Eastern Kentucky 62-59 Liberty (8 Jan, 2023) Play-by-Play

Liberty Flames

12-5, 3-1 Conference

	1	2	T
LIB	29	30	59
EKU	30	32	62

Eastern Kentucky Colonels

10-7, 3-1 Conference

TIME		LIB	EKU
19:45	Devontae Blanton made Layup.	0	2
19:16	Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.	3	2
19:05	Tayshawn Comer missed Layup.	3	2
19:02	Blake Preston Defensive Rebound.	3	2
18:53	Colin Porter Turnover.	3	2
18:53	Michael Moreno Steal.	3	2
18:31	Isaiah Cozart made Dunk. Assisted by Cooper Robb.	3	4
18:03	Kyle Rode missed Layup.	3	4
18:01	Isaiah Cozart Defensive Rebound.	3	4
17:41	Tayshawn Comer Turnover.	3	4
17:41	Blake Preston Steal.	3	4
17:24	Blake Preston made Layup. Assisted by Kyle Rode.	5	4
17:05	Cooper Robb missed Three Point Jumper.	5	4
17:01	Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.	5	4
16:47	Colin Porter made Layup.	7	4
16:25	Tayshawn Comer Turnover.	7	4
16:25	Colin Porter Steal.	7	4
16:08	Darius McGhee Turnover.	7	4
16:08	Cooper Robb Steal.	7	4
16:04	Cooper Robb made Layup.	7	6
15:54	Official TV Timeout	7	6
15:35	Brody Peebles Turnover.	7	6
15:14	Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.	7	6
15:07	Isaiah Cozart Offensive Rebound.	7	6
15:07	Isaiah Cozart made Layup.	7	8
14:39	Shiloh Robinson missed Layup.	7	8
14:37	Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.	7	8
14:36	Foul on Kyle Rode.	7	8
14:23	Dardan Kapiti missed Jumper.	7	8
14:19	Brody Peebles Defensive Rebound.	7	8
14:09	Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper.	10	8
13:40	Michael Moreno missed Jumper.	10	8
13:36	Brody Peebles Defensive Rebound.	10	8
13:23	Kyle Rode made Layup. Assisted by Colin Porter.	12	8
13:15	Devontae Blanton missed Three Point Jumper.	12	8
13:13	Dardan Kapiti Offensive Rebound.	12	8
13:13	Foul on Isiah Warfield.	12	8
13:08	Dardan Kapiti made Layup. Assisted by Leland Walker.	12	10
12:52	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	12	10
12:49	John Ukomadu Defensive Rebound.	12	10
12:47	Turner Buttry missed Jumper.	12	10
12:40	Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.	12	10
12:19	Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.	12	10
12:15	Dardan Kapiti Defensive Rebound.	12	10
11:55	Cooper Robb missed Layup.	12	10
11:55	Official TV Timeout	12	10
11:55	Liberty Defensive Rebound.	12	10
11:42	Zach Cleveland missed Layup.	12	10
11:42	Dardan Kapiti Block.	12	10
11:38	Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.	12	10
11:38	Foul on Dardan Kapiti.	12	10
11:38	Blake Preston made Free Throw.	13	10
11:38	Blake Preston missed Free Throw.	13	10
11:37	John Ukomadu Defensive Rebound.	13	10
11:28	Leland Walker missed Three Point Jumper.	13	10
11:25	Brody Peebles Defensive Rebound.	13	10
11:11	Zach Cleveland Turnover.	13	10
11:11	Leland Walker Steal.	13	10
11:05	Tayshawn Comer missed Layup.	13	10
11:02	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	13	10
10:45	Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.	13	10
10:41	Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.	13	10
10:36	Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.	13	10
10:32	Leland Walker Defensive Rebound.	13	10
10:29	Turner Buttry missed Three Point Jumper.	13	10
10:26	Isiah Warfield Defensive Rebound.	13	10
10:05	Zach Cleveland missed Layup.	13	10
10:01	Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.	13	10
10:01	Blake Preston made Layup.	15	10
