Liberty University Men's Basketball

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Season

Efficiency

26–8 · 34 games

Off PPP: 1.202
Def PPP: 1.104
Net: +9.8
Pace: 64.6
PPG: 77.7

eFG%60.5%

opp 52.7%

TOV%13.3%

opp 16.9%

ORB%20.2%

opp 30.1%

FTA/FGA30.9%

opp 26.4%

Box Score

#	Player	GP	Min	Pts	Reb	O	D	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	FG%	3P%	FT%
#	Player	Min	eFG%	TS%	USG%	AST%	TOV%	ORB%	DRB%	+/-	On Net
04	Decker Jr. , Brett	34	1144	575	87	7	80	37	25	14	6	34	.499	.471	.848
03	Metheny, Kaden	33	1117	432	99	8	91	102	40	24	0	35	.454	.396	.750
25	Cleveland, Zach	33	1153	392	250	31	219	225	105	42	42	62	.607	.000	.531
09	Harper, Jj	34	915	366	92	30	62	52	17	46	35	96	.592	.377	.760
00	Porter, Colin	32	1099	356	97	5	92	110	41	46	3	70	.419	.358	.911
12	Smith, Josh	33	506	248	122	45	77	13	19	11	17	82	.626	.438	.770
01	Carter, Zander	34	448	111	59	12	47	27	10	22	1	43	.488	.300	.463
21	Jones Jr., Ryan	27	135	52	29	6	23	0	5	1	4	30	.412	.278	.000
11	Yates, Zander	28	169	49	26	5	21	8	9	5	2	22	.327	.341	.600
23	Drain, Tj	10	25	16	6	2	4	2	1	0	4	2	.727	.000	.000
10	Shirer Jr., Jc	9	29	14	4	2	2	5	1	1	0	4	.600	.500	.000
15	Grimes, Drew	19	51	14	9	3	6	1	2	2	1	3	.429	.000	.533
20	Sorensen, Torr	14	30	10	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	3	.333	.250	1.000
24	Kester, Brady	7	29	6	6	0	6	0	2	0	1	2	1.000	.000	.000
07	Ihnen, Isaiah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
04	Decker Jr. , Brett	34	1144	16.9	2.6	0.2	2.4	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.0	.499	.471	.848
03	Metheny, Kaden	33	1117	13.1	3.0	0.2	2.8	3.1	1.2	0.7	0.0	1.1	.454	.396	.750
25	Cleveland, Zach	33	1153	11.9	7.6	0.9	6.6	6.8	3.2	1.3	1.3	1.9	.607	.000	.531
09	Harper, Jj	34	915	10.8	2.7	0.9	1.8	1.5	0.5	1.4	1.0	2.8	.592	.377	.760
00	Porter, Colin	32	1099	11.1	3.0	0.2	2.9	3.4	1.3	1.4	0.1	2.2	.419	.358	.911
12	Smith, Josh	33	506	7.5	3.7	1.4	2.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.5	.626	.438	.770
01	Carter, Zander	34	448	3.3	1.7	0.4	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.0	1.3	.488	.300	.463
21	Jones Jr., Ryan	27	135	1.9	1.1	0.2	0.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	1.1	.412	.278	.000
11	Yates, Zander	28	169	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.8	.327	.341	.600
23	Drain, Tj	10	25	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.2	.727	.000	.000
10	Shirer Jr., Jc	9	29	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	.600	.500	.000
15	Grimes, Drew	19	51	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	.429	.000	.533
20	Sorensen, Torr	14	30	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	.333	.250	1.000
24	Kester, Brady	7	29	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.000	.000	.000
07	Ihnen, Isaiah	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	.000	.000
04	Decker Jr. , Brett	34	1144	16.1	2.4	0.2	2.2	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.0	.499	.471	.848
03	Metheny, Kaden	33	1117	12.4	2.8	0.2	2.6	2.9	1.1	0.7	0.0	1.0	.454	.396	.750
25	Cleveland, Zach	33	1153	10.9	6.9	0.9	6.1	6.2	2.9	1.2	1.2	1.7	.607	.000	.531
09	Harper, Jj	34	915	12.8	3.2	1.0	2.2	1.8	0.6	1.6	1.2	3.4	.592	.377	.760
