Kennesaw State 85-80 Liberty (Mar 2, 2025) Play-by-Play

Kennesaw State Owls

17-13, 9-8 CUSA

	1	2	T
KENN	39	46	85
LIB	44	36	80

Liberty Flames

23-6, 11-5 CUSA

Owen Aquino made Layup.
Kaden Metheny made Layup.
Zach Cleveland missed Layup.
Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayvon Maughmer.
Kaden Metheny missed Layup.
Jayvon Maughmer missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayvon Maughmer made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Jayvon Maughmer missed Layup.
Zach Cleveland missed Jumper.
Gabriel McKay made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zander Yates.
Owen Aquino made Jumper. Assisted by Taelon Peter.
Zander Yates missed Three Point Jumper.
Gabriel McKay missed Three Point Jumper.
Owen Aquino made Layup. Assisted by Taelon Peter.
Jayvon Maughmer missed Layup.
Colin Porter made Layup.
Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper.
Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper.
Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayvon Maughmer made Layup.
Owen Aquino missed Layup.
Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
Zach Cleveland missed Jumper.
Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
Taelon Peter made Layup. Assisted by Owen Aquino.
Colin Porter missed Layup.
Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayvon Maughmer missed Three Point Jumper.
Zach Cleveland made Layup. Assisted by Taelon Peter.
Gabriel McKay made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayvon Maughmer.
Zach Cleveland missed Layup.
Owen Aquino missed Layup.
Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
Taelon Peter made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Taelon Peter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
Taelon Peter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Zander Yates made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Zach Cleveland missed Three Point Jumper.
Owen Aquino made Dunk. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
Brett Decker Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.
Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
Taelon Peter made Two Point Tip Shot.
Colin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
Owen Aquino missed Layup.
Simeon Cottle missed Jumper.
Delaney Heard missed Three Point Jumper.
Braedan Lue missed Layup.
Rongie Gordon missed Jumper.
Simeon Cottle missed Three Point Jumper.
Adrian Wooley missed Layup.
Delaney Heard missed Layup.
Simeon Cottle missed Three Point Jumper.
Rongie Gordon missed Jumper.
Simeon Cottle made Layup. Assisted by Rongie Gordon.
Adrian Wooley missed Three Point Jumper.
Frankquon Sherman missed Three Point Jumper.
Rongie Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.
Simeon Cottle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Frankquon Sherman.
Adrian Wooley missed Layup.
Ricardo Wright missed Jumper.
Adrian Wooley made Layup.
Jamil Miller made Layup.
Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.
Adrian Wooley missed Three Point Jumper.
Simeon Cottle made Jumper.
Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.
Simeon Cottle missed Three Point Jumper.
Delaney Heard made Layup. Assisted by Ricardo Wright.
Ricardo Wright made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Delaney Heard.
Delaney Heard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Braedan Lue.
Ricardo Wright made Layup.
Jamil Miller made Layup. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.
Braedan Lue made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.
Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.
Braedan Lue made Layup. Assisted by Ricardo Wright.
Adrian Wooley missed Three Point Jumper.
Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.
Adrian Wooley made Layup.
Simeon Cottle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.
Adrian Wooley made Three Point Jumper.
Simeon Cottle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rongie Gordon.
Braedan Lue missed Three Point Jumper.
Simeon Cottle missed Jumper.
Adrian Wooley made Layup.
Jamil Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Simeon Cottle.
Simeon Cottle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.
Adrian Wooley made Jumper.
Adrian Wooley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rongie Gordon.
Rongie Gordon made Jumper. Assisted by Simeon Cottle.
Simeon Cottle made Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.
Frankquon Sherman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.
Adrian Wooley missed Layup.
Frankquon Sherman made Layup.
Frankquon Sherman missed Layup.
Adrian Wooley missed Three Point Jumper.
Delaney Heard missed Three Point Jumper.
Simeon Cottle made Jumper.
Adrian Wooley made Layup.
Rongie Gordon missed Jumper.
Frankquon Sherman missed Three Point Jumper.
Simeon Cottle missed Jumper.
Simeon Cottle missed Three Point Jumper.
Braedan Lue made Two Point Tip Shot.
Braedan Lue made Layup.
Adrian Wooley made Layup.
Simeon Cottle made Jumper.
Braedan Lue made Dunk. Assisted by Simeon Cottle.

