Villanova Wildcats vs. Liberty Flames

Mar 14, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
VILL	25	32	57
LIB	32	30	62

Game Recap

McGhee scores 26, leads Liberty over Villanova 62-57 in NIT. Darius McGhee sank five 3-pointers and scored 26 points to lead Liberty to a 62-57 victory over Villanova on Tuesday night in the first round of the NIT.

Player Stats

VILLANOVA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
43Eric Dixon	33	5-15	1-5	1-2	13	1	0	0	2	1	12
34Brandon Slater	35	8-13	2-5	0-0	9	1	2	0	0	1	18
2Mark Armstrong	35	6-11	0-2	0-1	5	3	4	1	1	2	12
15Jordan Longino	31	2-8	0-2	4-4	4	1	0	1	1	4	8
14Caleb Daniels	39	2-15	0-9	0-0	4	1	2	1	3	4	4
1Brendan Hausen	15	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	2	3
4Chris Arcidiacono	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0


TOTAL	-	24-6536.9%	4-2615.4%	5-771.4%	37	8	9	3	8	15	57

LIBERTY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
22Kyle Rode	30	2-9	2-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	1	6
32Blake Preston	13	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	3	4
0Colin Porter	32	2-9	2-5	8-13	7	2	2	0	1	1	14
23Joseph Venzant	20	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
2Darius McGhee	37	9-20	5-13	3-4	1	4	4	1	4	2	26
25Zach Cleveland	28	3-6	0-1	0-0	12	5	1	0	2	2	6
33Shiloh Robinson	22	1-2	0-1	1-2	3	1	0	1	3	2	3
1Brody Peebles	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Isiah Warfield	15	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL	-	20-5238.5%	10-2638.5%	12-1963.2%	36	14	7	2	13	14	62

