Give Me Liberty. Flames Take the Big South
The Liberty Flames shocked the Big South to punch their ticket to their first NCAA tournament since 2004.
| Final - 3.20.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Southern Buccaneers | 32 | 39 | 71 |
| Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | 36 | 42 | 78 |
The Liberty Flames shocked the Big South to punch their ticket to their first NCAA tournament since 2004.
The Flames take on the Buccaneers for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament as an automatic bid.
Huge underdogs entering the tournament, Liberty will need to knock off top-seeded Charleston Southern to get into the NCAA Tournament.
Charleston Southern hasn't gone dancing since 1997 but they took a step closer Thursday night by locking up a South Division title in the Big South.
Charleston Southern takes down Asheville to move into first place in the Big South's South Division.
Perhaps Charleston Southern's loss to Gardner Webb tonight is a sign that their offensive inefficiency is catching up to them, and that they may fall back to the pack in the Big South.
Proving that it's never too early to start filling out NCAA brackets, SB Nation's Chris Dobbertean has released his Preseason Bracketology, and has the Arizona Wildcats penciled is as the No. 3 seed in the West region.
The Kansas State Wildcats basketball team kick off their season against Charleston Southern on Friday.
The Georgia Bulldogs won their fifth straight baseball game, claiming a Wednesday night victory over the Charleston Southern Buccaneers. The Diamond Dogs triumphed in a 3-2 game, thanks to stellar pitching.
The Georgia Bulldogs relied on solid pitching and timely two-out hitting to card an 8-1 win over the Charleston Southern Buccaneers in a Tuesday night baseball game.
Maryland started off the season the right way with a big win over Charleston Southern.
Our preview of Maryland's first game, against Charleston Southern.
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Charlotte 49ers | Friday, November 09 2012 | loss 58 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Arizona Wildcats | Sunday, November 11 2012 | loss 73 - 82 | coverage |
| Hiwassee | Thursday, November 15 2012 | win 105 - 69 | coverage |
| East Tennessee St. Buccaneers | Tuesday, November 20 2012 | loss 57 - 59 | coverage |
| @ Alabama Crimson Tide | Friday, November 23 2012 | loss 46 - 59 | coverage |
| Charleston Cougars | Wednesday, November 28 2012 | loss 67 - 72 | coverage |
| December | |||
| Barber-Scotia | Saturday, December 01 2012 | win 101 - 69 | coverage |
| The Citadel Bulldogs | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | win 101 - 73 | coverage |
| @ East Tennessee St. Buccaneers | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | win 72 - 51 | coverage |
| @ Wichita St. Shockers | Thursday, December 20 2012 | loss 53 - 65 | coverage |
| Va. Intermont | Saturday, December 29 2012 | win 105 - 59 | coverage |
| January | |||
| @ Radford Highlanders | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 81 - 74 | coverage |
| Winthrop Eagles | Wednesday, January 09 2013 | win 75 - 63 | coverage |
| @ Longwood Lancers | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 75 - 62 | coverage |
| UNC-Asheville Bulldogs | Wednesday, January 16 2013 | win 74 - 68 | coverage |
| High Point Panthers | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 83 - 75 | coverage |
| @ Presbyterian Blue Hose | Wednesday, January 23 2013 | win 79 - 59 | coverage |
| @ Liberty Flames | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 79 - 75 | coverage |
| Gardner-Webb Bulldogs | Wednesday, January 30 2013 | loss 73 - 74 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | Wednesday, February 06 2013 | loss 53 - 73 | coverage |
| Campbell Fighting Camels | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 86 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Winthrop Eagles | Wednesday, February 13 2013 | loss 65 - 70 | coverage |
| @ UNC-Asheville Bulldogs | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 73 - 65 | coverage |
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | Tuesday, February 19 2013 | win 72 - 54 | coverage |
| Virginia Military Keydets | Thursday, February 21 2013 | win 92 - 69 | coverage |
| @ Rider Broncs | Saturday, February 23 2013 | loss 54 - 61 | coverage |
| @ Gardner-Webb Bulldogs | Wednesday, February 27 2013 | loss 62 - 67 | coverage |
| March | |||
| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 75 - 64 | coverage |
| Winthrop Eagles | Thursday, March 07 2013 | win 54 - 47 | coverage |
| Virginia Military Keydets | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 71 - 65 | coverage |
| Liberty Flames | Sunday, March 10 2013 | loss 76 - 87 | coverage |
| @ Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | Wednesday, March 20 2013 | loss 71 - 78 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Bernard | 2 | GUARD,FORWARD | 205 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| Cedrick Bowen | 24 | FORWARD | 225 | 6-5 | sophomore | |
| Harrison Bowne | 31 | FORWARD | 230 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Mitchell Deter | 12 | GUARD | 190 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Greg Dorleus | 33 | FORWARD | 249 | 6-9 | sophomore | |
| Allie Fullah | 35 | FORWARD,CENTER | 235 | 6-7 | Jr | |
| Paul Gombwer | 15 | FORWARD | 215 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Arlon Harper | 0 | GUARD | 170 | 6-1 | sophomore | |
| Matt Kennedy | 11 | GUARD | 175 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Mathiang Muo | 23 | FORWARD | 217 | 6-5 | senior | |
| Saah Nimley | 5 | GUARD | 155 | 5-8 | sophomore | |
| Thomas Odom | 30 | GUARD | 170 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Jeremy Sexton | 10 | GUARD | 175 | 6-2 | senior | |
| Sheldon Strickland | 4 | GUARD | 180 | 6-0 | junior | |
| Joe Williams | 14 | FORWARD | 195 | 6-5 | junior |
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Saah Nimley | 30 | 33.2 | 5.0 | 13.8 | 36.4 | 2.6 | 7.8 | 32.8 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 75.6 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 15.9 |
| Arlon Harper | 32 | 28.3 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 46.2 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 38.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 74.6 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 15.3 |
| Mathiang Muo | 28 | 29.8 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 38.5 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 41.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 76.4 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 11.2 |
| Jeremy Sexton | 31 | 29.0 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 39.0 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 35.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 76.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 9.9 |
| Cedrick Bowen | 26 | 18.1 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 57.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 25.0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 79.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
| Paul Gombwer | 32 | 24.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 45.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 41.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 56.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.5 |
| Sheldon Strickland | 31 | 12.7 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 33.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 27.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 57.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| Allie Fullah | 32 | 16.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 58.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 45.5 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
| Joe Williams | 13 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Malcolm Bernard | 30 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 34.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 42.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 66.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Matt Kennedy | 25 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 40.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Greg Dorleus | 8 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Mitchell Deter | 11 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 12.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Thomas Odom | 4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |