NCAAM teams
STET

62

16-17
Final
LIB

66

29-4
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STET 25 37 62
LIB 22 44 66
Vines Convocation Center, Lynchburg
Associated Press 4y

Liberty advances to ASun title game beating Stetson

Men's College Basketball, Liberty Flames, Stetson Hatters

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Caleb Homesley scored 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting with eight rebounds and Liberty advanced the Atlantic Sun Conference championship beating Stetson 66-62 in the semifinals on Thursday.

No. 3-seed Lipscomb travels to play top seed Liberty in the championship game on Sunday. The Bisons (16-15) have won eight of their last nine, one of which included a 77-71 win over the Flames on Feb. 29.

Rob Perry made a 3-pointer with 72 seconds left and brought the Hatters within 58-56. But Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz made all eight of his free-throw attempts in a 38-second span to clinch the win for Liberty (29-4). Pachecho-Ortiz finished with 13 points and Darius McGhee scored 11.

Christiaan Jones led Stetson (16-17) with 15 points, Jahlil Rawley 14, and Mahamadou Diawara 11.

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