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Liberty Flames

Season: 2026 2025 2024
Also known as: Liberty Flames
Program History

2026 Team Stats (60 games)

71.3
PPG
70.5
Opp
+7.2
Margin
47.0%
FG%
37.9%
3P%
70.9%
FT%
33.3
RPG
15.3
APG
12.5
TO
74.1
Pace
76.1
AdjO
72.9
AdjD
#125
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo 1084 (#113) -
Bradley-Terry 1186 (#57) -
Bradley-Terry Recency 1078 (#71) -
Margin +3.1 (#126) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency +16.5 (#126) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean 0.638 (#89) -
Efficiency 0.752 (#92) NetEff +10.8
Adjusted Efficiency 0.624 (#127) AdjO 102.2 | AdjD 97.8
Log Adjusted 0.624 (#127) AdjO 101.6 | AdjD 97.2
Points Off/Def 0.572 (#125) AdjO 76.1 | AdjD 72.9
Points Off/Def Recency 0.602 (#117) AdjO 75.5 | AdjD 71.0
Core Ensemble 0.837 (#92) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def
Recency Ensemble 0.803 (#90) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def_recency
KenPom Kitchen Sink 0.970 (#43) -
Dynamic BT 1224 (#55) HCA +45.0

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 vs Ky. Christian W 98 - 57
2025-11-07 vs Col. of Charleston W 90 - 75
2025-11-09 vs Fla. Atlantic W 88 - 68
2025-11-17 vs CarolinaU W 98 - 46
2025-11-24 @ Vermont W 79 - 73
2025-11-25 vs Towson L 69 - 72
2025-11-26 @ Bradley L 64 - 74
2025-12-06 vs Coppin St. W 92 - 50
2025-12-10 @ NC State L 45 - 85
2025-12-16 vs Midway W 95 - 57
2025-12-20 @ Dayton W 64 - 61
2025-12-28 @ FIU W 97 - 94
2026-01-02 vs Kennesaw St. W 81 - 73
2026-01-04 vs Jacksonville St. W 78 - 69
2026-01-08 @ Louisiana Tech W 72 - 56
2026-01-10 @ Sam Houston W 82 - 74
2026-01-15 vs New Mexico St. W 73 - 71
2026-01-17 vs UTEP W 80 - 69
2026-01-21 @ Western Ky. W 76 - 69
2026-01-24 vs Delaware W 67 - 51
2026-01-29 @ Middle Tenn. W 81 - 65
2026-02-04 @ Delaware W 75 - 69
2026-02-07 vs Missouri St. W 79 - 76
2026-02-11 @ New Mexico St. W 77 - 75
2026-02-14 @ UTEP W 73 - 64
2026-02-19 vs FIU W 90 - 89
2026-02-21 vs Western Ky. L 73 - 94
2026-02-26 @ Kennesaw St. L 65 - 74
2026-02-28 @ Jacksonville St. W 81 - 78
2026-03-05 vs Louisiana Tech L 71 - 76
2026-03-07 vs Sam Houston W 79 - 72
2026-03-11 vs Missouri St. L 69 - 77
2026-03-17 @ George Mason W 77 - 71
2026-03-21 @ Nevada L 63 - 73

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles, with four dividers separating the position buckets.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Brett Decker Jr. G 33 37.0 19.1 2.9 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 12.8 10.3 - - - 50.8 48.1 85.1 - 68.3 65.7
Kaden Metheny G 32 36.6 14.4 3.4 3.4 0.7 0.0 1.2 11.1 9.6 - - - 46.1 39.5 74.4 - 61.6 60.5
Zach Cleveland F 32 40.1 13.2 8.9 7.9 1.5 1.6 3.6 9.0 20.4 - - - 60.6 0.0 50.0 - 59.9 60.6
Colin Porter G 31 37.0 12.4 3.3 3.8 1.5 0.1 1.4 8.9 10.8 - - - 43.5 38.0 90.5 - 61.3 55.8
JJ Harper G 33 32.2 12.3 3.2 1.8 1.7 1.2 0.6 7.7 12.0 - - - 58.0 35.3 75.7 - 67.4 63.9
Josh Smith F 32 17.2 8.7 4.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 4.9 8.8 - - - 62.2 46.7 78.6 - 69.8 64.4
Zander Carter G 33 14.6 3.7 1.9 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.4 2.8 4.1 - - - 47.8 28.3 46.5 - 54.5 54.9
Ryan Jones Jr. F 26 5.5 2.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 2.3 1.5 - - - 45.8 30.0 0 - 55.9 55.9
TJ Drain F 11 3.5 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.2 1.7 2.2 - - - 73.7 0 0.0 - 70.4 73.7
Zander Yates F 27 7.8 2.3 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 2.2 1.6 - - - 35.0 36.7 60.0 - 50.6 50.0
JC Shirer Jr. G 9 4.5 1.8 0.7 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 1.3 1.9 - - - 58.3 40.0 0 - 66.7 66.7
Drew Grimes F 18 4.0 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.6 - - - 55.6 0.0 50.0 - 56.2 55.6
Torr Sorensen F 14 3.1 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 - - - 35.7 25.0 100.0 - 50.4 46.4
Brady Kester F 8 5.6 1.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.5 - - - 100.0 0 0.0 - 82.0 100.0
Isaiah Ihnen F 1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG