Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs. Liberty Flames

Mar 2, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
EKU	36	37	73
LIB	34	45	79

Game Recap

Liberty defeats Eastern Kentucky in ASUN Tournament. Darius McGhee had 29 points in Liberty's 79-73 win over Eastern Kentucky on Thursday night in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament.

Player Stats

EASTERN KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Devontae Blanton	35	9-20	2-6	3-6	9	2	1	0	2	0	23
50Isaiah Cozart	22	3-4	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	1	1	3	7
24Michael Moreno	33	3-7	1-5	0-1	6	1	0	0	0	1	7
1Tayshawn Comer	31	6-10	2-5	0-0	3	4	2	0	2	1	14
5Cooper Robb	35	4-8	2-6	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	4	10
14John Ukomadu	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
12Michael Wardy	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Dardan Kapiti	15	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	3	4
3DaShawn Jackson	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
2Leland Walker	12	3-6	2-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	3	8
TOTAL	-	30-5851.7%	9-2536.0%	4-944.4%	30	9	3	2	7	18	73

LIBERTY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
22Kyle Rode	36	3-8	3-4	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	2	9
32Blake Preston	11	3-4	0-0	0-2	3	2	0	0	1	1	6
0Colin Porter	34	10-16	5-9	0-0	5	2	2	0	0	2	25
23Joseph Venzant	21	1-1	0-0	0-1	7	0	0	0	0	2	2
2Darius McGhee	37	8-21	5-14	8-9	6	4	0	0	3	2	29
25Zach Cleveland	15	1-1	0-0	1-1	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
33Shiloh Robinson	22	1-6	0-1	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	3	2
1Brody Peebles	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Jonathan Jackson	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Isiah Warfield	14	1-5	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	3
TOTAL	-	28-6344.4%	14-3243.8%	9-1369.2%	34	13	2	1	4	15	79

