Notre Dame 73-56 Liberty (29 Dec, 2015) Play-by-Play

Liberty Flames

3-12, 0-6 away

	1	2	T
LIB	23	33	56
ND	32	41	73

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

9-3, 7-0 home

Zach Auguste made Layup. Assisted by V.J. Beachem.
V.J. Beachem missed Three Point Jumper.
Demetrius Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Zach Auguste made Layup.
Zach Auguste missed Jumper.
Steve Vasturia made Jumper.
Matt Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.
Steve Vasturia missed Three Point Jumper.
Zach Auguste made Layup.
Matt Farrell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Ryan.
Matt Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.
Matt Ryan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Farrell.
Matt Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.
Steve Vasturia made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by V.J. Beachem.
Bonzie Colson made Jumper.
V.J. Beachem missed Three Point Jumper.
Austin Torres made Two Point Tip Shot.
Demetrius Jackson made Layup.
Demetrius Jackson missed Jumper.
Steve Vasturia made Layup. Assisted by Demetrius Jackson.
Steve Vasturia missed Three Point Jumper.
Demetrius Jackson missed Jumper.
Demetrius Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Zach Auguste missed Jumper.
V.J. Beachem made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Vasturia.
V.J. Beachem made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Vasturia.
Bonzie Colson made Jumper. Assisted by Steve Vasturia.
Steve Vasturia made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Jackson.
V.J. Beachem missed Jumper.
V.J. Beachem missed Jumper.
Demetrius Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Bonzie Colson.
Bonzie Colson made Jumper.
Demetrius Jackson made Jumper. Assisted by Steve Vasturia.
Zach Auguste made Jumper. Assisted by Matt Ryan.
Demetrius Jackson missed Layup.
Matt Farrell made Jumper.
Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.
Matt Ryan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by V.J. Beachem.
Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.
V.J. Beachem made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Jackson.
V.J. Beachem missed Three Point Jumper.
Demetrius Jackson missed Jumper.
Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.
Steve Vasturia made Layup.
Matt Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.
Matt Farrell made Three Point Jumper.
Rex Pflueger missed Jumper.
Martinas Geben made Layup.
Lovell Cabbil made Layup.
Evan Maxwell made Jumper.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
Lovell Cabbil made Jumper.
Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
John Dawson made Jumper.
A.C. Reid missed Three Point Jumper.
John Dawson missed Layup.
Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
Ryan Kemrite made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lovell Cabbil.
Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.
Caleb Homesley made Jumper.
Caleb Homesley missed Layup.
A.C. Reid missed Three Point Jumper.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.
Lovell Cabbil missed Jumper.
Evan Maxwell made Dunk. Assisted by Ryan Kemrite.
Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.
Caleb Homesley made Jumper. Assisted by A.C. Reid.
A.C. Reid missed Three Point Jumper.
A.C. Reid missed Layup.
Evan Maxwell made Layup.
John Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
John Dawson missed Jumper.
Evan Maxwell made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Kemrite.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.
Anthony Fields missed Jumper.
Ryan Kemrite made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Dawson.
Caleb Homesley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Fields.
Caleb Homesley made Jumper. Assisted by John Dawson.
John Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
Lovell Cabbil missed Three Point Jumper.
Ezra Talbert made Layup. Assisted by John Dawson.
Ezra Talbert missed Three Point Jumper.
Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.
Evan Maxwell made Layup.
Lovell Cabbil missed Jumper.
John Dawson missed Jumper.
Lovell Cabbil made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caleb Homesley.
Ezra Talbert missed Three Point Jumper.
Ezra Talbert missed Jumper.
Caleb Homesley made Layup. Assisted by John Dawson.
Caleb Homesley made Jumper. Assisted by Lovell Cabbil.
John Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
Evan Maxwell made Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Kemrite.
Caleb Homesley missed Three Point Jumper.
Evan Maxwell made Layup. Assisted by Caleb Homesley.
John Dawson missed Jumper.
Lovell Cabbil missed Three Point Jumper.
Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.
Caleb Homesley made Layup.
Caleb Homesley made Layup.

