If roundball is your blood, this is the place to discuss the Flames as they move into the Ritchie McKay era for the 2nd time.

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By Sly Fox
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Lipscomb University
Nashville, Tennessee



Lipscomb Hoops Official Site


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Casey Alexander
6th Season as Lispcomb Head Coach



2018-2019 Schedule/Results
  • Overall ....... 16-4
    A-Sun .......... 7-0
    Away ........... 7-3

  • NOV 06 - Sewanee ............................. W 97-53
    NOV 10 - Tennessee State .................. W 86-79
    NOV 15 - Belmont ............................... L 87-83
    NOV 17 - @ SMU ................................. W 79-73
    NOV 20 - @ #18 TCU ........................... W 73-64
    NOV 25 - @ Morehead State ............... W 87-55
    DEC 01 - @ Middle Tennessee ............ W 84-74
    DEC 04 - @ Belmont ........................... L 76-74
    DEC 09 - Navy .................................... W 107-81
    DEC 12 - @ Louisville .......................... L 72-68
    DEC 17 - Covenant ............................. W 119-48
    DEC 21 - Vermont .............................. W 91-66
    DEC 30 - @ Clemson ........................... L 84-67
    JAN 05 - @ Jacksonville* ................... W 77-74
    JAN 09 - North Florida* ...................... W 81-66
    JAN 12 - Stetson* ............................... W 95-71
    JAN 16 - @ NJIT* ................................ W 70-52
    JAN 21 - Kennesaw State* .................. W 86-57
    JAN 24 - FGCU* .................................. W 89-81
    JAN 27 - @ Stetson* ........................... W 88-65
    JAN 29 - @ Liberty* ............................ 6 p.m. CT
    FEB 02 - North Alabama*
    FEB 06 - @ North Florida*
    FEB 09 - Jacksonville*
    FEB 13 - Liberty*
    FEB 16 - @ Kennesaw State*
    FEB 20 - @ FGCU*
    FEB 25 - NJIT*
    MAR 01 - @ North Alabama*

    ASUN TOURNAMENT
    MAR 04 - Quarterfinal
    MAR 07 - Semifinal
    MAR 10 - Championship

Key Players

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    #0 Rob Marberry
    6' 7" 211 lbs Senior Forward (Western Kentucky Transfer)
    Thru 19 Games: Averaging 15.9 Pts, 4.6 Rebs & 4.0 Assists + 61.7 FG%


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    #2 Ahsan Asadullah
    6' 9" 277 lbs Freshman Center
    Thru 19 Games: Averaging 7.4 Pts, 4.6 Rebs & 1.4 Assists + 57.6 FG%


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    #21 Kenny Cooper
    6' 0" 187 lbs Junior Guard
    Thru 19 Games: Averaging 9.4 Pts, 3.3 Rebs, 2.4 Assists & 2.1 Steals + 8-of-33 (24.2%) on 3-Pt Attempts


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    #22 Eli Pepper
    6' 8" 210 lbs Senior Forward
    Thru 19 Games: Averaging 7.3 Pts, 7.3 Rebs & 1.4 Assists + 12-of-40 (40%) on 3-Pt Attempts + 53.5 FG%