KENNESAW ST

LIBERTY

TIME		KENN	LIB
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:59	Jump Ball won by Liberty	0	0
19:59	Jump Ball lost by Kennesaw State	0	0
19:42	Foul on Braedan Lue.	0	0
19:42	Owen Aquino made Free Throw.	0	1
19:42	Owen Aquino made Free Throw.	0	2
19:31	Simeon Cottle missed Jumper.	0	2
19:27	Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.	0	2
19:18	Owen Aquino made Layup.	0	4
19:05	Delaney Heard missed Three Point Jumper.	0	4
19:04	Liberty Defensive Rebound.	0	4
18:39	Kaden Metheny made Layup.	0	6
18:19	Braedan Lue missed Layup.	0	6
18:14	Owen Aquino Defensive Rebound.	0	6
18:06	Zach Cleveland Turnover.	0	6
18:06	Rongie Gordon Steal.	0	6
17:56	Adrian Wooley Turnover.	0	6
17:56	Jayvon Maughmer Steal.	0	6
17:43	Foul on Rongie Gordon.	0	6
17:43	Zach Cleveland missed Free Throw.	0	6
17:43	Liberty Deadball Team Rebound.	0	6
17:43	Zach Cleveland made Free Throw.	0	7
17:29	Delaney Heard Turnover.	0	7
17:14	Zach Cleveland missed Layup.	0	7
17:14	Adrian Wooley Block.	0	7
17:10	Adrian Wooley Defensive Rebound.	0	7
17:03	Rongie Gordon missed Jumper.	0	7
17:00	Owen Aquino Defensive Rebound.	0	7
16:44	Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayvon Maughmer.	0	10
16:22	Simeon Cottle missed Three Point Jumper.	0	10
16:19	Rongie Gordon Offensive Rebound.	0	10
16:14	Adrian Wooley missed Layup.	0	10
16:11	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	0	10
16:04	Foul on Simeon Cottle.	0	10
16:04	Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty	0	10
16:04	Taelon Peter subbing in for Liberty	0	10
15:54	Kaden Metheny missed Layup.	0	10
15:54	Braedan Lue Block.	0	10
15:50	Simeon Cottle Defensive Rebound.	0	10
15:48	Delaney Heard missed Layup.	0	10
15:48	Zach Cleveland Block.	0	10
15:43	Rongie Gordon Offensive Rebound.	0	10
15:42	Simeon Cottle missed Three Point Jumper.	0	10
15:39	Adrian Wooley Offensive Rebound.	0	10
15:38	Rongie Gordon missed Jumper.	0	10
15:33	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	0	10
15:27	Jayvon Maughmer missed Three Point Jumper.	0	10
15:23	Rongie Gordon Defensive Rebound.	0	10
15:21	Simeon Cottle made Layup. Assisted by Rongie Gordon.	2	10
15:21	Foul on Kaden Metheny.	2	10
15:21	Official TV Timeout	2	10
15:21	Delaney Heard subbing out for Kennesaw State	2	10
15:21	Rongie Gordon subbing out for Kennesaw State	2	10
15:21	Frankquon Sherman subbing in for Kennesaw State	2	10
15:21	Jamil Miller subbing in for Kennesaw State	2	10
15:21	Taelon Peter subbing out for Liberty	2	10
15:21	Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty	2	10
15:21	Simeon Cottle made Free Throw.	3	10
15:05	Jayvon Maughmer made Layup. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.	3	12
14:48	Adrian Wooley missed Three Point Jumper.	3	12
14:44	Owen Aquino Defensive Rebound.	3	12
14:23	Foul on Frankquon Sherman.	3	12
14:23	Zach Cleveland made Free Throw.	3	13
14:23	Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty	3	13
14:23	Gabriel McKay subbing in for Liberty	3	13
14:23	Zach Cleveland made Free Throw.	3	14
14:15	Foul on Gabriel McKay.	3	14
14:15	Adrian Wooley made Free Throw.	4	14
14:15	Adrian Wooley made Free Throw.	5	14
14:15	Braedan Lue subbing out for Kennesaw State	5	14
14:15	Rongie Gordon subbing in for Kennesaw State	5	14
14:01	Foul on Owen Aquino.	5	14
14:01	Owen Aquino Turnover.	5	14
14:01	Owen Aquino subbing out for Liberty	5	14
14:01	Zander Yates subbing in for Liberty	5	14
13:47	Frankquon Sherman missed Three Point Jumper.	5	14
13:47	Gabriel McKay Defensive Rebound.	5	14
13:45	Foul on Jamil Miller.	5	14
13:20	Jayvon Maughmer missed Layup.	5	14
13:17	Rongie Gordon Defensive Rebound.	5	14
13:08	Rongie Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.	5	14