LIBERTY

NOTRE DAME

TIME		LIB	ND
20:00	Jump Ball won by Liberty	0	0
19:45	Evan Maxwell Turnover.	0	0
19:21	Steve Vasturia Turnover.	0	0
19:21	Lovell Cabbil Steal.	0	0
19:14	Lovell Cabbil made Layup.	2	0
19:03	Zach Auguste made Layup. Assisted by V.J. Beachem.	2	2
18:33	Evan Maxwell made Jumper.	4	2
18:11	V.J. Beachem missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
18:11	Ryan Kemrite Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:46	Foul on John Dawson.	4	2
17:46	John Dawson Turnover.	4	2
17:25	Demetrius Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
17:25	Zach Auguste Offensive Rebound.	4	2
17:18	Zach Auguste made Layup.	4	4
16:45	Evan Maxwell Turnover.	4	4
16:32	Zach Auguste missed Jumper.	4	4
16:32	John Dawson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
16:21	John Dawson Turnover.	4	4
16:21	Bonzie Colson Steal.	4	4
16:15	Steve Vasturia Turnover.	4	4
16:15	Ryan Hiepler Steal.	4	4
16:02	Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.	4	4
16:02	Demetrius Jackson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
15:54	Foul on Ryan Hiepler.	4	4
15:54	Official TV Timeout	4	4
15:54	Demetrius Jackson made Free Throw.	4	5
15:54	Demetrius Jackson missed Free Throw.	4	5
15:54	John Dawson Defensive Rebound.	4	5
15:36	Lovell Cabbil made Jumper.	6	5
15:20	Zach Auguste Turnover.	6	5
14:59	Foul on Bonzie Colson.	6	5
14:49	Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.	6	5
14:49	Demetrius Jackson Defensive Rebound.	6	5
14:40	Steve Vasturia made Jumper.	6	7
14:19	Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.	6	7
14:19	V.J. Beachem Defensive Rebound.	6	7
14:15	Foul on Evan Maxwell.	6	7
14:03	Matt Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.	6	7
14:03	Zach Auguste Offensive Rebound.	6	7
14:00	Foul on Ezra Talbert.	6	7
13:51	Foul on Ezra Talbert.	6	7
13:33	Steve Vasturia missed Three Point Jumper.	6	7
13:33	Notre Dame Offensive Rebound.	6	7
13:23	Zach Auguste made Layup.	6	9
13:06	John Dawson made Jumper.	8	9
12:42	Matt Farrell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Ryan.	8	12
12:12	A.C. Reid missed Three Point Jumper.	8	12
12:12	Matt Ryan Defensive Rebound.	8	12
11:58	Matt Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.	8	12
11:58	Ryan Kemrite Defensive Rebound.	8	12
11:32	Foul on Steve Vasturia.	8	12
11:32	Official TV Timeout	8	12
11:32	Ryan Kemrite made Free Throw.	9	12
11:32	Ryan Kemrite made Free Throw.	10	12
11:21	John Dawson missed Layup.	10	12
11:21	Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.	10	12
10:56	Matt Ryan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Farrell.	10	15
10:31	Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.	10	15
10:31	Zach Auguste Defensive Rebound.	10	15
10:19	Matt Farrell Turnover.	10	15
10:05	John Dawson Turnover.	10	15
10:05	Bonzie Colson Steal.	10	15
9:55	Zach Auguste Turnover.	10	15
9:55	Caleb Homesley Steal.	10	15
9:40	Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.	10	15
9:40	Zach Auguste Defensive Rebound.	10	15
9:31	Matt Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.	10	15
9:31	Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.	10	15
9:11	Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.	10	15
9:11	Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.	10	15
8:56	Foul on John Dawson.	10	15
8:56	Zach Auguste missed Free Throw.	10	15
8:56	Notre Dame Deadball Team Rebound.	10	15
8:56	Zach Auguste made Free Throw.	10	16
8:43	Ryan Kemrite made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lovell Cabbil.	13	16
8:19	Steve Vasturia made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by V.J. Beachem.	13	19
8:00	Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.	13	19
8:00	Caleb Homesley Offensive Rebound.	13	19
7:54	Caleb Homesley made Jumper.	15	19
7:44	Bonzie Colson made Jumper.	15	21
7:27	Caleb Homesley missed Layup.	15	21
7:27	Notre Dame Defensive Rebound.	15	21
7:24	Official TV Timeout	15	21
7:08	V.J. Beachem missed Three Point Jumper.	15	21
7:08	Austin Torres Offensive Rebound.	15	21
7:08	Austin Torres made Two Point Tip Shot.	15	23
6:57	Foul on Caleb Homesley.	15	23
6:57	Austin Torres missed Free Throw.	15	23
6:57	Ryan Kemrite Defensive Rebound.	15	23
6:32	A.C. Reid missed Three Point Jumper.	15	23
6:32	Evan Maxwell Offensive Rebound.	15	23
6:06	Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.	15	23
6:06	Evan Maxwell Offensive Rebound.	15	23
5:59	Evan Maxwell missed Jumper.	15	23
5:59	Ryan Kemrite Offensive Rebound.	15	23
5:58	Foul on Austin Torres.	15	23
5:58	Ryan Kemrite made Free Throw.	16	23
5:58	Ryan Kemrite made Free Throw.	17	23
5:44	Demetrius Jackson made Layup.	17	25
5:44	Foul on Lovell Cabbil.	17	25
5:44	Demetrius Jackson made Free Throw.	17	26
5:20	Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.	17	26
5:20	Demetrius Jackson Block.	17	26
5:20	Zach Auguste Defensive Rebound.	17	26
5:09	Demetrius Jackson missed Jumper.	17	26
5:09	Evan Maxwell Defensive Rebound.	17	26
4:48	Ryan Hiepler Turnover.	17	26
4:48	Demetrius Jackson Steal.	17	26
4:41	Steve Vasturia made Layup. Assisted by Demetrius Jackson.	17	28
4:41	Foul on Ryan Hiepler.	17	28
4:41	Steve Vasturia missed Free Throw.	17	28
4:41	Ryan Kemrite Defensive Rebound.	17	28
4:14	Lovell Cabbil missed Jumper.	17	28
4:14	Zach Auguste Defensive Rebound.	17	28
3:48	Foul on Lovell Cabbil.	17	28
3:48	Official TV Timeout	17	28
3:48	Steve Vasturia made Free Throw.	17	29
3:48	Steve Vasturia made Free Throw.	17	30
3:23	Evan Maxwell made Dunk. Assisted by Ryan Kemrite.	19	30
3:14	Zach Auguste Turnover.	19	30
2:48	Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper.	19	30
2:48	Steve Vasturia Defensive Rebound.	19	30
2:39	Steve Vasturia missed Three Point Jumper.	19	30
2:39	A.C. Reid Defensive Rebound.	19	30
2:26	Caleb Homesley made Jumper. Assisted by A.C. Reid.	21	30
2:10	Demetrius Jackson missed Jumper.	21	30
2:10	Evan Maxwell Defensive Rebound.	21	30
1:57	Anthony Fields Turnover.	21	30
1:57	V.J. Beachem Steal.	21	30
1:31	Demetrius Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.	21	30
1:31	Zach Auguste Offensive Rebound.	21	30
1:25	Zach Auguste missed Jumper.	21	30
1:25	Notre Dame Offensive Rebound.	21	30
1:11	Foul on Matt Ryan.	21	30
1:11	Matt Ryan Turnover.	21	30
1:11	Liberty Timeout	21	30
0:57	A.C. Reid missed Three Point Jumper.	21	30
0:57	A.C. Reid Offensive Rebound.	21	30
0:50	A.C. Reid missed Layup.	21	30
0:50	Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.	21	30
0:36	Foul on Evan Maxwell.	21	30
0:36	Steve Vasturia made Free Throw.	21	31
0:36	Steve Vasturia made Free Throw.	21	32
0:17	Evan Maxwell made Layup.	23	32
0:04	Foul on Demetrius Jackson.	23	32
0:04	Demetrius Jackson Turnover.	23	32
0:04	John Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.	23	32
0:04	Notre Dame Defensive Rebound.	23	32
0:00	End of 1st half	23	32

