Liberty 79-73 Eastern Kentucky (3 Mar, 2023) Play-by-Play

Eastern Kentucky Colonels

20-13, 12-6 Conference

	1	2	T
EKU	36	37	73
LIB	34	45	79

TIME	EKU	LIB
19:43	Tayshawn Comer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Moreno.	3	0
19:17	Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Preston.	3	3
18:50	Tayshawn Comer missed Three Point Jumper.	3	3
18:45	Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.	3	3
18:29	Colin Porter made Jumper.	3	5
18:17	Devontae Blanton Turnover.	3	5
18:10	Foul on Isaiah Cozart.	3	5
18:03	Colin Porter made Layup. Assisted by Blake Preston.	3	7
17:40	Devontae Blanton made Jumper.	5	7
17:22	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	5	7
17:20	Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.	5	7
17:20	Foul on Joseph Venzant.	5	7
17:06	Devontae Blanton made Layup.	7	7
16:46	Blake Preston made Layup. Assisted by Darius McGhee.	7	9
16:25	Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.	7	9
16:20	Devontae Blanton Offensive Rebound.	7	9
16:13	Cooper Robb made Jumper.	9	9
15:52	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	9	9
15:47	Kyle Rode Offensive Rebound.	9	9
15:38	Foul on Dardan Kapiti.	9	9
15:38	Official TV Timeout	9	9
15:38	Blake Preston missed Free Throw.	9	9
15:38	Liberty Offensive Rebound.	9	9
15:38	Blake Preston missed Free Throw.	9	9
15:34	Tayshawn Comer Defensive Rebound.	9	9
15:18	Dardan Kapiti made Layup.	11	9
15:03	Blake Preston made Dunk.	11	11
14:51	Tayshawn Comer Turnover.	11	11
14:51	Colin Porter Steal.	11	11
14:43	Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.	11	11
14:39	Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.	11	11
14:34	Shiloh Robinson missed Layup.	11	11
14:29	Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.	11	11
14:28	Blake Preston missed Layup.	11	11
14:25	Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.	11	11
14:25	Michael Moreno made Layup.	13	11
14:25	Foul on Blake Preston.	13	11
14:23	Michael Moreno missed Free Throw.	13	11
14:23	Michael Moreno Offensive Rebound.	13	11
14:23	Foul on Darius McGhee.	13	11
14:22	Foul on Isiah Warfield.	13	11
14:19	Devontae Blanton missed Jumper.	13	11
14:16	Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.	13	11
14:02	Darius McGhee missed Layup.	13	11
13:59	Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.	13	11
13:52	Leland Walker missed Three Point Jumper.	13	11
13:49	Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.	13	11
13:37	Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.	13	11
13:34	Cooper Robb Defensive Rebound.	13	11
13:18	Leland Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devontae Blanton.	16	11
13:02	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	16	11
12:58	Cooper Robb Defensive Rebound.	16	11
12:58	Foul on Kyle Rode.	16	11
12:40	Leland Walker made Jumper.	18	11
12:23	Foul on John Ukomadu.	18	11
12:14	Darius McGhee missed Jumper.	18	11
12:11	John Ukomadu Defensive Rebound.	18	11
11:59	Leland Walker missed Jumper.	18	11
11:56	Brody Peebles Defensive Rebound.	18	11
11:45	Shiloh Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.	18	11
11:41	DaShawn Jackson Defensive Rebound.	18	11
11:37	Cooper Robb made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DaShawn Jackson.	21	11
11:34	Official TV Timeout	21	11
11:21	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	21	11
11:18	Eastern Kentucky Defensive Rebound.	21	11
10:50	Isaiah Cozart made Layup.	23	11
10:20	Joseph Venzant made Jumper. Assisted by Darius McGhee.	23	13
10:05	Isaiah Cozart missed Jumper.	23	13
10:04	Shiloh Robinson Defensive Rebound.	23	13
9:52	Blake Preston Turnover.	23	13
9:52	Tayshawn Comer Steal.	23	13
9:48	DaShawn Jackson missed Layup.	23	13
9:47	Isaiah Cozart Offensive Rebound.	23	13
9:47	Foul on Isaiah Cozart.	23	13
9:47	Isaiah Cozart Turnover.	23	13
9:25	Colin Porter missed Layup.	23	13
9:21	Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.	23	13
