Liberty followed up its worst offensive performance of the season earlier in the week with its most efficient outing early Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Flames shot better than 54% from the field and used a massive first-half run to easily put away Morgan State, 89-48, to open The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase at the Baha Mar Convention Center in Nassau, Bahamas.<\/p>\n
Liberty improved to 6-0 for the first time in its Division I era and plays Rice at 5 p.m. Saturday. The Owls (5-2) defeated Milwaukee 75-69.<\/p>\n
I was really proud of our guys, Liberty coach Ritchie McKay said in his postgame radio interview.<\/p>\n
The Flames used a 24-2 run in the first half to take the lead for good.<\/p>\n
I just thought we were consistently sound on the defensive end, McKay said.<\/p>\n
Freshman Kyle Rode scored 15 of his career-high 17 points in the first half. He was 5 of 6 from the field and made all three of his 3-point attempts in an opening 20 minutes that saw the Flames take a 50-26 lead.<\/p>\n
The 50 first-half points were the most in a half for the Flames since scoring 52 against UMass Lowell on Nov. 21, 2016.<\/p>\n
Were striving for being great on the offensive end, McKay said.<\/p>\n
Scottie James became the 28th player in program history to score 1,000 points by tallying 15 points to go with four rebounds.<\/p>\n
Elijah Cuffee scored 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting, Shiloh Robinson had a career-high nine points, and Darius McGhee and Myo Baxter-Bell each had eight points.<\/p>\n
Caleb Homesley, who did not play in Tuesdays 55-48 victory over Navy, started and played only six minutes.<\/p>\n
The Flames did not miss Homesleys contributions against the Bears (3-3) after struggling mightily against the Midshipmen. Liberty shot a season-low 34.7% in that narrow triumph.<\/p>\n
We have a lot of room for improvement, and we should, McKay said. Its November.<\/p>\n
Morgan State shot 28.6% from the field and made 3 of 19 attempts from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n
Isiah Burke had 15 points for the Bears.<\/p>\n
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