Liberty (18-11, 13-3) is at home for senior night as the Flames play host to Longwood (6-21, 3-13) Thursday at 7pm.
1. Longwood is coming off a 79-72 loss at Radford on Saturday.
Khris Lane had 32 points to lead the Lancers.
2. The Lancers are on a 13-game losing streak.
They started conference play 3-0, but haven’t won a game since January 4th against Presbyterian.
3. Liberty beat Longwood, 93-62, in Farmville on January 26th.
The Flames jumped out to 16-0 and 35-9 leads early in the game and never looked back.
4. Ryan Kemrite is shooting 44.4% from 3 this season.
The school’s single season record is 44.0% set by Charles Richardson and Matt Hildebrand in 1989 and 1993, respectively.
5. The game marks senior night for the Flames’ 2 seniors, John Dawson and Ray Chen.
Dawson and Chen each transferred to Liberty from prior schools. Dawson from Marquette and Chen from Belmont Abbey.
6. Liberty needs a win to keep any hope they have for the #1 seed.
The Flames will have to win out and need losses by both Winthrop and UNC-Asheville to clinch the #1 seed.
7. A win would give the Flames a program-best 14 conference wins.
The Flames won 13 games in 2010-11 and have won 12 on 3 prior occasions.
