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 Liberty Claims Third-Straight A-Sun title (Photo: A-SUN)
Flames Go Back-to-Back-to-Back; Liberty Claims Third-Straight #ASUNMadness - Mar 10, 2021 
The top-seeded Liberty Flames earned their third-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament with a 79-75 victory against No. 5 North Alabama on Sunday afternoon. ASUN Player of the Year & Championship Most Valuable Player, Darius McGhee (5'9''-PG) led the way with 21 points to send the Flames to their sixth-ever appearance in March Madness.Liberty held a 10-point lead at halftime and remained in front for the majority of the contest before a surge from the Lions brought the final decision of the game into question. Mervin James' three-pointer with 4:23 left in the game gave UNA its only lead of the game at 70-69 as the Lions stormed back from down 12 in the second half. The Flames closed the game on a 10-5 run behind triples from McGhee and Kyle Rode (6'7''-PF). Chris Parker (6'1''-PG-98) sealed the game and trophy with two free throws with 11 seconds remaining. Four players finished in double-figure scoring for the Flames led by McGhee as Rode (15), Blake Preston (6'9''-F) (10) and Keegan McDowell (6'6''-F/G) (10) added to the offensive display. As a team, Liberty shot 46.7 percent from the floor and connected on 10 triples on 25 attempts. The Flames missed only one free throw on 14 attempts to seal up their third ASUN Championship title. Balanced scoring led North Alabama with 16 points from Mervin James followed by C.J. Brim (5'9''-PG-98) (15), Payton Youngblood (6'5''-F-98) (14) and Jamari Blackmon (6'1''-G-00) (11). The Lions connected on 12 triples on 29 attempts while shooting a better percentage from the floor (48.2). James neared a double-double with eight rebounds, while Detalian Brown led the Lions with four assists to go along with nine points. News & Notes - Liberty becomes just the second team in conference history to capture three consecutive ASUN Championship titles - The Flames are heading back to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history and the third time since joining the league - The 2021 ASUN Championship Final appearance is the second for the Lions in any sport as UNA reached the ASUN Women's Soccer Final in 2018 - With the Liberty win, No. 1 seeds moved to 17-2 all-time over the No. 5 seeds, while Liberty wins the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the second-straight year - The showdown between the Flames and Lions was the first time the two sides have met in the ASUN Championship - Both teams committed only nine turnovers in the finale and received balanced scoring from the bench with UNA holding the 17-16 advantage Courtesy of asunsports.org A-Sun Tournament Final: Liberty - North Alabama 79-75 A-Sun Tournament Semifinals: Liberty - Stetson 77-64 North Alabama - FGCU 96-81 All-A-Sun Awards 2021 - Mar 10, 2021
All-Tournament MVP: Darius McGhee (5'9''-PG) of Liberty Player of the Year: Darius McGhee (5'9''-PG) of Liberty Defensive Player of the Year: Elijah Cuffee (6'4''-SG) of Liberty Freshman of the Year: Chase Johnston (6'2''-G) of Stetson Newcomer of the Year: Romeao Ferguson (6'5''-G) of Lipscomb Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Carter Hendricksen (6'7''-F-00) of North Florida Coach of the Year: Ritchie McKay of Liberty
1st Team Darius McGhee (5'9''-PG) of Liberty Ahsan Asadullah (6'8''-C) of Lipscomb Pedro Bradshaw (6'7''-G) of Bellarmine Dylan Penn (6'3''-G) of Bellarmine Carter Hendricksen (6'7''-F-00) of North Florida
2nd Team Dontarius James (6'8''-F-99) of Jacksonville Elijah Cuffee (6'4''-SG) of Liberty Romeao Ferguson (6'5''-G) of Lipscomb Mervin James (6'7''-F-00) of North Alabama Jose Placer (6'1''-G) of North Florida Chase Johnston (6'2''-G) of Stetson Chris Youngblood (6'4''-g) of Kennesaw State Detalian Brown (6'3''-G-00) of North Alabama Jonathan Aybar (6'9''-F) of North Florida Josh Smith (6'8''-F) of Stetson All-Academic Team Carter Hendricksen (6'7''-F-00) of North Florida Ahsan Asadullah (6'8''-C) of Lipscomb Juston Betz (6'3''-G) of Bellarmine Ethan Claycomb (6'7''-F) of Bellarmine Caleb Catto (6'5''-G-99) of FGCU Blake Preston (6'9''-F) of Liberty Romeao Ferguson (6'5''-G) of Lipscomb Payton Youngblood (6'5''-F-98) of North Alabam All-Tournament Team Darius McGhee (5'9''-PG) of Liberty Chris Parker (6'1''-PG-98) of Liberty Kyle Rode (6'7''-PF) of Liberty Payton Youngblood (6'5''-F-98) of North Alabama Mervin James (6'7''-F-00) of North Alabama Jalen Warren (6'3''-G-99) of FGCU Christiaan Jones (6'5''-G-98) of Stetson |
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