Liberty drops its 9th consecutive game, falling to St. Francis Brooklyn, 64-55, on Sunday afternoon. Here’s a few thoughts on the game:

  1. As the packline is designed to, the Flames forced St. Francis into taking a lot of 3-pointers. Of the Terriers 52 field goal attempts, 30 were from long range. Problem is, they connected on 40% of their 3-pointers. This enabled them to overcome 34.6% shooting from the field.
  2. Liberty controlled the game for the first 30 minutes, leading for all but 27 seconds. But, as has been the case for the Flames the past 4-5 seasons, they don’t know how to win. As we all expected, this team will have to suffer through many growing pains, but those growing pains hurt while you’re suffering through them.
  3. John Dawson again proved to be a valuable part of the Flames’ team in just his 2nd game. The Marquette transfer led the team with 15 points and recorded his first double-double with 10 rebounds. He fouled out near the end of the game.
  4. Liberty was again beat at the free throw line as the Terriers attempted 23 free throws compared to the Flames’ 12.
  5. Evan Maxwell did not have his most productive game today. He finished with 10 points and only 2 rebounds while shooting 3/6 from the floor. He had a couple of “bunnies” he should have easily made that rimmed out.
  6. Lovell Cabbil struggled shooting the ball against St Francis, finishing with 6 points on 3/13 shooting.
  7. Ryan Kemrite had one of his better games after struggling since early in the season. Kemrite had 7 points and 4 rebounds including a couple of offensive rebounds that led to 2nd chance points.
  8. A. C. Reid suffered an injury in the first half and did not return. He only played 6 minutes, finishing with 5 points.
  9. It’s hard to focus on road struggles when the team has 84 losses the last 4 seasons, but Liberty hasn’t won on the road since February 22, 2014. During that time, the Flames have lost 24 straight away from the Vines Center.
  10. It won’t get any easier. Liberty faces VCU in Richmond next Sunday before heading to South Bend to take on Notre Dame on December 29th.