Liberty Flames at Charleston Southern Buccaneers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
75 - 87
Mitchell with 24, Charleston Southern downs Liberty 87-75
Travis McConico added 23 points with five rebounds for the Buccaneers (10-14, 5-8 Big South) who shot 61 percent from the field compared to 53 percent for Liberty. Christian Keeling scored 10 points.
A Jordan Jones dunk early in the first half sparked a 22-9 run that included three 3-pointers by McConico, and one apiece from Keeling, Deontaye Buskey and Sean Price to put the Buccaneers up 31-18 with 6:43 to go. They led 37-28 at the break.
Liberty battled back early in the second half and took a 61-59 edge with 7:45 to play but the Buccaneers answered on a 7-0 run to take a 66-61 lead and Mitchell made two 3s after that and Keeling added another to make it 75-66 with 3:13 left.
Lovell Cabbil scored 15 points to lead the Flames (15-11, 6-7). The loss snaps a three-game win streak for Liberty.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 75 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:19 | Travis McConico Defensive Rebound. | 75 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:19 | Ryan Kemrite missed Three Point Jumper. | 75 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:26 | Cortez Mitchell made Free Throw. | 75 - 87 |
| 2nd 0:26 | Cortez Mitchell made Free Throw. | 75 - 86 |
Statistics
 LIB |
 CHSO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-45 | FG | 28-46 |
| 53 | Field Goal % | 61 |
| 13-25 | 3PT | 13-21 |
| 52 | Three Point % | 62 |
| 14-19 | FT | 18-22 |
| 74 | Free Throw % | 82 |
| 19 | Rebounds | 24 |
| 2 | Offensive Rebounds | 3 |
| 17 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Off Turnovers | 21 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 17 | Fouls | 17 |
| 6 | Largest Lead | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Charleston, SC
Attendance: 725 | Capacity:
2025-26 Conference USA Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 17-3 | - | 26-8 |
| Sam Houston | 13-7 | 4 | 22-12 |
| Louisiana Tech | 11-9 | 6 | 20-14 |
| Western Kentucky | 11-9 | 6 | 18-14 |
| Middle Tennessee | 11-9 | 6 | 17-15 |
| Kennesaw State | 10-10 | 7 | 21-14 |
| Jacksonville State | 10-10 | 7 | 15-17 |
| New Mexico State | 8-12 | 9 | 16-16 |
| Missouri State | 8-12 | 9 | 16-18 |
| Florida International | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
| UTEP | 7-13 | 8 | 11-20 |
| Delaware | 6-14 | 11 | 10-21 |
2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |