LYNCHBURG, VA -

Charleston Southern rolled up 576 yards of offense - a CSU record in Big South play en route to a 38-36 win over Liberty on Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium.

The win moves the Buccaneers to 8-3 overall and 3-2 in Big South play. It also propels the Buccaneers into contention for an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, finishing conference play with three-straight wins. Liberty falls to 7-4 overall and 3-1 in conference play.

With the win, the Bucs end an eight-game losing streak against the Flames.

CSU head coach Jamey Chadwell, who has now beaten every team in the Big South in his first two seasons, was ecstatic with his team's performance and road win. He also didn't overlook the contribution the win makes to a monumental 24 hours for CSU athletics.

The focus coming up here wasn't about ending the streak, Chadwell said. It was more about coming up and playing our best to see if it was good enough. I thought our team was resilient and we overcame turnovers. It was a good back-and-forth game and I thought you saw the character of our team. We've been talking about finishing and to finish the way we did was big.

"It's big for our senior class and some of the other guys that have been here and never beaten Liberty before. To come up here at their place and the play the way we played with was on the line for them, just a special day. Last night, watching the basketball team beat Ole Miss I think it gave us that extra jolt of 'hey, we want to feel that euphoria.' We wanted to feel what they were feeling and that locker room afterward was pretty special."

One of the ways CSU finished was by riding its workhorse, who turned in one of the best performances in CSU football history.

Running back Christian Reyes had a career-high 188 yards rushing and two touchdowns to carry the Bucs to over 37 minutes in time of possession. Reyes, CSU's all-time leading rusher, went over the 2,000-yard mark for his career early in the win.

He was huge, Chadwell said of Reyes. I thought where he made a huge impact was the passing game. He made a big fourth down catch, a big third down catch. All around, he was phenomenal. When we get him going, we can take some chances down the field and I think you saw that. We were able to get some big plays and then that opened him up even more because they were respecting our passing game downfield. He is finishing his career here in amazing fashion. He had close to 200 yards and it was well-deserved.

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Reyes, Bucs run through Liberty, 38-36