E Kentucky (73) vs Liberty (79) · Mar 2, 2023 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Mar 2, 2023

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.

Box Score

	1	2	T
EKU	36	37	73
LIB	34	45	79

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

Scores Only

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) Official TV Timeout
(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
(11:34) Official TV Timeout
(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.
(7:34) Official TV Timeout
(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
(4:19) Official TV Timeout
+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
(0:00) Liberty Timeout
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

EKU

LIB

73Points79

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

9-25(36%)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%)

spread: LIB -12.5

over/under: 143.5