Kennesaw St (73) vs Liberty (81) · Jan 2, 2026 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Jan 2, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
KENN	33	40	73
LIB	46	35	81

KENNESAW STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Trey Simpson	20	0-4	0-4	0-0	2	0	0	1	2	1	0
23Amir Taylor	16	3-4	0-0	3-4	3	0	0	0	0	5	9
13Braedan Lue	23	4-14	0-2	3-4	9	0	0	0	1	4	11
0Ramone Seals	36	5-14	3-7	0-0	9	0	0	0	0	1	13
5Simeon Cottle	36	8-23	5-15	1-1	3	4	3	0	2	4	22
6Frankquon Sherman	29	3-8	1-5	1-2	12	2	1	1	3	1	8
12Perry Smith Jr.	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
4Kaden Rickard	7	1-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3
3Darius Washington III	27	3-8	0-2	1-2	3	9	1	0	1	2	7
TOTAL	-	27-8033.8%	10-3627.8%	9-1369.2%	43	15	8	2	13	20	73

LIBERTY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Zach Cleveland	32	9-13	0-0	2-5	7	3	2	3	4	2	20
4Brett Decker Jr.	35	3-7	3-6	4-4	3	1	1	0	0	2	13
9JJ Harper	25	4-7	1-3	3-4	1	2	0	3	1	1	12
0Colin Porter	33	5-9	2-4	6-7	4	3	2	0	2	4	18
3Kaden Metheny	35	3-8	2-6	2-2	2	4	0	0	2	1	10
15Drew Grimes	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Zander Yates	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
12Josh Smith	19	2-6	0-1	2-2	6	1	2	2	2	2	6
1Zander Carter	11	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	27-5350.9%	8-2138.1%	19-2479.2%	28	15	9	8	11	14	81

