After nearly a week between games, the Liberty Flames (18-3, 10-0) are back in action on Wednesday night playing at Delaware (6-15, 2-8).

Here’s what you need to know about the game:

How to Watch

7 p.m. ET | Wednesday, February 4
Newark, Delaware | Bob Carpenter Center
TV: ESPN+

Liberty vs Delaware Odds (KenPom)

Spread: Liberty -10
Projected score: Liberty 73, Delaware 63

Liberty Projected Starters

#0 Colin Porter

Senior Guard | 5’10”, 170
2025-26 stats: 11.1 ppg, 3.5 apg, 2.9 rpg

#3 Kaden Metheny

R-Senior Guard | 5’11”, 170
2025-26 stats: 14.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.1 apg

#4 Brett Decker

Sophomore Guard | 6’3″, 190
2025-26 stats: 17.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 50.7% 3-point field goals

#9 JJ Harper

R-Senior Guard | 6’5″, 200
2025-26 stats: 10.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.4 apg

#25 Zach Cleveland

Senior Forward | 6’7″, 220
2025-26 stats: 11.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 7.1 apg

Liberty vs Delaware History

Liberty leads, 2-1. The first two meetings happened over a decade ago, with a home and home series over the course of the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons when Liberty was in the Big South and coached by Dale Layer. On Jan. 1, 2014, Delaware knocked off Liberty, 77-64, in Delaware. The following season, the Flames defeated the Blue Hens, 61-55, at the Vines Center.

Less than two weeks ago Liberty took the first game of the season series, 67-51, at Liberty Arena on January 24. Brett Decker paced the Flames with 25 points on 6 of 12 shooting from behind the arc.

Liberty vs Delaware Storylines

2ND HALF OF CUSA PLAY BEGINS

After going a perfect 10-0 in the first half of conference play, Liberty now prepares to begin the second half of CUSA action with the final 10 regular season games. With the exception of Missouri State on Saturday, everyone the Flames will play the rest of the way has already faced Liberty once beginning Wednesday night at Delaware. How will these teams, beginning with the Blue Hens, change their approach from the first meeting?

You hear every coach in the league talk about how different playing Liberty is. It has led to opposing coaches and teams changing up their game plans or lineups to try and match the first-place Flames. What they opted to do in the first meeting obviously didn’t work, and, with Liberty undefeated at 10-0 in league play, every other coach knows that someone will have to figure out a way to dethrone the Flames or it will be a repeat of last year in Huntsville next month.

On the flip side, how will Liberty adapt to playing a team that already knows their scout? Can the Flames stay disciplined and focused on each game or will there be mental lapses?

PREVIOUS MEETING

It was a low scoring affair with Liberty besting Delaware, 67-51, late in January. Brett Decker paced Liberty with 25 points behind six made triples. The rest of the team was just 5 of 18 from behind the arc and Zach Cleveland only had 4 points on 1 of 2 shooting. JJ Harper was the only other Flame to reach double figures, scoring 10 points.

For Delaware, Christian Bliss finished the game with 17 points while Justyn Fernandez had 16. The Blue Hens used a matchup zone for most of the contest and were successful in slowing down the high powered Liberty offensive attack.

SINCE THEN

Liberty has only played once since its previous meeting with Delaware, an 81-65 win at Middle Tennessee where Kaden Metheny tied his career high with 29 points. The Blue Hens stopped their five game losing skid last Wednesday with a 73-64 win at New Mexico State behind 23 points from Christian Bliss on 8 of 10 shooting. Delaware then lost this past Saturday at UTEP, 70-55.

Projected Delaware starters:

  • 6’4″, JR, Christian Bliss
  • 6’5″, SR, Justyn Fernandez
  • 6’8″, SO, Macon Emory
  • 6’8″, FR, Jayden Taylor
  • 6’9″, SR, Tyler Houser