Liberty Flames vs Rice Owls

ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS SHOWCASE

5-3

Final

	1	2	T
Rice RICE	20	39	59
Liberty LIB	35	36	71

Liberty FlamesLibertyLIB

7-0

Liberty beats Rice 71-59; best start in program history

Nov 24, 2019, 06:21 am

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Kyle Rode and Myo Baxter-Bell scored 14 points each, Scottie James had a double-double and Liberty won its seventh straight game to open the season -- its best start in program history -- beating Rice 71-59 in the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase on Saturday.

James scored 13 points with 12 rebounds and Darius McGhee added 12 points. The double-double was the second for James this season and 23rd of his career.

Robert Martin had 19 points for the Owls (5-3).

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Game Information

Nassau, Bahamas

Referee:John St. Clair

Referee:Mick Fieldbinder

Referee:Bart Lenox

NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	17-3	-	26-8
Sam Houston	13-7	4	22-12
Louisiana Tech	11-9	6	20-14
Western Kentucky	11-9	6	18-14
Middle Tennessee	11-9	6	17-15
Kennesaw State	10-10	7	21-14
Jacksonville State	10-10	7	15-17
New Mexico State	8-12	9	16-16
Missouri State	8-12	9	16-18
Florida International	8-12	9	15-17
UTEP	7-13	8	11-20
Delaware	6-14	11	10-21

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