Match summary — NCAA 2025-2026
LIBERTY defeated UTEP 80-69 on in the NCAA 2025-2026. LIBERTY won by a 11-point margin. Elijah Jones led all scorers with 21 points. LIBERTY shot 59.3% from the field while UTEP managed 54.9%. LIBERTY collected 20 rebounds and UTEP grabbed 19. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
LIBERTY
80 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | * Zach Cleveland | 34:00 | 20 | 9/10 | 9/9 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | * Brett Decker, Jr. | 34:00 | 20 | 8/16 | 5/10 | 3/6 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 0 | * Colin Porter | 33:00 | 15 | 5/8 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | * Kaden Metheny | 32:00 | 13 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | * J.j. Harper | 31:00 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Zander Carter | 17:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Josh Smith | 15:00 | 6 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | Ryan Jones | 02:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 198:00 | 80 | 32/54 | 25/34 | 7/20 | 9/11 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 95 | |
UTEP
69 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | * Kaseem Watson | 38:00 | 12 | 5/9 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | * Caleb Blackwell | 34:00 | 20 | 7/13 | 1/2 | 6/11 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| 33 | * Elijah Jones | 33:00 | 21 | 9/16 | 7/11 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 1 | * K.j. Thomas | 33:00 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | * Jamal West | 30:00 | 5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Trey Horton | 16:00 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Cassius Brooks | 15:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 199:00 | 69 | 28/51 | 17/28 | 11/23 | 2/4 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 72 | |