13:03	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	5	14
12:57	Zach Cleveland missed Jumper.	5	14
12:53	Jamil Miller Defensive Rebound.	5	14
12:49	Simeon Cottle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Frankquon Sherman.	8	14
12:18	Gabriel McKay made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zander Yates.	8	17
11:55	Adrian Wooley missed Layup.	8	17
11:52	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	8	17
11:45	Zach Cleveland Turnover.	8	17
11:45	Official TV Timeout	8	17
11:45	Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty	8	17
11:45	Jayvon Maughmer subbing out for Liberty	8	17
11:45	Taelon Peter subbing in for Liberty	8	17
11:45	Owen Aquino subbing in for Liberty	8	17
11:45	Simeon Cottle subbing out for Kennesaw State	8	17
11:45	Ricardo Wright subbing in for Kennesaw State	8	17
11:22	Ricardo Wright missed Jumper.	8	17
11:18	Rongie Gordon Offensive Rebound.	8	17
11:14	Adrian Wooley made Layup.	10	17
11:14	Foul on Taelon Peter.	10	17
11:14	Owen Aquino subbing out for Liberty	10	17
11:14	Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty	10	17
11:14	Adrian Wooley made Free Throw.	11	17
11:13	Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty	11	17
11:13	Owen Aquino subbing in for Liberty	11	17
10:43	Owen Aquino made Jumper. Assisted by Taelon Peter.	11	19
10:30	Jamil Miller made Layup.	13	19
10:13	Zander Yates missed Three Point Jumper.	13	19
10:10	Rongie Gordon Defensive Rebound.	13	19
9:51	Frankquon Sherman Turnover.	13	19
9:51	Taelon Peter Steal.	13	19
9:45	Owen Aquino Turnover.	13	19
9:45	Rongie Gordon Steal.	13	19
9:39	Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.	13	19
9:36	Zander Yates Defensive Rebound.	13	19
9:29	Gabriel McKay missed Three Point Jumper.	13	19
9:24	Rongie Gordon Defensive Rebound.	13	19
9:18	Adrian Wooley missed Three Point Jumper.	13	19
9:14	Zander Yates Defensive Rebound.	13	19
8:59	Foul on Rongie Gordon.	13	19
8:59	Colin Porter made Free Throw.	13	20
8:59	Owen Aquino subbing out for Liberty	13	20
8:59	Zander Yates subbing out for Liberty	13	20
8:59	Gabriel McKay subbing out for Liberty	13	20
8:59	Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty	13	20
8:59	Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty	13	20
8:59	Jayvon Maughmer subbing in for Liberty	13	20
8:59	Frankquon Sherman subbing out for Kennesaw State	13	20
8:59	Jamil Miller subbing out for Kennesaw State	13	20
8:59	Adrian Wooley subbing out for Kennesaw State	13	20
8:59	Simeon Cottle subbing in for Kennesaw State	13	20
8:59	Delaney Heard subbing in for Kennesaw State	13	20
8:59	Braedan Lue subbing in for Kennesaw State	13	20
8:59	Colin Porter made Free Throw.	13	21
8:44	Ricardo Wright Turnover.	13	21
8:44	Colin Porter Steal.	13	21
8:41	Foul on Ricardo Wright.	13	21
8:41	Zach Cleveland made Free Throw.	13	22
8:41	Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty	13	22
8:41	Owen Aquino subbing in for Liberty	13	22
8:41	Rongie Gordon subbing out for Kennesaw State	13	22
8:41	Frankquon Sherman subbing in for Kennesaw State	13	22
8:39	Zach Cleveland missed Free Throw.	13	22
8:38	Braedan Lue Defensive Rebound.	13	22
8:26	Simeon Cottle made Jumper.	15	22
8:26	Foul on Jayvon Maughmer.	15	22
8:26	Simeon Cottle made Free Throw.	16	22
8:17	Zach Cleveland Turnover.	16	22
8:17	Braedan Lue Steal.	16	22
8:09	Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.	16	22
8:05	Braedan Lue Offensive Rebound.	16	22
8:03	Simeon Cottle missed Three Point Jumper.	16	22
7:58	Taelon Peter Defensive Rebound.	16	22
7:50	Owen Aquino made Layup. Assisted by Taelon Peter.	16	24
7:20	Delaney Heard made Layup. Assisted by Ricardo Wright.	18	24
6:56	Foul on Simeon Cottle.	18	24
