Liberty Flames @ Virginia Tech Hokies

CANCUN CHALLENGE

2-1, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Liberty LIB	28	35	63
Virginia Tech VT	31	42	73

Virginia Tech HokiesVirginia TechVT

2-0, 2-0 Home

Liberty Flames

starters
James JohnsonJ. Johnson#13
Andrew SmithA. Smith#11
Tomasz GieloT. Gielo#12
Peter MollerP. Moller#31
Joe ReticJ. Retic#23
bench
David AndohD. Andoh#0
Evan MaxwellE. Maxwell#32
A.C. ReidA.C. Reid#2
Jordan DembleyJ. Dembley#1
Ryan KemriteR. Kemrite#5
Theo JohnsonT. Johnson#14
Ethan LayerE. Layer#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
20	8	4-5	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3
26	6	3-7	0-0	0-0	8	2	2	1	1	4	4	4
31	13	4-12	3-6	2-2	3	3	0	1	0	1	2	3
32	6	3-8	0-3	0-0	3	3	4	0	0	0	3	1
18	10	3-4	2-2	2-2	2	4	6	1	0	1	1	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
22	6	3-7	0-1	0-1	7	0	3	0	0	0	7	1
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
20	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	3
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	11	4-4	3-3	0-1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
8	3	0-1	0-1	3-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	63	24-56	8-21	7-10	31	14	21	6	1	12	19	21
		43%	38%	70%

Virginia Tech Hokies

starters
Joey van ZegerenJ. van Zegeren#2
Justin BibbsJ. Bibbs#10
Malik MullerM. Muller#1
Devin WilsonD. Wilson#11
Adam Terrell SmithA. Smith#3
bench
Satchel PierceS. Pierce#21
Jalen HudsonJ. Hudson#23
Ahmed HillA. Hill#13
Will JohnstonW. Johnston#25
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
34	17	7-9	0-0	3-6	10	0	4	1	1	4	6	2
35	10	4-7	2-3	0-1	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	3
29	9	2-6	2-4	3-4	4	4	2	4	0	0	4	4
33	13	2-2	0-0	9-10	3	9	3	2	0	0	3	2
31	13	5-8	3-4	0-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	7	3-4	0-1	1-4	1	1	3	1	2	0	1	2
17	4	2-5	0-1	0-2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	73	25-41	7-13	16-28	26	16	19	9	3	6	20	17
		61%	54%	57%

Game Information

Blacksburg, VA

Referee:Bryan Kersey

Referee:Tim Nestor

Referee:Pat Driscoll

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	15-2	-	23-5
Sam Houston	12-5	3	20-8
Western Kentucky	10-7	5	17-11
Kennesaw State	9-8	6	17-11
Louisiana Tech	9-8	6	16-12
Jacksonville State	9-8	6	14-14
Middle Tennessee	8-9	7	14-14
Missouri State	7-10	8	13-15
New Mexico State	6-11	9	13-14
Florida International	6-11	9	13-15
UTEP	6-11	9	10-18
Delaware	5-12	10	9-19

Atlantic Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	14-1	-	26-2
Virginia	13-2	1	25-3
Miami	11-4	3	22-6
North Carolina	10-5	4	22-6
Clemson	10-5	4	20-8
NC State	10-5	4	19-9
Louisville	9-6	5	20-8
California	8-7	6	20-8
SMU	8-7	6	19-9
Virginia Tech	7-8	7	18-10
Florida State	7-8	7	14-14
Stanford	6-9	8	17-11
Syracuse	6-9	8	15-13
Wake Forest	5-10	9	14-14
Notre Dame	3-12	11	12-16
Boston College	3-12	11	10-18
Pittsburgh	3-12	11	10-18
Georgia Tech	2-13	12	11-17

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