Liberty’s season comes to an end with a loss to UNCA in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament. Here’s our thoughts:

  1. This one was over as soon as it got started. UNCA jumped out to a big lead early and never looked back. UNCA led by as much as 30 points in the first half and went into the locker room with a 44-16 lead.
  2. It’s just a bad matchup for the Flames who have lost all 3 games to Asheville this season with none of the matchups being competitive.
  3. The Flames had 13 turnovers compared to just 1 assist in the first half while shooting 27% from the field.
  4. Lovell Cabbil was one of the lone bright spots for Liberty early on, as he went on his own personal 8-0 run.
  5. A.C. Reid picked it up in the 2nd half, as the sophomore wing finished with 13 points.
  6. Liberty finished the game with 18 turnovers and shot 31% from the field and 20% from 3.
  7. This is the first loss in the Big South Tournament quarterfinal for Coach McKay. He was 2-0 in his first 2 quarterfinals with Liberty during his first stint.
  8. UNC-Asheville looks like a team focused and posied to cut down the nets on Sunday. We’ll see how the rest of the weekend plays out.
  9. Keep your heads up, FlamesNation. One game does not define a season and it doesn’t cancel out what this team accomplished this year. The future is still very bright.
  10. Stayed tuned over the coming days as we try to put a bow on this season and begin to look ahead to next year and the future under head coach Ritchie McKay.