Liberty (7-19, 1-12) plays at Coastal Carolina (17-8, 8-5) Saturday at 3:30. Here’s 7 things to know about the game:
1. The Chanticleers defeated Liberty, 69-54, in Lynchburg on January 10th.
Both teams shot under 40% from the field on the evening. Warren Gillis led the way with 20 points while no Flame reached double figures in scoring. Josh Cameron (pictured) scored 12 points.
2. After starting conference play 5-0, Coastal has gone 3-5.
CCU has seen their RPI plummet from 100 to 149 since starting conference play at 5-0. They were also on the wrong end of that sick John Brown alley-oop dunk last week.
3. Layer is 3-7 against Coastal while at Liberty, and just 1-4 against the Chants in Conway.
The only win came in the Big South Tournament in 2013.
4. Liberty is 4-1 all-time at the HTC Center.
All 4 wins came during that improbable 2013 run to the Big South Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament automatic bid.
5. Both Team Rankings and KenPom give the Flames a 6% chance at the win.
That’s the lowest percentage chance at a win prior to the start of any game this season for LU.
6. One more loss this season and the Flames will have 20 losses on the year for the 3rd consecutive season.
The 3 straight 20+ losses would be the first time the Flames have done so in program history. Liberty would also have a total of 80 losses in the past 4 seasons.
7. A loss by the Flames would tie the program record for most conference losses in a season.
In 2005-06, Liberty finished Big South play with a 3-13 record.
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