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfkennlib

(20:00) Technical Foul on Liberty.
+1 (20:00) Simeon Cottle makes free throw 1 of 1.
10
(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Liberty.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Kennesaw State.
+2 (19:46) JJ Harper makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists).
12
(19:30) Trey Simpson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:26) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:12) Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists).
14
(19:00) Simeon Cottle misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:57) Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:46) JJ Harper makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brett Decker Jr. assists).
17
(18:18) Trey Simpson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(18:15) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:00) Zach Cleveland makes layup (Colin Porter assists).
19
+3 (17:44) Frankquon Sherman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Simeon Cottle assists).
49
+3 (17:22) Brett Decker Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists).
412
(17:14) Foul on Colin Porter.
(17:05) Braedan Lue misses 10-foot jumper.
(17:01) Trey Simpson bad pass turnover.
(17:01) Colin Porter Steal.
(17:01) Foul on Braedan Lue.
(17:00) Trey Simpson Offensive Rebound.
+3 (16:51) Kaden Metheny makes 31-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists).
415
+3 (16:35) Simeon Cottle makes 26-foot three point jumper (Darius Washington III assists).
715
+2 (16:04) JJ Harper makes driving layup.
717
(15:47) Darius Washington III misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
(15:43) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
(15:32) Foul on Braedan Lue.
(15:32) Zach Cleveland misses free throw 1 of 2.
(15:32) Liberty Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (15:32) Zach Cleveland makes free throw 2 of 2.
718
(15:22) Foul on Josh Smith.
(15:22) Frankquon Sherman misses free throw 1 of 2.
(15:22) Kennesaw State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (15:22) Frankquon Sherman makes free throw 2 of 2.
818
(15:06) Foul on Ramone Seals.
+1 (15:06) JJ Harper makes free throw 1 of 2.
819
+1 (15:06) JJ Harper makes free throw 2 of 2.
820
(14:53) Perry Smith Jr. misses layup.
(14:53) Josh Smith Block.
(14:44) Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
(14:42) Kaden Metheny bad pass turnover.
(14:42) Simeon Cottle Steal.
(14:27) Simeon Cottle misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:23) Frankquon Sherman Offensive Rebound.
+3 (14:21) Simeon Cottle makes 26-foot three point jumper (Frankquon Sherman assists).
1120
(13:59) Josh Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:56) Ramone Seals Defensive Rebound.
(13:54) Foul on Kaden Metheny.
+2 (13:49) Ramone Seals makes layup (Darius Washington III assists).
1320
(13:34) Colin Porter misses layup.
(13:31) Ramone Seals Defensive Rebound.
(13:18) Perry Smith Jr. bad pass turnover.
+3 (13:03) Brett Decker Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1323
(12:50) Foul on Zander Yates.
+3 (12:45) Simeon Cottle makes 23-foot three point jumper (Darius Washington III assists).
1623
(12:24) Brett Decker Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:21) Frankquon Sherman Defensive Rebound.
(12:16) Simeon Cottle misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:12) Perry Smith Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(12:11) Foul on Zander Yates.
(12:06) Simeon Cottle misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:05) Zander Yates Defensive Rebound.
(12:05) Foul on Perry Smith Jr..
+3 (11:45) Colin Porter makes 24-foot three point jumper (JJ Harper assists).
1626
+2 (11:31) Darius Washington III makes driving layup.
1826
(11:18) Foul on Perry Smith Jr..
+1 (11:18) Colin Porter makes free throw 1 of 2.
1827
+1 (11:18) Colin Porter makes free throw 2 of 2.
1828
(11:06) Kaden Rickard bad pass turnover.
(11:06) Zach Cleveland Steal.
(10:53) Zach Cleveland misses driving layup.
(10:49) Frankquon Sherman Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:39) Kaden Rickard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Frankquon Sherman assists).
2128
(10:17) JJ Harper misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:15) Ramone Seals Defensive Rebound.
(10:08) Darius Washington III bad pass turnover.
(10:08) Brett Decker Jr. Steal.
+2 (9:58) Colin Porter makes driving layup.
2130
(9:37) Darius Washington III misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:34) Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
(9:30) Foul on Amir Taylor.
(9:22) Zach Cleveland misses layup.
(9:20) Josh Smith Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:04) Zach Cleveland makes 7-foot hook shot.
2132
(8:53) Frankquon Sherman bad pass turnover.
(8:38) Josh Smith bad pass turnover.
(8:38) Frankquon Sherman Steal.
(8:32) Simeon Cottle misses layup.
(8:28) Kaden Rickard Offensive Rebound.
(8:27) Kaden Rickard bad pass turnover.
(8:27) Josh Smith Steal.
+2 (8:22) Zach Cleveland makes 1-foot dunk (Josh Smith assists).
2134
(8:15) Frankquon Sherman misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:09) Zander Carter Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:08) Zander Carter makes driving layup.
2136
(7:57) Braedan Lue misses layup.
(7:53) Frankquon Sherman Offensive Rebound.
(7:51) Frankquon Sherman bad pass turnover.
(7:51) Josh Smith Steal.
(7:23) Zander Carter misses layup.
(7:17) Zander Carter Offensive Rebound.
(7:16) Zander Carter misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:13) Braedan Lue Defensive Rebound.
(7:12) Braedan Lue bad pass turnover.
(7:12) Zander Carter Steal.
(6:56) Kaden Metheny misses 7-foot jumper.
(6:56) Frankquon Sherman Block.
(6:56) Liberty Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:48) Josh Smith makes 2-foot dunk (JJ Harper assists).
2138
(6:34) Braedan Lue misses layup.
(6:30) Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.
(6:29) Colin Porter bad pass turnover.
(6:13) Ramone Seals misses layup.
(6:13) JJ Harper Block.
(6:11) JJ Harper Defensive Rebound.
(5:53) Kaden Metheny misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:49) Ramone Seals Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:32) Amir Taylor makes layup (Darius Washington III assists).
2338
(5:08) JJ Harper bad pass turnover.
(5:08) Simeon Cottle Steal.
(5:00) Ramone Seals misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:57) Amir Taylor Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:50) Amir Taylor makes layup (Simeon Cottle assists).
2538
+2 (4:20) Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists).
2540
(3:47) Simeon Cottle misses layup.
(3:44) Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
(3:42) Foul on Amir Taylor.
(3:42) Zach Cleveland misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:40) Amir Taylor Defensive Rebound.
(3:18) Trey Simpson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:13) Zander Yates Defensive Rebound.
(2:59) Foul on Darius Washington III.
+1 (2:59) Kaden Metheny makes free throw 1 of 2.
2541
+1 (2:59) Kaden Metheny makes free throw 2 of 2.
2542
+2 (2:48) Simeon Cottle makes driving layup.
2742
(2:28) Josh Smith misses layup.
(2:27) Kennesaw State Defensive Rebound.
(2:17) Simeon Cottle misses 21-foot step back jumpshot.
(2:12) Darius Washington III Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:10) Amir Taylor makes layup (Darius Washington III assists).
2942
+3 (1:51) Kaden Metheny makes 27-foot three point jumper.
2945
(1:30) Simeon Cottle bad pass turnover.
(1:30) Colin Porter Steal.
(1:29) Foul on Simeon Cottle.
+1 (1:29) Colin Porter makes free throw 1 of 2.
2946
(1:29) Colin Porter misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:27) Frankquon Sherman Defensive Rebound.
(1:15) Ramone Seals misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:15) Kennesaw State Offensive Rebound.
(1:15) Foul on Josh Smith.
(1:13) Amir Taylor misses layup.
(1:13) Zach Cleveland Block.
(1:13) Kennesaw State Offensive Rebound.
(1:05) Darius Washington III misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(1:00) Darius Washington III Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:59) Darius Washington III makes layup.
3146
(0:39) Zach Cleveland misses layup.
(0:36) Frankquon Sherman Defensive Rebound.
(0:34) Foul on Colin Porter.
+1 (0:34) Amir Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2.
3246
+1 (0:34) Amir Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2.
3346
(0:03) team shot clock turnover .
(0:00) Simeon Cottle misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:00) JJ Harper Block.
(0:00) Liberty Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

KENN

LIB

73Points81

27-80(33.8%)Field Goal(%)27-53(50.9%)

10-36(27.8%)3-Point(%)8-21(38.1%)

9-13(69.2%)Free Throw(%)19-24(79.2%)

49(25)Rebounds(Offensive)33(4)

15Assists15

8Steals9

2Blocks8

13Turnovers12

20(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

1Largest Lead17

Game Details

Friday, January 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Liberty Arena · Lynchburg, VA

attendance: 3,415 (85.4%)

tv: ESPNU

spread: LIB -7.5

over/under: 158.5