00	Porter, Colin	32	1099	10.4	2.8	0.1	2.7	3.2	1.2	1.3	0.1	2.0	.419	.358	.911
12	Smith, Josh	33	506	15.7	7.7	2.8	4.9	0.8	1.2	0.7	1.1	5.2	.626	.438	.770
01	Carter, Zander	34	448	7.9	4.2	0.9	3.4	1.9	0.7	1.6	0.1	3.1	.488	.300	.463
21	Jones Jr., Ryan	27	135	12.3	6.9	1.4	5.5	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.9	7.1	.412	.278	.000
11	Yates, Zander	28	169	9.3	4.9	0.9	4.0	1.5	1.7	0.9	0.4	4.2	.327	.341	.600
23	Drain, Tj	10	25	20.5	7.7	2.6	5.1	2.6	1.3	0.0	5.1	2.6	.727	.000	.000
10	Shirer Jr., Jc	9	29	15.4	4.4	2.2	2.2	5.5	1.1	1.1	0.0	4.4	.600	.500	.000
15	Grimes, Drew	19	51	8.8	5.6	1.9	3.8	0.6	1.3	1.3	0.6	1.9	.429	.000	.533
20	Sorensen, Torr	14	30	10.7	5.3	0.0	5.3	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	3.2	.333	.250	1.000
24	Kester, Brady	7	29	6.6	6.6	0.0	6.6	0.0	2.2	0.0	1.1	2.2	1.000	.000	.000
07	Ihnen, Isaiah	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.000	.000	.000
04	Decker Jr. , Brett	34	1144	31.3	4.7	0.4	4.4	2.0	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.9	.499	.471	.848
03	Metheny, Kaden	33	1117	24.1	5.5	0.4	5.1	5.7	2.2	1.3	0.0	2.0	.454	.396	.750
25	Cleveland, Zach	33	1153	21.2	13.5	1.7	11.8	12.2	5.7	2.3	2.3	3.4	.607	.000	.531
09	Harper, Jj	34	915	24.9	6.3	2.0	4.2	3.5	1.2	3.1	2.4	6.5	.592	.377	.760
00	Porter, Colin	32	1099	20.2	5.5	0.3	5.2	6.2	2.3	2.6	0.2	4.0	.419	.358	.911
12	Smith, Josh	33	506	30.6	15.0	5.5	9.5	1.6	2.3	1.4	2.1	10.1	.626	.438	.770
01	Carter, Zander	34	448	15.4	8.2	1.7	6.5	3.8	1.4	3.1	0.1	6.0	.488	.300	.463
21	Jones Jr., Ryan	27	135	24.0	13.4	2.8	10.6	0.0	2.3	0.5	1.8	13.9	.412	.278	.000
11	Yates, Zander	28	169	18.1	9.6	1.8	7.7	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.7	8.1	.327	.341	.600
23	Drain, Tj	10	25	39.9	15.0	5.0	10.0	5.0	2.5	0.0	10.0	5.0	.727	.000	.000
10	Shirer Jr., Jc	9	29	30.1	8.6	4.3	4.3	10.8	2.2	2.2	0.0	8.6	.600	.500	.000
15	Grimes, Drew	19	51	17.1	11.0	3.7	7.3	1.2	2.4	2.4	1.2	3.7	.429	.000	.533
20	Sorensen, Torr	14	30	20.8	10.4	0.0	10.4	0.0	0.0	2.1	0.0	6.2	.333	.250	1.000
24	Kester, Brady	7	29	12.9	12.9	0.0	12.9	0.0	4.3	0.0	2.2	4.3	1.000	.000	.000
07	Ihnen, Isaiah	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.000	.000	.000
25	Cleveland, Zach	1153	60.7	60.6	21.3	35.7	24.5	3.8	23.0	+214	+10.4
04	Decker Jr. , Brett	1144	64.3	66.9	22.8	6.3	5.5	0.9	8.5	+224	+10.8
03	Metheny, Kaden	1117	60.1	61.2	20.1	16.6	10.2	1.0	9.9	+196	+8.6
00	Porter, Colin	1099	53.6	59.4	17.8	17.1	12.0	0.6	10.1	+172	+8.1
09	Harper, Jj	915	65.7	69.0	17.7	10.5	6.0	4.6	8.2	+157	+10.1
12	Smith, Josh	506	65.1	69.9	22.2	5.0	9.7	12.6	18.4	+162	+19.9
01	Carter, Zander	448	56.1	55.5	14.1	10.1	9.1	3.8	12.7	+92	+14.2
11	Yates, Zander	169	46.9	47.9	20.4	8.0	15.0	4.2	15.0	+3	+0.4
21	Jones Jr., Ryan	135	51.0	51.0	23.8	0.0	8.9	6.3	20.6	-8	-2.2
15	Grimes, Drew	51	42.9	51.5	17.5	3.1	12.8	8.3	14.2	-11	-3.4
20	Sorensen, Torr	30	44.4	50.6	18.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.2	+10	—
10	Shirer Jr., Jc	29	70.0	70.0	21.7	35.9	9.1	9.8	8.3	-9	—
24	Kester, Brady	29	100.0	87.2	10.7	0.0	36.8	0.0	25.0	+8	—
23	Drain, Tj	25	72.7	67.3	29.5	21.8	7.8	11.3	19.4	+10	—
07	Ihnen, Isaiah	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+0	—

