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FINAL
Jan 6, 2024

Game Recap

McHenry's 18 lead Western Kentucky over Liberty 70-68 in CUSA opener. Don McHenry's 18 points helped Western Kentucky defeat Liberty 70-68 to open Conference USA play on Saturday night.

Box Score

12T
LIB333568
WKU343670
Liberty Flames logoLIBERTYMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
25Zach Cleveland369-140-05-973206323
22Kyle Rode354-194-143-484401315
0Colin Porter352-50-22-26310236
23Joseph Venzant210-20-13-44020253
3Kaden Metheny363-102-81-25500329
34Ben Southerland50-10-10-01001020
33Shiloh Robinson164-71-20-05121129
1Brody Peebles141-81-60-01000003
21Gabriel McKay20-10-10-00010000
TOTAL23-6734.3%8-3522.9%14-2166.7%3716122152068
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logoWESTERN KENTUCKYMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
24Tyrone Marshall Jr.273-71-31-45101028
5Babacar Faye130-00-00-04010140
2Don McHenry338-131-31-233012318
4Khristian Lander331-90-22-21500344
10Brandon Newman284-83-60-071103211
0Rodney Howard203-70-05-691003411
23Enoch Kalambay232-40-11-24111415
11Dontaie Allen234-62-33-540104213
TOTAL25-5446.3%7-1838.9%13-2161.9%371243202270

Play-by-Play

1st halflibwku
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:43) Khristian Lander missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (19:40) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (19:31) Zach Cleveland Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (19:04) Brandon Newman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrone Marshall Jr..
    03
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (18:41) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:38) Don McHenry Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (18:36) Foul on Joseph Venzant.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:17) Don McHenry missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (18:13) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:00) Foul on Babacar Faye.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:52) Zach Cleveland missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:52) Zach Cleveland Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:52) Foul on Babacar Faye.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:52) Zach Cleveland missed Free Throw.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:52) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +1 (17:52) Zach Cleveland made Free Throw.
    13
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:40) Khristian Lander missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:38) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (17:33) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
    43
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:22) Brandon Newman missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:18) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:12) Foul on Joseph Venzant.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:12) Joseph Venzant Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (16:54) Rodney Howard made Layup. Assisted by Khristian Lander.
    45
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (16:36) Colin Porter made Layup. Assisted by Kyle Rode.
    65
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:22) Rodney Howard Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (16:22) Zach Cleveland Steal.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (16:15) Brody Peebles missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:12) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (16:07) Don McHenry made Jumper.
    67
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (15:51) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:47) Brandon Newman Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:42) Don McHenry missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (15:39) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:34) Foul on Brandon Newman.
  • (15:34) Official TV Timeout
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (15:27) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:23) Brandon Newman Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:17) Rodney Howard missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (15:17) Liberty Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (14:55) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:52) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:38) Khristian Lander missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (14:35) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (14:25) Zach Cleveland Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:12) Enoch Kalambay missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (14:09) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (13:59) Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Rode.
    97
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (13:41) Dontaie Allen made Layup.
    99
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (13:13) Kaden Metheny Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (13:04) Don McHenry made Layup.
    911
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:50) Foul on Don McHenry.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (12:41) Zach Cleveland made Jumper.
    1111
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:36) Brandon Newman Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (12:25) Zach Cleveland Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:25) Brandon Newman Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:19) Brandon Newman missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (12:17) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (12:13) Shiloh Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Kaden Metheny.
    1311
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (12:00) Khristian Lander made Layup. Assisted by Enoch Kalambay.
    1313
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (11:37) Shiloh Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Kaden Metheny.
    1513
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:28) Brandon Newman missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (11:24) Brody Peebles Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (11:17) Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shiloh Robinson.
    1813
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (10:55) Dontaie Allen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Newman.
    1816
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:39) Brody Peebles missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:39) Foul on Zach Cleveland.
  • (10:39) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:37) Dontaie Allen Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:25) Enoch Kalambay missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:21) Ben Southerland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:02) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:57) Shiloh Robinson Offensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:56) Brody Peebles missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:56) Don McHenry Block.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:56) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:42) Kyle Rode Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:30) Dontaie Allen Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:30) Shiloh Robinson Steal.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:05) Brody Peebles missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:02) Don McHenry Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:01) Foul on Shiloh Robinson.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (8:54) Foul on Ben Southerland.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:46) Dontaie Allen Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (8:26) Shiloh Robinson missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:23) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (8:17) Enoch Kalambay made Layup.
    1818
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (7:54) Shiloh Robinson made Dunk. Assisted by Colin Porter.
    2018
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:37) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (7:37) Ben Southerland Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:37) Western Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
  • (7:37) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:26) Don McHenry missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:22) Brandon Newman Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:22) Western Kentucky Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (7:08) Zach Cleveland made Layup. Assisted by Kaden Metheny.
    2218
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:54) Rodney Howard missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (6:51) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (6:43) Kaden Metheny made Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
    2418
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:34) Khristian Lander missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (6:31) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (6:23) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:20) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (6:14) Don McHenry made Jumper.
    2420
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (5:52) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:49) Brandon Newman Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:42) Brandon Newman missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (5:36) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (5:19) Kaden Metheny Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:19) Enoch Kalambay Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:13) Enoch Kalambay Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (5:13) Gabriel McKay Steal.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (4:51) Colin Porter missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:49) Brandon Newman Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:46) Foul on Enoch Kalambay.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:46) Enoch Kalambay Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:32) Foul on Khristian Lander.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (4:32) Kaden Metheny missed Free Throw.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (4:32) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +1 (4:32) Kaden Metheny made Free Throw.
    2520
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:23) Khristian Lander missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (4:23) Shiloh Robinson Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:23) Western Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (4:11) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Don McHenry.
    2522
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (3:47) Kyle Rode missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (3:44) Enoch Kalambay Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (3:29) Don McHenry made Jumper.
    2524
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (3:20) Shiloh Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colin Porter.
    2824
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (3:02) Brandon Newman Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (3:02) Kyle Rode Steal.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (2:51) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kaden Metheny.
    3124
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (2:40) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Khristian Lander.
    3127
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (2:08) Kaden Metheny missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:08) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (2:08) Foul on Kyle Rode.
  • (2:08) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (1:53) Don McHenry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Howard.
    3130
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (1:28) Gabriel McKay missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:25) Dontaie Allen Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (1:19) Don McHenry made Jumper.
    3132
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (1:11) Liberty Timeout
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:54) Ben Southerland missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:50) Rodney Howard Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:44) Foul on Ben Southerland.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (0:44) Rodney Howard made Free Throw.
    3133
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (0:44) Rodney Howard made Free Throw.
    3134
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:27) Kyle Rode missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:23) Kyle Rode Offensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (0:20) Zach Cleveland made Dunk. Assisted by Kyle Rode.
    3334
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:15) Western Kentucky Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:02) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:00) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

68Points70
23-67(34.3%)Field Goal(%)25-54(46.3%)
8-35(22.9%)3-Point(%)7-18(38.9%)
14-21(66.7%)Free Throw(%)13-21(61.9%)
39(12)Rebounds(Offensive)40(5)
16Assists12
12Steals4
2Blocks3
15Turnovers21
20(0)Fouls(Technical)22(0)
7Largest Lead13

Game Details

Saturday, January 6, 2024 · 5:00 PM
E. A. Diddle Arena · Bowling Green, KY
attendance: 5,057 (67.2%)
tv: CBSSN
spread: LIB -3.5
over/under: 144.5