Liberty 55-49 NJIT (4 Mar, 2020) Play-by-Play

NJIT Highlanders

9-21, 6-10 conf

	1	2	T
NJIT	16	33	49
LIB	22	33	55

Liberty Flames

28-4, 13-3 conf

TIME		NJIT	LIB
19:38	Scottie James missed Layup.	0	0
19:35	Souleymane Diakite Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:13	Souleymane Diakite Turnover.	0	0
19:13	Caleb Homesley Steal.	0	0
18:54	Scottie James Turnover.	0	0
18:54	Zach Cooks Steal.	0	0
18:37	Foul on Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz.	0	0
18:37	Souleymane Diakite made Free Throw.	1	0
18:37	Souleymane Diakite missed Free Throw.	1	0
18:36	Scottie James Defensive Rebound.	1	0
18:15	Caleb Homesley made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Cuffee.	1	2
17:42	Shyquan Gibbs missed Three Point Jumper.	1	2
17:41	Liberty Defensive Rebound.	1	2
17:19	Scottie James made Layup.	1	4
17:04	San Antonio Brinson missed Jumper.	1	4
16:58	Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.	1	4
16:40	Darius McGhee Turnover.	1	4
16:40	Shyquan Gibbs Steal.	1	4
16:31	Reilly Walsh missed Layup.	1	4
16:28	Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.	1	4
16:15	Elijah Cuffee missed Jumper.	1	4
16:12	San Antonio Brinson Defensive Rebound.	1	4
16:09	Shyquan Gibbs missed Layup.	1	4
16:05	Elijah Cuffee Defensive Rebound.	1	4
15:50	Scottie James made Jumper.	1	6
15:26	Zach Cooks missed Layup.	1	6
15:23	Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.	1	6
15:07	Scottie James missed Dunk.	1	6
15:03	Shyquan Gibbs Defensive Rebound.	1	6
15:01	Zach Cooks missed Jumper.	1	6
15:00	Elijah Cuffee Defensive Rebound.	1	6
15:00	Foul on Souleymane Diakite.	1	6
15:00	Official TV Timeout	1	6
14:36	Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.	1	6
14:33	Elijah Cuffee Offensive Rebound.	1	6
14:23	Elijah Cuffee missed Three Point Jumper.	1	6
14:18	Shyquan Gibbs Defensive Rebound.	1	6
13:54	Souleymane Diakite made Jumper.	3	6
13:25	Caleb Homesley made Layup.	3	8
12:53	Shyquan Gibbs missed Jumper.	3	8
12:49	Scottie James Defensive Rebound.	3	8
12:35	Foul on Caleb Homesley.	3	8
12:35	Caleb Homesley Turnover.	3	8
12:16	Reilly Walsh missed Layup.	3	8
12:16	Caleb Homesley Block.	3	8
12:16	NJIT Offensive Rebound.	3	8
12:14	Foul on Elijah Cuffee.	3	8
12:05	San Antonio Brinson missed Three Point Jumper.	3	8
12:02	Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.	3	8
11:35	Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.	3	11
11:23	Foul on Shiloh Robinson.	3	11
11:23	Official TV Timeout	3	11
11:17	Zach Cooks made Jumper.	5	11
10:56	Foul on Xavier Mayo.	5	11
10:56	Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.	5	12
10:56	Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.	5	13
10:40	San Antonio Brinson missed Jumper.	5	13
10:37	Xavier Mayo Offensive Rebound.	5	13
10:31	Foul on Xavier Mayo.	5	13
10:30	Xavier Mayo missed Layup.	5	13
10:30	Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.	5	13
10:18	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	5	13
10:16	Scottie James Offensive Rebound.	5	13
10:04	Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.	5	13
10:03	Liberty Offensive Rebound.	5	13
9:43	Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.	5	13
9:40	San Antonio Brinson Defensive Rebound.	5	13
9:22	Levar Williams Turnover.	5	13
9:08	Scottie James made Layup. Assisted by Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz.	5	15
8:46	Zach Cooks missed Layup.	5	15
8:43	Scottie James Defensive Rebound.	5	15
8:18	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	5	15