Last 3 Games

Missouri St. L · George Mason W · Nevada L

Player	G	Pts	Szn	Δ	FG%	vs szn	3PT	Reb	Ast	TO
Decker Jr.	3	17.0	16.9	+0.1	41	-9	5-19	2.7	1.3	0.3
Cleveland	3	15.0	11.9	+3.1	52	-9	0-0	9.0	5.7	2.3
Smith	3	12.0	7.5	+4.5	76	+14	2-3	4.3	0.7	1.3
Harper	3	8.3	10.8	-2.4	59	-0	2-6	1.0	1.7	0.0
Metheny	2	8.5	13.1	-4.6	29	-16	5-15	1.0	2.5	1.0
Porter	3	5.7	11.1	-5.5	21	-21	4-18	3.3	3.3	0.7
Carter	3	4.3	3.3	+1.1	75	+26	1-1	3.3	1.0	0.0
Jones Jr.	2	2.5	1.9	+0.6	40	-1	1-4	0.5	0.0	0.0
Yates	3	0.0	1.8	-1.8	0	-33	0-4	0.7	0.0	0.3
Grimes	2	0.0	0.7	-0.7	0	—	0-0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Drain	1	0.0	1.6	-1.6	0	-73	0-0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Shirer Jr.	1	0.0	1.6	-1.6	0	—	0-0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sorensen	2	0.0	0.7	-0.7	0	—	0-0	0.0	0.0	0.0

On / Off

Player	Min	On ORtg	On DRtg	On Net	Off Net	Net diff	Def diff
Smith	504	127.3	107.5	+19.9	+4.5	+15.4	-4.7
Carter	442	116.9	102.7	+14.2	+8.0	+6.2	-11.7
Decker Jr.	1138	122.6	111.9	+10.8	+6.8	+3.9	+8.1
Cleveland	1150	121.0	110.6	+10.4	+8.7	+1.7	+1.1
Harper	911	118.0	107.9	+10.1	+10.1	-0.0	-7.8
Metheny	1113	120.8	112.1	+8.6	+16.4	-7.8	+8.8
Porter	1095	119.8	111.7	+8.1	+18.2	-10.1	+6.0
Yates	169	118.0	117.6	+0.4	+11.5	-11.1	+8.2
Jones Jr.	132	108.6	110.8	-2.2	+11.4	-13.6	+0.3
Grimes	50	121.4	124.8	-3.4	+10.8	-14.1	+15.0

Lineups

Group	Min	ORtg	DRtg	Net	eFG%
Carter Cleveland Metheny Porter Smith	26	130.1	59.9	+70.3	70.3
Carter Cleveland Decker Jr. Porter Smith	47	115.9	87.2	+28.7	56.9
Cleveland Decker Jr. Harper Porter Smith	39	120.7	100.7	+20.0	52.8
Cleveland Decker Jr. Harper Metheny Smith	62	134.0	115.8	+18.2	70.0
Cleveland Decker Jr. Metheny Porter Smith	138	139.7	121.8	+17.9	67.7
Carter Cleveland Harper Metheny Porter	38	104.9	89.6	+15.3	61.0
Cleveland Decker Jr. Harper Metheny Porter	436	119.7	109.5	+10.1	59.6
Decker Jr. Harper Metheny Porter Smith	42	127.1	118.8	+8.3	55.0
Cleveland Decker Jr. Jones Jr. Metheny Porter	34	129.7	126.4	+3.4	62.5
Carter Cleveland Decker Jr. Harper Metheny	30	116.1	114.5	+1.6	59.3
Carter Cleveland Decker Jr. Metheny Porter	25	134.6	133.7	+0.9	71.2
Carter Cleveland Decker Jr. Harper Porter	32	110.9	112.7	-1.7	60.8
Cleveland Harper Metheny Porter Smith	44	90.6	122.9	-32.3	46.7
Carter Cleveland Metheny Smith	56	137.9	89.1	+48.8	76.9
Carter Cleveland Porter Smith	76	121.2	77.2	+44.0	61.5
Carter Decker Jr. Harper Smith	27	129.8	88.8	+41.0	64.7
Carter Metheny Porter Smith	50	113.7	75.7	+38.0	58.1
Carter Decker Jr. Metheny Smith	33	134.8	104.0	+30.7	73.1
Carter Harper Porter Smith	37	123.4	94.7	+28.7	64.1
Carter Cleveland Decker Jr. Smith	76	123.6	97.5	+26.1	64.1
Carter Decker Jr. Porter Smith	73	118.8	92.7	+26.1	61.5
Carter Cleveland Metheny Porter	102	119.3	94.3	+25.1	65.0
Carter Decker Jr. Harper Metheny	50	116.0	91.2	+24.8	58.4
Cleveland Decker Jr. Harper Smith	109	129.4	105.7	+23.7	63.2
Cleveland Decker Jr. Porter Smith	224	131.5	110.5	+21.1	62.8
Carter Cleveland Decker Jr. Yates	32	136.6	116.4	+20.2	64.8
Decker Jr. Harper Metheny Smith	108	132.2	112.4	+19.8	63.6
Carter Harper Smith	55	124.8	81.6	+43.2	61.0
Carter Cleveland Smith	114	124.7	85.4	+39.4	65.6
Carter Metheny Smith	84	125.7	86.7	+39.0	64.8
Carter Porter Smith	122	119.1	85.8	+33.3	61.2
Cleveland Harper Yates	35	129.7	100.8	+28.9	71.7
Carter Decker Jr. Smith	109	124.5	97.6	+26.9	64.7
Decker Jr. Harper Smith	175	130.3	106.9	+23.4	62.8
Decker Jr. Harper Yates	54	124.3	101.9	+22.4	70.0
Cleveland Decker Jr. Smith	318	133.1	111.0	+22.1	65.9
Carter Harper Metheny	128	112.7	91.6	+21.1	59.2
Decker Jr. Porter Smith	294	130.0	110.9	+19.1	62.4
Carter Decker Jr. Yates	56	120.8	102.5	+18.3	59.5
Decker Jr. Metheny Smith	276	135.5	117.3	+18.2	66.9
Carter Cleveland Porter	201	118.1	99.9	+18.2	62.7

