Liberty 53-48 Middle Tennessee (Mar 15, 2025) Play-by-Play

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

26-8, 16-2 CUSA

	1	2	3	4	T
MTSU	16	9	12	11	48
LIB	20	10	11	12	53

Liberty Flames

26-6, 16-2 CUSA

Jordan Hodges missed Three Point Jumper.
Bella Smuda made Jumper. Assisted by Emma Hess.
Emma Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
Asia Boone made Three Point Jumper.
Asia Boone made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Hodges.
Asia Boone missed Three Point Jumper.
Emma Hess made Layup.
Emma Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
Asia Boone missed Three Point Jumper.
Pien Steenbergen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Emma Hess.
Emmy Stout missed Layup.
Brooke Moore missed Layup.
Emmy Stout made Jumper. Assisted by Brooke Moore.
Pien Steenbergen missed Three Point Jumper.
Brooke Moore missed Layup.
Bella Smuda made Two Point Tip Shot.
Bella Smuda missed Jumper.
Avery Mills missed Three Point Jumper.
Emma Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
Brooke Moore missed Layup.
Avery Mills missed Three Point Jumper.
Avery Mills missed Layup.
Bella Smuda missed Layup.
Pien Steenbergen missed Three Point Jumper.
Emma Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Hodges.
Asia Boone missed Jumper.
Asia Boone made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Emmy Stout.
Elisabeth Aegisdottir missed Three Point Jumper.
Emma Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
Elisabeth Aegisdottir missed Layup.
Bella Smuda made Layup.
Bella Smuda missed Jumper.
Jordan Hodges made Three Point Jumper.
Bella Smuda missed Layup.
Jordan Hodges missed Three Point Jumper.
Emma Hess made Three Point Jumper.
Emmy Stout missed Layup.
Emmy Stout missed Layup.
Pien Steenbergen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Avery Mills.
Pien Steenbergen missed Jumper.
Emmy Stout missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Hodges made Layup.
Elisabeth Aegisdottir missed Layup.
Emma Hess missed Jumper.
Bella Smuda missed Jumper.
Jordan Hodges missed Three Point Jumper.
Asia Boone missed Three Point Jumper.
Emma Hess missed Layup.
Asia Boone made Jumper. Assisted by Emma Hess.
Elisabeth Aegisdottir missed Layup.
Bella Smuda missed Layup.
Emma Hess missed Jumper.
Elisabeth Aegisdottir made Two Point Tip Shot.
Jordan Hodges missed Three Point Jumper.
Asia Boone missed Jumper.
Emma Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elisabeth Aegisdottir.
Asia Boone missed Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.
Courtney Blakely made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elina Arike.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.
Courtney Blakely made Layup.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
Courtney Blakely missed Layup.
Jalynn Gregory made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Courtney Blakely.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Layup. Assisted by Jalynn Gregory.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.
Courtney Blakely missed Three Point Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.
Savannah Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott made Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Courtney Blakely.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Courtney Blakely missed Three Point Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott made Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott made Layup. Assisted by Anastasiia Boldyreva.
Savannah Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.
Courtney Blakely missed Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anastasiia Boldyreva.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.
Elina Arike missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott made Layup. Assisted by Courtney Blakely.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Layup. Assisted by Jalynn Gregory.
Ta'Mia Scott made Jumper.
Courtney Blakely made Layup.
Courtney Blakely missed Three Point Jumper.
Courtney Blakely missed Three Point Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott made Layup.
Savannah Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott made Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Jumper. Assisted by Savannah Davis.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.
Jalynn Gregory made Three Point Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.

