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FINAL
Mar 9, 2024

Game Recap

Rode scores 31 as Liberty downs Western Kentucky 82-79. Kyle Rode put up 31 points as Liberty beat Western Kentucky 82-79 on Saturday.

Box Score

12T
WKU324779
LIB364682
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logoWESTERN KENTUCKYMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
24Tyrone Marshall Jr.265-101-10-051222211
5Babacar Faye220-20-06-62100026
2Don McHenry304-100-41-12231229
10Brandon Newman132-30-10-02110224
11Dontaie Allen203-52-40-05100108
0Rodney Howard174-60-01-32100129
30Teagan Moore305-100-26-612203316
23Enoch Kalambay214-60-00-16220348
15Jack Edelen40-00-00-00000010
4Khristian Lander173-62-40-03320158
TOTAL30-5851.7%5-1631.3%14-1782.4%2814123152379
Liberty Flames logoLIBERTYMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
25Zach Cleveland362-30-00-08722444
22Kyle Rode379-157-126-831103331
0Colin Porter394-72-45-626202315
23Joseph Venzant202-40-12-21010146
3Kaden Metheny343-101-75-853203212
34Ben Southerland30-10-10-01000100
11Zander Yates20-00-00-00000010
33Shiloh Robinson224-51-25-740010214
1Brody Peebles40-20-10-00000100
21Gabriel McKay30-00-00-01000000
TOTAL24-4751.1%11-2839.3%23-3174.2%251783151982

Play-by-Play

1st halfwkulib
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:44) Don McHenry Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (19:20) Kyle Rode Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:20) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (19:03) Dontaie Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (18:59) Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:37) Foul on Babacar Faye.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +1 (18:37) Joseph Venzant made Free Throw.
    01
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +1 (18:37) Joseph Venzant made Free Throw.
    02
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (18:27) Don McHenry made Jumper.
    22
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (18:04) Joseph Venzant missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:04) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:59) Brandon Newman Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (17:54) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Layup.
    42
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:34) Kyle Rode missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:31) Dontaie Allen Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:26) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (17:22) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (17:12) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colin Porter.
    45
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:59) Don McHenry missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (16:55) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (16:52) Joseph Venzant made Layup. Assisted by Colin Porter.
    47
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (16:37) Brandon Newman made Layup.
    67
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (16:15) Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colin Porter.
    610
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (15:54) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Jumper.
    810
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (15:30) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:25) Don McHenry Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:16) Don McHenry missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (15:13) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (15:02) Joseph Venzant missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:59) Dontaie Allen Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (14:53) Tyrone Marshall Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dontaie Allen.
    1110
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (14:31) Kyle Rode Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:31) Don McHenry Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:26) Don McHenry Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (14:26) Colin Porter Steal.
  • (14:26) Official TV Timeout
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (13:56) Brody Peebles missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:56) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:52) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (13:47) Teagan Moore made Layup.
    1310
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (13:33) Brody Peebles Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:33) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:27) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:24) Enoch Kalambay Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (13:23) Enoch Kalambay made Layup.
    1510
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (13:03) Colin Porter made Jumper.
    1512
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (12:40) Rodney Howard made Jumper. Assisted by Teagan Moore.
    1712
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (12:15) Brody Peebles missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:11) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:54) Rodney Howard Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (11:54) Kaden Metheny Steal.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (11:48) Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:46) Enoch Kalambay Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:35) Rodney Howard missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (11:31) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (11:16) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:13) Enoch Kalambay Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (11:00) Rodney Howard made Jumper. Assisted by Enoch Kalambay.
    1912
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:57) Liberty Timeout
  • (10:57) Official TV Timeout
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:30) Ben Southerland Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:30) Teagan Moore Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:25) Teagan Moore missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:25) Zach Cleveland Block.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:21) Ben Southerland Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:17) Foul on Khristian Lander.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:09) Zach Cleveland Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:09) Brandon Newman Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:04) Teagan Moore missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (10:01) Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:55) Ben Southerland missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:51) Teagan Moore Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:46) Enoch Kalambay Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (9:20) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
    1915
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:14) Foul on Colin Porter.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (9:12) Brandon Newman made Jumper. Assisted by Khristian Lander.
    2115
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (9:00) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:56) Enoch Kalambay Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:52) Khristian Lander missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (8:49) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (8:45) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:41) Brandon Newman Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (8:30) Rodney Howard made Jumper. Assisted by Khristian Lander.
    2315
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (7:58) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kaden Metheny.
    2318
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (7:45) Foul on Kyle Rode.
  • (7:45) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:43) Brandon Newman Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (7:16) Kaden Metheny made Layup. Assisted by Colin Porter.
    2320
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:00) Tyrone Marshall Jr. missed Layup.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (7:00) Zach Cleveland Block.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (6:54) Gabriel McKay Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (6:52) Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colin Porter.
    2323
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:49) Western Kentucky Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:21) Babacar Faye missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:19) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:16) Brandon Newman missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (6:13) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +3 (5:59) Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
    2326
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:44) Don McHenry missed Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (5:41) Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (5:30) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:27) Western Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:14) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (4:47) Zach Cleveland Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:47) Enoch Kalambay Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:35) Enoch Kalambay missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:32) Enoch Kalambay Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (4:29) Enoch Kalambay made Layup.
    2526
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (4:10) Colin Porter Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:10) Teagan Moore Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (4:06) Teagan Moore made Layup.
    2726
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (3:48) Shiloh Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
    2728
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (3:31) Don McHenry missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (3:28) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (3:22) Kyle Rode made Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
    2730
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (2:55) Foul on Shiloh Robinson.
  • (2:55) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (2:47) Khristian Lander made Layup.
    2930
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (2:28) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:25) Khristian Lander Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:13) Dontaie Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (2:10) Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (2:04) Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:00) Dontaie Allen Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:57) Khristian Lander Turnover.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (1:57) Kaden Metheny Steal.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (1:50) Kaden Metheny made Layup.
    2932
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (1:35) Foul on Zander Yates.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (1:35) Rodney Howard made Free Throw.
    3032
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:34) Rodney Howard missed Free Throw.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (1:34) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:34) Foul on Tyrone Marshall Jr..
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (1:14) Zach Cleveland made Jumper.
    3034
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:58) Teagan Moore missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:58) Babacar Faye Offensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:58) Foul on Joseph Venzant.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (0:58) Babacar Faye made Free Throw.
    3134
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (0:58) Babacar Faye made Free Throw.
    3234
  • Liberty Flames logo
    +2 (0:34) Colin Porter made Layup.
    3236
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:19) Teagan Moore missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:16) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
  • Liberty Flames logo
    (0:03) Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:00) Tyrone Marshall Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

79Points82
30-58(51.7%)Field Goal(%)24-47(51.1%)
5-16(31.3%)3-Point(%)11-28(39.3%)
14-17(82.4%)Free Throw(%)23-31(74.2%)
29(7)Rebounds(Offensive)27(3)
14Assists17
12Steals8
3Blocks3
15Turnovers15
23(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)
8Largest Lead10

Game Details

Saturday, March 9, 2024 · 1:00 PM
Liberty Arena · Lynchburg, VA
attendance: 3,023 (75.6%)
spread: LIB -5.5
over/under: 152.5