Play-by-play matches the official box score for 15 of 15 players exactly. Lineup tracking covers 1361 of 1360 minutes (100%).

2026-27 Schedule

All 38 games · 18 conference

Date	Opponent	Site	Time
Mon Nov 2	at High Point	N	12:00 AM
Sat Nov 7	vs TBA	H	2:00 PM
Fri Nov 13	vs TBA	H	7:30 PM
Fri Nov 13	vs North Carolina Central	H	7:30 PM
Tue Nov 17	vs Southern Ill.	N	6:00 PM
Fri Nov 20	vs Rhode Island	N	4:30 PM
Sun Nov 22	vs Richmond	N	4:30 PM
Wed Nov 25	vs Princeton	N	4:00 PM
Fri Nov 27	vs St. Thomas (MN)	N	12:00 PM
Sat Nov 28	at UNCW	A	3:00 PM
Sat Dec 5	vs TBA	H	1:00 PM
Fri Dec 11	vs TBA	H	7:00 PM
Thu Dec 17	vs Coppin St.	H	7:00 PM
Sat Dec 19	vs Dayton	H	6:00 PM
Tue Dec 22	vs Md.-East. Shore	H	4:00 PM
Sat Jan 2	vs DelawareCONF	H	6:00 PM
Thu Jan 7	at FIUCONF	A	9:00 PM
Sat Jan 9	at Missouri St.CONF	A	3:00 PM
Thu Jan 14	vs Middle Tenn.CONF	H	8:30 PM
Sat Jan 16	vs Western Ky.CONF	H	12:00 PM
Thu Jan 21	at Jacksonville St.CONF	A	6:00 PM
Sat Jan 23	at Kennesaw St.CONF	A	6:00 PM
Thu Jan 28	vs Sam Houston St.CONF	H	8:30 PM
Sat Jan 30	vs New Mexico St.CONF	H	4:00 PM
Thu Feb 4	vs Missouri St.CONF	H	7:00 PM
Sat Feb 6	vs FIUCONF	H	6:00 PM
Thu Feb 11	at Western Ky.CONF	A	9:00 PM
Sat Feb 13	at Middle Tenn.CONF	A	4:00 PM
Thu Feb 18	vs Kennesaw St.CONF	H	8:30 PM
Sat Feb 20	vs Jacksonville St.CONF	H	5:00 PM
Thu Feb 25	at New Mexico St.CONF	A	8:30 PM
Sat Feb 27	at Sam Houston St.CONF	A	4:00 PM
Sat Mar 6	at DelawareCONF	A	2:00 PM
Tue Mar 9	vs TBA	N	TBA
Wed Mar 10	vs TBA	N	TBA
Thu Mar 11	vs TBA	N	TBA
Fri Mar 12	vs TBA	N	TBA
Sat Mar 13	vs TBA	N	8:30 PM

Statistics and play-by-play from www.LibertyFlames.com, the school's own athletics site. Schedule from school and conference feeds. Lineup ratings derived by Thirty Second Timeout.

Unresolvable substitution stretches are excluded, not estimated. Groups shown played 25+ minutes together. Possessions are estimated. Team rates appear once a season reaches 5 games; lineup and on/off ratings at 8.

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