9:54	John Ukomadu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Leland Walker.	15	13
9:35	Brody Peebles missed Three Point Jumper.	15	13
9:31	Leland Walker Defensive Rebound.	15	13
9:22	Turner Buttry missed Three Point Jumper.	15	13
9:18	Isiah Warfield Defensive Rebound.	15	13
8:23	Tayshawn Comer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Leland Walker.	17	16
8:06	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	17	16
8:04	Eastern Kentucky Defensive Rebound.	17	16
7:52	Isaiah Cozart missed Layup.	17	16
7:48	Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.	17	16
7:31	Official TV Timeout	17	16
7:16	Kyle Rode made Layup. Assisted by Colin Porter.	19	16
6:41	Devontae Blanton made Three Point Jumper.	19	19
6:07	Liberty Turnover.	19	19
5:54	Devontae Blanton missed Layup.	19	19
5:54	Shiloh Robinson Block.	19	19
5:50	Isaiah Cozart Offensive Rebound.	19	19
5:50	Isaiah Cozart missed Layup.	19	19
5:50	Eastern Kentucky Offensive Rebound.	19	19
5:46	Isaiah Cozart made Dunk. Assisted by Devontae Blanton.	19	21
5:28	Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colin Porter.	22	21
5:13	Isaiah Cozart Turnover.	22	21
5:13	Colin Porter Steal.	22	21
5:05	Brody Peebles made Layup.	24	21
5:05	Foul on Michael Moreno.	24	21
5:05	Brody Peebles made Free Throw.	25	21
4:48	Cooper Robb made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devontae Blanton.	25	24
4:19	Brody Peebles made Layup. Assisted by Kyle Rode.	27	24
4:09	Isaiah Cozart made Dunk. Assisted by Michael Moreno.	27	26
3:36	Brody Peebles Turnover.	27	26
3:36	Official TV Timeout	27	26
3:11	Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.	27	26
3:09	Tayshawn Comer Offensive Rebound.	27	26
3:09	Foul on Colin Porter.	27	26
3:05	Devontae Blanton made Jumper. Assisted by Michael Moreno.	27	28
2:41	Kyle Rode missed Layup.	27	28
2:38	Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.	27	28
2:19	Foul on Dardan Kapiti.	27	28
2:19	Dardan Kapiti Turnover.	27	28
2:03	Foul on Devontae Blanton.	27	28
1:47	Kyle Rode made Layup.	29	28
1:36	Foul on Colin Porter.	29	28
1:36	Cooper Robb made Free Throw.	29	29
1:36	Cooper Robb made Free Throw.	29	30
1:24	Darius McGhee Turnover.	29	30
1:12	Tayshawn Comer missed Jumper.	29	30
1:09	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	29	30
1:02	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	29	30
0:58	Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.	29	30
0:55	Tayshawn Comer Turnover.	29	30
0:55	Kyle Rode Steal.	29	30
0:35	Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.	29	30
0:31	Cooper Robb Defensive Rebound.	29	30
0:13	Eastern Kentucky Timeout	29	30
0:03	Leland Walker missed Jumper.	29	30
0:00	Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.	29	30
0:00	End of 1st half	29	30

Baptist Health Arena

6:00 PM, 8 January 2023

Richmond, KY

Attendance: 3,216

Referees:
Jason Baker
John Hampton
Eric Lowe

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	0-0	-	12-1
Louisiana Tech	0-0	-	11-2
UTEP	0-0	-	9-3
Western Kentucky	0-0	-	9-3
Middle Tennessee	0-0	-	9-4
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
North Alabama	0-0	-	8-5
Lipscomb	0-0	-	7-5
North Florida	0-0	-	7-6
Queens University	0-0	-	7-6
Eastern Kentucky	0-0	-	6-6
Jacksonville	0-0	-	6-6
Austin Peay	0-0	-	4-8
Florida Gulf Coast	0-0	-	4-8
Central Arkansas	0-0	-	3-9
Bellarmine	0-0	-	3-10
Stetson	0-0	-	2-10
West Georgia	0-0	-	2-11

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