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    #24 Garrison Mathews
    6' 5" 204 lbs Senior Guard
    Thru 19 Games: Averaging 19.2 Pts, 5.5 Rebs & 1.9 Assists + 49-of-122 (40.2%) on 3-Pt Attempts + 87.8 FT%
By olldflame
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I have been following Liberty basketball for 45 years. I feel pretty safe in saying we have never had a regular season conference matchup quite like this one.
By JK37
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Program led by a fantastic, godly Christian coaching staff. Total respect for them not just for the turnaround job they’ve done, but for how they do it. Could become the premier league rivalry!
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By Purple Haize
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JK37 wrote:Program led by a fantastic, godly Christian coaching staff. Total respect for them not just for the turnaround job they’ve done, but for how they do it. Could become the premier league rivalry!
They used to be an NAIA Powerhouse. Had back to back All Time Leading Scoreres in college basketball. Over 4000 points each if I remember correctly. Mastered the 4-1 offense. Don Meyer is a Coaching Legend. The reason he left Lipscomb is because he wasn’t thrilled with their move to D1.
By JK37
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Purple Haize wrote:
JK37 wrote:Program led by a fantastic, godly Christian coaching staff. Total respect for them not just for the turnaround job they’ve done, but for how they do it. Could become the premier league rivalry!
Don Meyer is a Coaching Legend.
Truer words have never been spoken. One of the greatest all-time. And yet still far too unknown.
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By Cider Jim
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Gosh, they are TALL: 4 starters 6'5" to 6'9". :shock: And they have a center who weighs more than Baxter-Bell.
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By Purple Haize
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JK37 wrote:
Purple Haize wrote:
JK37 wrote:Program led by a fantastic, godly Christian coaching staff. Total respect for them not just for the turnaround job they’ve done, but for how they do it. Could become the premier league rivalry!
Don Meyer is a Coaching Legend.
Truer words have never been spoken. One of the greatest all-time. And yet still far too unknown.
He was the master of the 4 Out 1 In offense. Talk about being on an island as a defender
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By thepostman
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I saw that on Twitter earlier this week. Even though I remember that happening I completely forgot it was Lipscomb. I thought it was some random D3 school at the time, I think.
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By TH Spangler
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two of their loses were to belmont. belmomt also beat ucla. after last nights shooting im worried. if still in the bigsouth and playing radford, winthrop i don't think we would only have 4 loses at this point. really hope we have a good game tomorrow, will need one.
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By thepostman
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The defense will keep us in the game but the streaky offense as of late has me nervous. We can't afford to go cold for too long against a team like this.
By olldflame
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Games are 40 minutes. It's not fair or accurate to say we shot poorly when we hit 12 of our last 14 and finished over 50% from the floor, 39% from 3 and 82% from the line; all above our season averages.
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By thepostman
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Right, but we have been very streaky and getting behind against a good team like Lipscomb is a bit different then getting behind to a team like Jacksonville.

It is going to be a great game and I do think the crowd could be a factor. This is high level, mid-major basketball. It is going to be fun.
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By CCWMichael
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oldflame wrote:Games are 40 minutes. It's not fair or accurate to say we shot poorly when we hit 12 of our last 14 and finished over 50% from the floor, 39% from 3 and 82% from the line; all above our season averages.
That second half was fire, However, I do agree a cold streak will not serve us well in this game.
It will be fun to see how we respond to this game.
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By Class of 20Something
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thepostman wrote:Right, but we have been very streaky and getting behind against a good team like Lipscomb is a bit different then getting behind to a team like Jacksonville.

It is going to be a great game and I do think the crowd could be a factor. This is high level, mid-major basketball. It is going to be fun.
Jacksonville is far better than their record. They consistently give good teams fits. Lipscomb only beat them by 3.
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By thepostman
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I have given Jacksonville a ton of credit in game threads but it still doesn't change the fact that Lipscomb is the class of the ASun and by far better than any other ASun team we have played. I think we win but I'm super nervous about it due to how slow we have started games recently.
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By Cider Jim
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oldflame wrote:Games are 40 minutes.
With all due respect, that sounds like a Ballcoach quote.
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By Class of 20Something
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Can we note that we learned something we were theorizing on. When the going got tough, RMK did not rest starters. He kept them out there and gave them significant minutes. I would expect all five starters to exceed 30 minutes tomorrow night if there isn't any foul trouble.

Cabbil played 6 minutes over average
James played 2 minutes over average
Homesley played 7 minutes over average
Georgie played 4 minutes over average
Cuffie played 4 minutes over average.

Gumbs played 8 minutes under average.
McGee played 8 minutes under average
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By Purple Haize
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Cider Jim wrote:
oldflame wrote:Games are 40 minutes.
With all due respect, that sounds like a Ballcoach quote.
What if there are overtime’s involved?
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