Play-by-Play

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1st halfEKULIB

+3 (19:43) Tayshawn Comer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Moreno.
30
+3 (19:17) Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Preston.
33
(18:50) Tayshawn Comer missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:45) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:29) Colin Porter made Jumper.
35
(18:17) Devontae Blanton Turnover.
(18:10) Foul on Isaiah Cozart.
+2 (18:03) Colin Porter made Layup. Assisted by Blake Preston.
37
+2 (17:40) Devontae Blanton made Jumper.
57
(17:22) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:20) Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(17:20) Foul on Joseph Venzant.
+2 (17:06) Devontae Blanton made Layup.
77
+2 (16:46) Blake Preston made Layup. Assisted by Darius McGhee.
79
(16:25) Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:20) Devontae Blanton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:13) Cooper Robb made Jumper.
99
(15:52) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:47) Kyle Rode Offensive Rebound.
(15:38) Foul on Dardan Kapiti.
(15:38) Blake Preston missed Free Throw.
(15:38) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
(15:38) Blake Preston missed Free Throw.
(15:34) Tayshawn Comer Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:18) Dardan Kapiti made Layup.
119
+2 (15:03) Blake Preston made Dunk.
1111
(14:51) Tayshawn Comer Turnover.
(14:51) Colin Porter Steal.
(14:43) Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:39) Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.
(14:34) Shiloh Robinson missed Layup.
(14:29) Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.
(14:28) Blake Preston missed Layup.
(14:25) Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:25) Michael Moreno made Layup.
1311
(14:25) Foul on Blake Preston.
(14:23) Michael Moreno missed Free Throw.
(14:23) Michael Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(14:23) Foul on Darius McGhee.
(14:22) Foul on Isiah Warfield.
(14:19) Devontae Blanton missed Jumper.
(14:16) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(14:02) Darius McGhee missed Layup.
(13:59) Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.
(13:52) Leland Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:49) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(13:37) Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:34) Cooper Robb Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:18) Leland Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devontae Blanton.
1611
(13:02) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:58) Cooper Robb Defensive Rebound.
(12:58) Foul on Kyle Rode.
+2 (12:40) Leland Walker made Jumper.
1811
(12:23) Foul on John Ukomadu.
(12:14) Darius McGhee missed Jumper.
(12:11) John Ukomadu Defensive Rebound.
(11:59) Leland Walker missed Jumper.
(11:56) Brody Peebles Defensive Rebound.
(11:45) Shiloh Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:41) DaShawn Jackson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:37) Cooper Robb made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DaShawn Jackson.
2111
(11:21) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:18) Eastern Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:50) Isaiah Cozart made Layup.
2311
+2 (10:20) Joseph Venzant made Jumper. Assisted by Darius McGhee.
2313
(10:05) Isaiah Cozart missed Jumper.
(10:04) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(9:52) Blake Preston Turnover.
(9:52) Tayshawn Comer Steal.
(9:48) DaShawn Jackson missed Layup.
(9:47) Isaiah Cozart Offensive Rebound.
(9:47) Foul on Isaiah Cozart.
(9:47) Isaiah Cozart Turnover.
(9:25) Colin Porter missed Layup.
(9:21) Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:56) Tayshawn Comer made Three Point Jumper.
2613
(8:34) Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:31) Tayshawn Comer Defensive Rebound.
(8:29) Foul on Colin Porter.
(8:14) Foul on Shiloh Robinson.
(8:14) Devontae Blanton missed Free Throw.
(8:14) Eastern Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
(8:12) Devontae Blanton missed Free Throw.
(8:11) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
(8:00) Darius McGhee missed Layup.
(7:57) Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(7:54) Cooper Robb missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:51) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(7:44) Brody Peebles missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:41) Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.
(7:37) Cooper Robb missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:34) Liberty Defensive Rebound.
(7:15) Shiloh Robinson missed Layup.
(7:12) Dardan Kapiti Defensive Rebound.
(7:05) Foul on Tayshawn Comer.
(7:05) Tayshawn Comer Turnover.
+3 (6:54) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colin Porter.
2616
(6:37) Foul on Shiloh Robinson.
+1 (6:37) Devontae Blanton made Free Throw.
2716
(6:36) Devontae Blanton missed Free Throw.
(6:34) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(6:26) Foul on DaShawn Jackson.
(6:10) Colin Porter missed Jumper.
(6:09) Joseph Venzant Offensive Rebound.
(6:09) Foul on Leland Walker.
(6:08) Joseph Venzant missed Free Throw.
(6:05) Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.
(5:39) Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:38) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
(5:38) Foul on Cooper Robb.
+1 (5:38) Darius McGhee made Free Throw.
2717
+1 (5:38) Darius McGhee made Free Throw.
2718
(5:09) Leland Walker missed Jumper.
(5:06) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
(4:55) Darius McGhee Turnover.
(4:55) Devontae Blanton Steal.
(4:36) Devontae Blanton Turnover.
(4:36) Colin Porter Steal.
(4:30) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:27) Joseph Venzant Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:19) Colin Porter made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
2720
+2 (3:58) Dardan Kapiti made Jumper. Assisted by Tayshawn Comer.
2920
(3:34) Isiah Warfield missed Layup.
(3:31) Leland Walker Defensive Rebound.
(3:15) Devontae Blanton missed Jumper.
(3:12) Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:06) Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.
2923
(2:39) Foul on Isiah Warfield.
+1 (2:39) Devontae Blanton made Free Throw.
3023
+1 (2:39) Devontae Blanton made Free Throw.
3123
+2 (2:27) Zach Cleveland made Layup.
3125
(2:27) Foul on Dardan Kapiti.
+1 (2:27) Zach Cleveland made Free Throw.
3126
(2:23) Foul on Dardan Kapiti.
(2:23) Dardan Kapiti Turnover.
+2 (2:04) Colin Porter made Layup.
3128
(1:49) Devontae Blanton missed Layup.
(1:49) Zach Cleveland Block.
(1:45) Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:42) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius McGhee.
3131
+2 (1:15) Tayshawn Comer made Jumper.
3331
(0:54) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:51) Tayshawn Comer Defensive Rebound.
(0:36) Devontae Blanton missed Layup.
(0:32) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:11) Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.
3334
+3 (0:02) Michael Moreno made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tayshawn Comer.
3634

2nd half

Team Stats

EKU

LIB

73Points79

30-58(51.7%)Field Goal(%)28-63(44.4%)

9-25(36.0%)3-Point(%)14-32(43.8%)

4-9(44.4%)Free Throw(%)9-13(69.2%)

33(6)Rebounds(Offensive)35(11)

9Assists13

3Steals2

2Blocks1

8Turnovers5

18(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

13Largest Lead9

Game Details

Thursday, March 2, 2023 · 7:00 PM

Liberty Arena · Lynchburg, VA

attendance: 4,043 (101.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: LIB -12.5

over/under: 143