NCAA 2025-2026

March 5, 2026

LIBERTY Logo LIBERTY United States
71 - 76
LOUISIANA TECH Logo LOUISIANA TECH United States

Match Summary

LIBERTY lost to LOUISIANA TECH 71-76 on March 5, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. LOUISIANA TECH won by a 5-point margin. A.j. Bates Jr led all scorers with 34 points. LIBERTY shot 41.8% from the field while LOUISIANA TECH managed 52.5%. LIBERTY collected 25 rebounds and LOUISIANA TECH grabbed 33. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

A.j. Bates Jr basketball player - G

A.j. Bates Jr G

6'3" - 1.91m

Efficiency Leader

A.j. Bates Jr basketball player - G

A.j. Bates Jr G

6'3" - 1.91m

71

LIBERTY

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
4 * Brett Decker, Jr. 38:00 30 10/16 2/3 8/13 2/3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 22
25 * Zach Cleveland 37:00 7 3/6 3/6 0/0 1/2 2 2 8 2 4 0 0 2 0 13
3 * Kaden Metheny 35:00 15 5/14 0/1 5/13 0/0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
0 * Colin Porter 31:00 5 2/8 1/1 1/7 0/0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
9 * J.j. Harper 27:00 5 0/5 0/3 0/2 5/6 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
12 Josh Smith 19:00 9 3/4 1/1 2/3 1/2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 13
1 Zander Carter 10:00 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1
11 Zander Yates 03:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 200:00 71 23/55 7/16 16/39 9/13 17 8 20 2 7 1 0 10 0 76
76

LOUISIANA TECH

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
3 * A.j. Bates Jr 40:00 34 13/23 7/12 6/11 2/2 4 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 34
5 * Avery Thomas Ii 40:00 12 6/9 6/6 0/3 0/0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 19
4 * Jaylen Fenner 34:00 11 4/6 4/4 0/2 3/3 7 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 19
21 * Melian Martinez 19:00 4 2/4 2/4 0/0 0/0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
0 * D.j. Dudley 17:00 9 4/8 3/5 1/3 0/0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
11 Kaden Cooper 29:00 4 2/7 2/4 0/3 0/0 5 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 7
14 Will Allen 21:00 2 1/4 1/3 0/1 0/0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2
Totals 200:00 76 32/61 25/38 7/23 5/5 23 10 14 7 6 2 0 11 0 97

* Players marked with * are starters.