8:56	Tayshawn Comer made Three Point Jumper.	26	13
8:34	Isiah Warfield missed Three Point Jumper.	26	13
8:31	Tayshawn Comer Defensive Rebound.	26	13
8:29	Foul on Colin Porter.	26	13
8:14	Foul on Shiloh Robinson.	26	13
8:14	Devontae Blanton missed Free Throw.	26	13
8:14	Eastern Kentucky Offensive Rebound.	26	13
8:12	Devontae Blanton missed Free Throw.	26	13
8:11	Kyle Rode Defensive Rebound.	26	13
8:00	Darius McGhee missed Layup.	26	13
7:57	Michael Moreno Defensive Rebound.	26	13
7:54	Cooper Robb missed Three Point Jumper.	26	13
7:51	Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.	26	13
7:44	Brody Peebles missed Three Point Jumper.	26	13
7:41	Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.	26	13
7:37	Cooper Robb missed Three Point Jumper.	26	13
7:34	Liberty Defensive Rebound.	26	13
7:34	Official TV Timeout	26	13
7:15	Shiloh Robinson missed Layup.	26	13
7:12	Dardan Kapiti Defensive Rebound.	26	13
7:05	Foul on Tayshawn Comer.	26	13
7:05	Tayshawn Comer Turnover.	26	13
6:54	Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colin Porter.	26	16
6:37	Foul on Shiloh Robinson.	26	16
6:37	Devontae Blanton made Free Throw.	27	16
6:36	Devontae Blanton missed Free Throw.	27	16
6:34	Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.	27	16
6:26	Foul on DaShawn Jackson.	27	16
6:10	Colin Porter missed Jumper.	27	16
6:09	Joseph Venzant Offensive Rebound.	27	16
6:09	Foul on Leland Walker.	27	16
6:08	Joseph Venzant missed Free Throw.	27	16
6:05	Devontae Blanton Defensive Rebound.	27	16
5:39	Michael Moreno missed Three Point Jumper.	27	16
5:38	Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.	27	16
5:38	Foul on Cooper Robb.	27	16
5:38	Darius McGhee made Free Throw.	27	17
5:38	Darius McGhee made Free Throw.	27	18
5:09	Leland Walker missed Jumper.	27	18
5:06	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	27	18
4:55	Darius McGhee Turnover.	27	18
4:55	Devontae Blanton Steal.	27	18
4:36	Devontae Blanton Turnover.	27	18
4:36	Colin Porter Steal.	27	18
4:30	Kyle Rode missed Three Point Jumper.	27	18
4:27	Joseph Venzant Offensive Rebound.	27	18
4:19	Colin Porter made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.	27	20
4:19	Official TV Timeout	27	20
3:58	Dardan Kapiti made Jumper. Assisted by Tayshawn Comer.	29	20
3:34	Isiah Warfield missed Layup.	29	20
3:31	Leland Walker Defensive Rebound.	29	20
3:15	Devontae Blanton missed Jumper.	29	20
3:12	Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.	29	20
3:06	Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.	29	23
2:39	Foul on Isiah Warfield.	29	23
2:39	Devontae Blanton made Free Throw.	30	23
2:39	Devontae Blanton made Free Throw.	31	23
2:27	Zach Cleveland made Layup.	31	25
2:27	Foul on Dardan Kapiti.	31	25
2:27	Zach Cleveland made Free Throw.	31	26
2:23	Foul on Dardan Kapiti.	31	26
2:23	Dardan Kapiti Turnover.	31	26
2:04	Colin Porter made Layup.	31	28
1:49	Devontae Blanton missed Layup.	31	28
1:49	Zach Cleveland Block.	31	28
1:45	Darius McGhee Defensive Rebound.	31	28
1:42	Kyle Rode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius McGhee.	31	31
1:15	Tayshawn Comer made Jumper.	33	31
0:54	Darius McGhee missed Three Point Jumper.	33	31
0:51	Tayshawn Comer Defensive Rebound.	33	31
0:36	Devontae Blanton missed Layup.	33	31
0:32	Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.	33	31
0:11	Darius McGhee made Three Point Jumper.	33	34
0:02	Michael Moreno made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tayshawn Comer.	36	34
0:00	Liberty Timeout	36	34
0:00	End of 1st half	36	34

Darius McGhee shows off range with deep 3-pointer

0:22

Devontae Blanton drains the long 3

0:19

Darius McGhee makes beautiful dime for a basket

0:29

Liberty Arena

12:00 AM, 3 March 2023

Lynchburg, VA

Attendance: 4,043

Referees:
Steven Anderson
Wil Howard
Anthony Eades

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

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

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