NCAAB Game Recap - North Alabama at Liberty
Thu Jan 9, 2020 7:00 PM EST

Gonz
94
USD
50
F
Minn
58
MSU
74
F
Ariz
73
Oreg
74
F(OT)
Purd
78
Mich
84
F(2OT)
Mem
67
WichSt
76
F
Drex
73
Tows
89
F
LaTec
73
UTSA
89
F
Merrim
62
StFPA
80
F
FlGlf
74
NFla
89
F
NJIT
52
JU
68
F
ArkLR
71
Troy
76
F
MtStM
61
(N/A)
64
F
Oakl
60
YSU
61
F
UNCW
63
W&M
79
F
StPet
58
Sien
61
F
StFNY
52
RobM
78
F
CenCT
78
LIU
90
F
N AL
52
Lib
63
F
Del
80
JMU
76
F
UL
52
GASt
90
F
ULM
56
GaSo
67
F
SacHr
77
FaDi
75
F
Charl
73
Elon
65
F
(N/A)
56
Colum
86
F
Detr
59
Clev
64
F
KennSt
73
Lipsco
85
F
Marsh
79
MTSU
75
F
E IL
74
E KY
77
F
APSU
75
TNTec
62
F
SIU-E
77
MorSt
83
F
Hof
74
NE
72
F
UMKC
64
UTRGV
76
F
App
56
TexAr
66
F
CoCar
66
TxSt
78
F
ArkSt
59
USA
75
F
FAU
81
Rice
76
F
NDSU
73
ORU
79
F
FIU
56
N TX
74
F
W Ky
62
UAB
72
F
Belm
89
SEMO
64
F
TNSt
74
TN-M
87
F
Wash
55
Stan
61
F
N CO
65
Web
64
F
USM
64
UTEP
76
F
ChiSt
54
NMSt
93
F
S UT
71
IdaSt
55
F
Murr
72
JSU
68
F
Mont
90
E WA
63
F
MTSt
71
Ida
68
F
HI
75
CS-Ful
69
F
UCRiv
65
UCDav
59
F
NoAZ
57
Sac
64
F
WaSt
66
Cal
73
F
BYU
84
StMar
87
F(OT)
SCla
61
USF
80
F
AzSt
82
OrSt
76
F

Jan 9, 2020, 7:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

North Alabama

27

25

52

Liberty

34

29

63

Baxter-Bell leads Liberty past North Alabama 63-52
Thu Jan 9, 2020 9:56 PM

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) Myo Baxter-Bell came off the bench to score 16 points to carry Liberty to a 63-52 win over North Alabama on Thursday night, the Flames' seventh consecutive home victory.

Caleb Homesley and Scottie James added 14 points apiece for Liberty (17-1, 3-0 Atlantic Sun Conference). James had seven rebounds. Baxter-Bell was 5 of 7 from the field and 6 of 6 from the foul line despite wearing a clear protective mask.

Mervin James had 16 points for the Lions (6-10, 1-2), who trailed by 15 late in the first half. North Alabama closed the first half with a 10-2 run to trail 34-27 at the break.

Liberty twice got the lead into double figures in the first half of the second half but a 9-0 pulled the Lions with three with 6:17 to play. but they missed 5 of 6 shots the rest of the way and had three turnovers.

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Leaders

North Alabama PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
M. James 16 0 1 3 0 0
A. Matic 8 0 1 1 0 0
Liberty PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
M. Baxter-Bell 16 0 1 0 0 0
S. James 14 0 1 7 1 0

Team Comparison

N AL Lib
Points For 52 63
Field Goals 17/43-40% 22/52-42%
Three Pointers 6/19-32% 5/19-26%
Free Throws 12/16-75% 14/19-74%
Offensive Rebounds 2 8
Defensive Rebounds 24 24
Rebounds 26 36
Blocks 0 3
Steals 2 7
Turnovers 16 9
Personal Fouls 14 13
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2019-20 Reg Season - Lib Leads Series 1-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Thu Jan 9 N AL 52 @ Lib 63 M. James 16 M. Baxter-Bell 16

Game Information

Stadium: Vines Center, Lynchburg, Virginia
Attendance: 2,592
Game Time: