He is already among the best to ever play at Liberty, but Darius McGhee says he’s not done yet.

The 5’9″ guard and two-time reigning ASUN Player of the Year has announced his intentions to use his COVID year of eligibility and return to the Flames for the 2022-23 season.

Following the 2021-22 season, McGhee became the first Liberty player to ever be named conference player of the year for a second time. He finished this past season as the top scorer in the conference and ranks among the national scoring leaders. At 24.6 points per game, he finished the year ranked 2nd in the country just behind Bryant’s Peter Kiss who averaged 25.2 points per game.

He also averaged 4.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game while maintaining a field goal percentage of 45.6%. He’s reached No. 5 on Liberty’s career scoring list while having three 40+ scoring nights this season. He’s also set the record for most three-pointers made in a single season and career at Liberty, and became the first Liberty player to average 20+ points per game in a single season since Seth Curry averaged 20.2 points per game during the 2008-09 campaign. At 24.6 ppg, McGhee finished with the highest scoring average in a season by any Liberty player since Bailey Alston averaged 27.0 in 1987-88. He is one of only four players to be ranked in the top 20 of Liberty’s career scoring, rebounding, and assists lists, joining Larry Blair, Caleb Homesley, and Lovell Cabbil.

More than his personal stats and records, McGhee cares most about winning, and he has been part of some of the best Liberty basketball teams of all time. He was on the 2019 team that won the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament game. McGhee and the Flames won the ASUN Tournament in each of his first three seasons. Coming up short by falling to Bellarmine in the ASUN semis this past season will be a primary driver of McGhee and his teammates this offseason and into next year as they seek a fourth ASUN title in five seasons.