.
(10:30) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(10:18) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:16) Scottie James Offensive Rebound.
(10:04) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:03) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
(9:43) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:40) San Antonio Brinson Defensive Rebound.
(9:22) Levar Williams Turnover.
+2 (9:08) Scottie James made Layup. Assisted by Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz.
515
(8:46) Zach Cooks missed Layup.
(8:43) Scottie James Defensive Rebound.
(8:18) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:15) San Antonio Brinson Defensive Rebound.
(8:06) Levar Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:03) Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.
(7:45) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:43) Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:34) San Antonio Brinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Souleymane Diakite.
815
(7:05) Foul on San Antonio Brinson.
+2 (6:52) Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Cuffee.
817
(6:28) San Antonio Brinson missed Layup.
(6:25) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
(6:02) Caleb Homesley Turnover.
(6:02) Shyquan Gibbs Steal.
(5:50) Zach Cooks missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:47) Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.
(5:34) Foul on Zach Cooks.
(5:22) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:19) Shyquan Gibbs Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:13) Zach Cooks made Layup.
1017
+2 (4:46) Caleb Homesley made Layup.
1019
(4:46) Foul on Diego Willis.
+1 (4:46) Caleb Homesley made Free Throw.
1020
+2 (4:28) Souleymane Diakite made Layup.
1220
(4:05) Myo Baxter-Bell missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:58) Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.
(3:56) Diego Willis missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:53) Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.
(3:34) Foul on Reilly Walsh.
+1 (3:34) Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.
1221
+1 (3:34) Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.
1222
(3:08) Diego Willis missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:05) Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Defensive Rebound.
(2:42) Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.
(2:39) Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:24) Souleymane Diakite made Layup. Assisted by Reilly Walsh.
1422
(1:51) Caleb Homesley missed Layup.
(1:48) Souleymane Diakite Defensive Rebound.
(1:39) Zach Cooks missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:36) Souleymane Diakite Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:33) Souleymane Diakite made Layup. Assisted by Diego Willis.
1622
(1:30) Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Turnover.
(1:02) Reilly Walsh missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:58) Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.
(0:40) Darius McGhee missed Layup.
(0:39) NJIT Defensive Rebound.
(0:16) Zach Cooks missed Layup.
(0:16) Scottie James Block.
(0:12) Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.
(0:07) Elijah Cuffee missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:03) Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) Zach Cooks missed Jumper.
(0:01) Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NJIT

LIB

49Points55

18-55(32.7%)Field Goal(%)17-46(37.0%)

4-19(21.1%)3-Point(%)4-20(20.0%)

9-12(75.0%)Free Throw(%)17-24(70.8%)

33(4)Rebounds(Offensive)41(5)

10Assists8

5Steals2

1Blocks7

5Turnovers9

19(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

1Largest Lead13

Game Details

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 · 7:00 PM

Liberty Arena · Lynchburg, VA

attendance: 3,042 (76.0%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: LIB -15

over/under: 121