8:15	San Antonio Brinson Defensive Rebound.	5	15
8:06	Levar Williams missed Three Point Jumper.	5	15
8:03	Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.	5	15
7:45	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	5	15
7:43	Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.	5	15
7:34	San Antonio Brinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Souleymane Diakite.	8	15
7:05	Foul on San Antonio Brinson.	8	15
7:05	Official TV Timeout	8	15
6:52	Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Cuffee.	8	17
6:28	San Antonio Brinson missed Layup.	8	17
6:25	Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.	8	17
6:02	Caleb Homesley Turnover.	8	17
6:02	Shyquan Gibbs Steal.	8	17
5:50	Zach Cooks missed Three Point Jumper.	8	17
5:47	Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.	8	17
5:34	Foul on Zach Cooks.	8	17
5:22	Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.	8	17
5:19	Shyquan Gibbs Defensive Rebound.	8	17
5:13	Zach Cooks made Layup.	10	17
4:46	Caleb Homesley made Layup.	10	19
4:46	Foul on Diego Willis.	10	19
4:46	Caleb Homesley made Free Throw.	10	20
4:28	Souleymane Diakite made Layup.	12	20
4:05	Myo Baxter-Bell missed Three Point Jumper.	12	20
3:58	Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.	12	20
3:56	Diego Willis missed Three Point Jumper.	12	20
3:53	Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.	12	20
3:34	Foul on Reilly Walsh.	12	20
3:34	Official TV Timeout	12	20
3:34	Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.	12	21
3:34	Myo Baxter-Bell made Free Throw.	12	22
3:08	Diego Willis missed Three Point Jumper.	12	22
3:05	Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Defensive Rebound.	12	22
2:42	Caleb Homesley missed Jumper.	12	22
2:39	Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.	12	22
2:24	Souleymane Diakite made Layup. Assisted by Reilly Walsh.	14	22
1:51	Caleb Homesley missed Layup.	14	22
1:48	Souleymane Diakite Defensive Rebound.	14	22
1:39	Zach Cooks missed Three Point Jumper.	14	22
1:36	Souleymane Diakite Offensive Rebound.	14	22
1:33	Souleymane Diakite made Layup. Assisted by Diego Willis.	16	22
1:31	NJIT Timeout	16	22
1:30	Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Turnover.	16	22
1:02	Reilly Walsh missed Three Point Jumper.	16	22
0:58	Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.	16	22
0:40	Darius McGhee missed Layup.	16	22
0:39	NJIT Defensive Rebound.	16	22
0:16	Zach Cooks missed Layup.	16	22
0:16	Scottie James Block.	16	22
0:12	Caleb Homesley Defensive Rebound.	16	22
0:07	Elijah Cuffee missed Three Point Jumper.	16	22
0:03	Zach Cooks Defensive Rebound.	16	22
0:01	Zach Cooks missed Jumper.	16	22
0:01	Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Defensive Rebound.	16	22
0:00	End of 1st half	16	22

Vines Convocation Center

12:00 AM, 4 March 2020

Lynchburg, VA

Attendance: 3,042

Referees:
Chris King
Garrick Shannon
Wil Howard

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Vermont	15-1	-	28-7
UMass Lowell	11-5	4	22-10
Bryant	11-5	4	20-13
New Hampshire	7-9	8	16-15
Binghamton	7-9	8	15-15
Maine	7-9	8	15-17
UMBC	6-10	9	11-21
UAlbany	5-11	10	13-19
NJIT	3-13	12	7-21

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Sam Houston	13-3	-	21-12
Louisiana Tech	12-4	1	22-10
Western Kentucky	8-8	5	22-12
Liberty	7-9	6	18-14
UTEP	7-9	6	18-16
Middle Tennessee	7-9	6	14-19
New Mexico State	7-9	6	13-19
Jacksonville State	6-10	7	14-18
Florida International	5-11	8	11-22

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