MTSU

LIBERTY

TIME		MTSU	LIB
10:00	Start game	0	0
9:59	Jump Ball won by Liberty	0	0
9:59	Jump Ball lost by Middle Tennessee	0	0
9:36	Jordan Hodges missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:32	Anastasiia Boldyreva Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:21	Ta'Mia Scott Turnover.	0	0
9:21	Jordan Hodges Steal.	0	0
9:09	Bella Smuda Turnover.	0	0
9:09	Courtney Blakely Steal.	0	0
8:51	Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.	0	0
8:48	Middle Tennessee Offensive Rebound.	0	0
8:39	Courtney Blakely made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elina Arike.	3	0
8:12	Bella Smuda made Jumper. Assisted by Emma Hess.	3	2
7:42	Anastasiia Boldyreva made Jumper.	5	2
7:22	Emma Hess missed Three Point Jumper.	5	2
7:18	Anastasiia Boldyreva Defensive Rebound.	5	2
7:00	Ta'Mia Scott Turnover.	5	2
7:00	Jordan Hodges Steal.	5	2
6:52	Asia Boone made Three Point Jumper.	5	5
6:31	Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.	5	5
6:31	Anastasiia Boldyreva Offensive Rebound.	5	5
6:31	Jordan Hodges Block.	5	5
6:08	Courtney Blakely made Layup.	7	5
6:02	Asia Boone made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Hodges.	7	8
5:52	Foul on Elisabeth Aegisdottir.	7	8
5:52	Ta'Mia Scott made Free Throw.	8	8
5:52	Ta'Mia Scott missed Free Throw.	8	8
5:50	Elisabeth Aegisdottir Defensive Rebound.	8	8
5:41	Foul on Elisabeth Aegisdottir.	8	8
5:41	Elisabeth Aegisdottir Turnover.	8	8
5:41	Elisabeth Aegisdottir subbing out for Liberty	8	8
5:41	Pien Steenbergen subbing in for Liberty	8	8
5:23	Elina Arike Turnover.	8	8
5:23	Bella Smuda Steal.	8	8
5:16	Asia Boone missed Three Point Jumper.	8	8
5:11	Anastasiia Boldyreva Defensive Rebound.	8	8
5:00	Foul on Pien Steenbergen.	8	8
5:00	Official TV Timeout	8	8
5:00	Ta'Mia Scott missed Free Throw.	8	8
5:00	Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.	8	8
5:00	Ta'Mia Scott made Free Throw.	9	8
4:45	Emma Hess made Layup.	9	10
4:45	Foul on Ta'Mia Scott.	9	10
4:45	Emma Hess made Free Throw.	9	11
4:26	Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Jumper.	9	11
4:22	Pien Steenbergen Defensive Rebound.	9	11
4:19	Emma Hess missed Three Point Jumper.	9	11
4:15	Courtney Blakely Defensive Rebound.	9	11
4:11	Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.	9	11
4:07	Bella Smuda Defensive Rebound.	9	11
3:53	Asia Boone missed Three Point Jumper.	9	11
3:50	Emma Hess Offensive Rebound.	9	11
3:48	Pien Steenbergen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Emma Hess.	9	14
3:38	Bella Smuda subbing out for Liberty	9	14
3:38	Emmy Stout subbing in for Liberty	9	14
3:21	Courtney Blakely missed Layup.	9	14
3:19	Emma Hess Defensive Rebound.	9	14
3:10	Emmy Stout missed Layup.	9	14
3:10	Elina Arike Block.	9	14
3:02	Elina Arike Defensive Rebound.	9	14
3:00	Jalynn Gregory made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Courtney Blakely.	12	14
2:43	Foul on Elina Arike.	12	14
2:43	Asia Boone subbing out for Liberty	12	14
2:43	Emma Hess subbing out for Liberty	12	14
2:43	Avery Mills subbing in for Liberty	12	14
2:43	Brooke Moore subbing in for Liberty	12	14
2:43	Emmy Stout made Free Throw.	12	15
2:43	Emmy Stout made Free Throw.	12	16
2:31	Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.	12	16
2:28	Emmy Stout Defensive Rebound.	12	16
2:13	Brooke Moore missed Layup.	12	16
2:13	Anastasiia Boldyreva Block.	12	16
2:08	Ta'Mia Scott Defensive Rebound.	12	16
1:52	Anastasiia Boldyreva made Layup. Assisted by Jalynn Gregory.	14	16
1:24	Emmy Stout made Jumper. Assisted by Brooke Moore.	14	18
1:02	Foul on Emmy Stout.	14	18
1:02	Anastasiia Boldyreva made Free Throw.	15	18
1:02	Anastasiia Boldyreva made Free Throw.	16	18
1:02	Emmy Stout subbing out for Liberty	16	18
1:02	Bella Smuda subbing in for Liberty	16	18
1:02	Elina Arike subbing out for Middle Tennessee	16	18
1:02	Savannah Davis subbing in for Middle Tennessee	16	18
0:46	Pien Steenbergen missed Three Point Jumper.	16	18
0:43	Brooke Moore Offensive Rebound.	16	18
0:41	Brooke Moore missed Layup.	16	18
0:41	Anastasiia Boldyreva Block.	16	18
0:35	Bella Smuda Offensive Rebound.	16	18
0:35	Bella Smuda made Two Point Tip Shot.	16	20
0:18	Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Layup.	16	20
0:15	Jordan Hodges Defensive Rebound.	16	20
0:02	Brooke Moore Turnover.	16	20
0:00	Courtney Blakely missed Three Point Jumper.	16	20
0:00	Liberty Deadball Team Rebound.	16	20
0:00	End of 1st Quarter	16	20

Propst Arena

5:30 PM, March 15, 2025Coverage: CBSSN

Huntsville, AL

Line: MTSU -4.5

Over/Under: 117.5

Attendance: 2,006

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Brian Hall
Ify Seales

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	16-2	-	26-6
Middle Tennessee	16-2	-	26-8
Western Kentucky	13-5	3	23-9
New Mexico State	10-8	6	17-15
Louisiana Tech	8-10	8	16-15
Kennesaw State	7-11	9	13-18
Florida International	7-11	9	11-19
Sam Houston	5-13	11	13-17
UTEP	4-14	12	11-19
Jacksonville State	4-14	12	10-20

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