Purcell Pavilion

10:00 PM, 29 December 2015

South Bend, IN

Attendance: 8,837

Referees:
William Humes
Tim Clougherty
Tim Kelly

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	0-0	-	12-1
Louisiana Tech	0-0	-	11-2
Middle Tennessee	0-0	-	9-3
UTEP	0-0	-	9-3
Western Kentucky	0-0	-	9-3
Jacksonville State	0-0	-	7-5
Kennesaw State	0-0	-	7-5
New Mexico State	0-0	-	6-6
Sam Houston	0-0	-	6-6
Florida International	0-0	-	5-7

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	2-0	-	10-2
SMU	2-0	-	10-2
Clemson	2-0	-	10-3
Pittsburgh	1-0	0.5	10-2
Stanford	1-0	0.5	9-3
NC State	1-0	0.5	8-4
North Carolina	1-0	0.5	7-5
Notre Dame	1-0	0.5	7-5
Wake Forest	1-1	1	9-4
Louisville	1-1	1	7-5
California	0-1	1.5	7-5
Virginia	0-1	1.5	7-5
Syracuse	0-1	1.5	5-6
Virginia Tech	0-1	1.5	5-7
Miami	0-1	1.5	4-8
Florida State	0-2	2	9-4
Boston College	0-2	2	7-5
Georgia Tech	0-2	2	5-7

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