6:56	Official TV Timeout	18	24
6:56	Simeon Cottle subbing out for Kennesaw State	18	24
6:56	Adrian Wooley subbing in for Kennesaw State	18	24
6:55	Zach Cleveland missed Free Throw.	18	24
6:52	Frankquon Sherman Defensive Rebound.	18	24
6:37	Ricardo Wright made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Delaney Heard.	21	24
6:14	Foul on Delaney Heard.	21	24
6:14	Jayvon Maughmer made Free Throw.	21	25
6:14	Taelon Peter subbing out for Liberty	21	25
6:14	Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty	21	25
6:14	Jayvon Maughmer made Free Throw.	21	26
6:01	Delaney Heard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Braedan Lue.	24	26
5:31	Jayvon Maughmer missed Layup.	24	26
5:31	Frankquon Sherman Block.	24	26
5:30	Frankquon Sherman Defensive Rebound.	24	26
5:30	Adrian Wooley Turnover.	24	26
5:30	Frankquon Sherman subbing out for Kennesaw State	24	26
5:30	Jamil Miller subbing in for Kennesaw State	24	26
5:30	Owen Aquino subbing out for Liberty	24	26
5:30	Taelon Peter subbing in for Liberty	24	26
5:16	Foul on Jamil Miller.	24	26
5:16	Colin Porter made Free Throw.	24	27
5:16	Colin Porter made Free Throw.	24	28
5:16	Jayvon Maughmer subbing out for Liberty	24	28
5:16	Owen Aquino subbing in for Liberty	24	28
5:00	Ricardo Wright made Layup.	26	28
4:39	Colin Porter made Layup.	26	30
4:31	Jamil Miller made Layup. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.	28	30
4:01	Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Cleveland.	28	33
3:47	Braedan Lue made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.	31	33
3:22	Colin Porter made Three Point Jumper.	31	36
3:20	Kennesaw State Timeout	31	36
3:20	Official TV Timeout	31	36
3:20	Jamil Miller subbing out for Kennesaw State	31	36
3:20	Frankquon Sherman subbing in for Kennesaw State	31	36
3:06	Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.	31	36
3:01	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	31	36
2:51	Foul on Zach Cleveland.	31	36
2:51	Zach Cleveland Turnover.	31	36
2:36	Braedan Lue made Layup. Assisted by Ricardo Wright.	33	36
2:36	Foul on Owen Aquino.	33	36
2:36	Braedan Lue made Free Throw.	34	36
2:19	Kaden Metheny made Three Point Jumper.	34	39
2:06	Delaney Heard Turnover.	34	39
2:06	Owen Aquino subbing out for Liberty	34	39
2:06	Jayvon Maughmer subbing in for Liberty	34	39
1:52	Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.	34	39
1:48	Ricardo Wright Defensive Rebound.	34	39
1:42	Adrian Wooley missed Three Point Jumper.	34	39
1:38	Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.	34	39
1:30	Jayvon Maughmer made Layup.	34	41
1:16	Ricardo Wright missed Three Point Jumper.	34	41
1:12	Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.	34	41
1:07	Foul on Braedan Lue.	34	41
1:07	Kaden Metheny missed Free Throw.	34	41
1:07	Liberty Deadball Team Rebound.	34	41
1:07	Kaden Metheny made Free Throw.	34	42
1:07	Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty	34	42
1:07	Gabriel McKay subbing in for Liberty	34	42
0:52	Adrian Wooley made Layup.	36	42
0:26	Foul on Delaney Heard.	36	42
0:26	Taelon Peter made Free Throw.	36	43
0:26	Delaney Heard subbing out for Kennesaw State	36	43
0:26	Simeon Cottle subbing in for Kennesaw State	36	43
0:26	Taelon Peter made Free Throw.	36	44
0:26	Taelon Peter subbing out for Liberty	36	44
0:26	Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty	36	44
0:02	Simeon Cottle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Wooley.	39	44
0:00	End of 1st half	39	44

Liberty Arena

1:00 PM, March 2, 2025Coverage: CBSSN

Lynchburg, VA

Line: LIB -8.5

Over/Under: 140.5

Attendance: 3,184

Referees:
Bert Smith
Bart Lenox
Vladimir Voyard-Tadal

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