Play-by-Play

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1st halfVILLLIB

(19:42) Eric Dixon missed Jumper.
(19:39) Blake Preston Defensive Rebound.
+3 (19:21) Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Rode.
03
(18:54) Mark Armstrong missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:51) Blake Preston Defensive Rebound.
(18:31) Joseph Venzant missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:27) Brandon Slater Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:10) Jordan Longino made Layup.
23
(17:52) Colin Porter missed Layup.
(17:52) Caleb Daniels Block.
(17:52) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
(17:46) Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:42) Eric Dixon Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:26) Eric Dixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Armstrong.
53
(17:06) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:02) Jordan Longino Defensive Rebound.
(16:50) Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:47) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
(16:38) Kyle Rode Turnover.
(16:38) Brandon Slater Steal.
(16:23) Brandon Slater missed Layup.
(16:20) Blake Preston Defensive Rebound.
(15:54) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:54) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
(15:54) Liberty Turnover.
(15:40) Brandon Slater missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:37) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:16) Zach Cleveland made Layup. Assisted by Colin Porter.
55
(14:51) Brandon Slater missed Layup.
(14:48) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(14:40) Colin Porter missed Layup.
(14:37) Isiah Warfield Offensive Rebound.
(14:35) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:32) Chris Arcidiacono Defensive Rebound.
(14:21) Caleb Daniels missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:18) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:11) Darius McGhee made Layup.
57
(13:50) Jordan Longino missed Layup.
(13:47) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
(13:30) Foul on Chris Arcidiacono.
(13:30) Shiloh Robinson missed Free Throw.
(13:30) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
+1 (13:30) Shiloh Robinson made Free Throw.
58
+2 (13:12) Caleb Daniels made Layup.
78
(12:49) Shiloh Robinson Turnover.
(12:49) Mark Armstrong Steal.
(12:39) Eric Dixon missed Dunk.
(12:33) Eric Dixon Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:33) Eric Dixon made Layup.
98
(12:20) Darius McGhee missed Layup.
(12:17) Caleb Daniels Defensive Rebound.
(12:17) Caleb Daniels Turnover.
(12:17) Zach Cleveland Steal.
(12:11) Darius McGhee missed Layup.
(12:08) Mark Armstrong Defensive Rebound.
(12:00) Caleb Daniels missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:58) Eric Dixon Offensive Rebound.
(11:58) Foul on Blake Preston.
(11:50) Eric Dixon missed Jumper.
(11:38) Brody Peebles Defensive Rebound.
(11:35) Darius McGhee Turnover.
(11:35) Caleb Daniels Steal.
(11:32) Foul on Isiah Warfield.
(11:20) Jordan Longino missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:17) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:03) Blake Preston made Layup.
910
(10:49) Foul on Blake Preston.
(10:44) Caleb Daniels missed Jumper.
(10:40) Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.
(10:36) Zach Cleveland missed Layup.
(10:36) Mark Armstrong Block.
(10:36) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:30) Shiloh Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
912
(10:04) Eric Dixon missed Layup.
(10:01) Eric Dixon Offensive Rebound.
(9:57) Eric Dixon missed Layup.
(9:54) Brandon Slater Offensive Rebound.
(9:49) Foul on Shiloh Robinson.
+1 (9:49) Jordan Longino made Free Throw.
1012
+1 (9:49) Jordan Longino made Free Throw.
1112
+2 (9:37) Darius McGhee made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
1114
+2 (9:18) Mark Armstrong made Layup.
1314
+3 (8:58) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius McGhee.
1317
+2 (8:34) Jordan Longino made Jumper.
1517
(8:21) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:18) Brandon Slater Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:03) Brandon Slater made Jumper. Assisted by Mark Armstrong.
1717
(7:44) Shiloh Robinson Turnover.
+2 (7:25) Brandon Slater made Layup.
1917
+3 (7:07) Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shiloh Robinson.
1920
(6:48) Brandon Slater missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:44) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:27) Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius McGhee.
1923
(6:03) Mark Armstrong missed Jumper.
(5:59) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
(5:45) Kyle Rode missed Jumper.
(5:42) Caleb Daniels Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:25) Eric Dixon made Layup.
2123
(5:14) Foul on Mark Armstrong.
(4:55) Kyle Rode missed Layup.
(4:52) Eric Dixon Defensive Rebound.
(4:41) Foul on Kyle Rode.
+2 (4:38) Eric Dixon made Dunk. Assisted by Brandon Slater.
2323
+2 (4:22) Darius McGhee made Layup.
2325
(4:00) Eric Dixon missed Layup.
(4:00) Shiloh Robinson Block.
(3:54) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(3:45) Colin Porter missed Layup.
(3:41) Zach Cleveland Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:37) Zach Cleveland made Layup.
2327
(3:23) Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:19) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(3:08) Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:04) Eric Dixon Defensive Rebound.
(2:54) Chris Arcidiacono Turnover.
(2:44) Zach Cleveland Turnover.
(2:44) Mark Armstrong Steal.
(2:36) Mark Armstrong missed Layup.
(2:36) Darius McGhee Block.
(2:32) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(2:24) Kyle Rode missed Jumper.
(2:19) Eric Dixon Defensive Rebound.
(1:59) Caleb Daniels missed Layup.
(1:56) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:51) Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.
2330
(1:22) Foul on Zach Cleveland.
(1:10) Jordan Longino missed Jumper.
(1:07) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(0:53) Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:52) Mark Armstrong Defensive Rebound.
(0:52) Foul on Caleb Daniels.
(0:40) Foul on Jordan Longino.
+1 (0:40) Colin Porter made Free Throw.
2331
+1 (0:40) Colin Porter made Free Throw.
2332
(0:20) Foul on Isiah Warfield.
+1 (0:20) Jordan Longino made Free Throw.
2432
+1 (0:20) Jordan Longino made Free Throw.
2532
(0:03) Darius McGhee missed Jumper.
(0:00) Brandon Slater Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

VILL

LIB

57Points62

24-65(36.9%)Field Goal(%)20-52(38.5%)

4-26(15.4%)3-Point(%)10-26(38.5%)

5-7(71.4%)Free Throw(%)12-19(63.2%)

38(10)Rebounds(Offensive)39(7)

8Assists14

9Steals7

3Blocks2

8Turnovers14

15(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

2Largest Lead8

Game Details

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 · 9:00 PM

Liberty Arena · Lynchburg, VA

attendance: 3,252 (81.3%)

tv: ESPN2

spread: LIB -4

over/under: 137.5