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Liberty Flames vs George Mason Patriots, NIT 1st Round

College Basketball
Liberty
26-7
77-71
Final
George Mason
23-10
EagleBank Arena

Lead tracker

LIB leadsBiggest lead LIB 15, GMU 0
H1H2
GMU leads
Team1H2HT
LIB344377
GMU244771

Who won: Liberty 77-71

The Liberty Flames beat the George Mason Patriots 77-71 in NIT 1st Round on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at EagleBank Arena. The Liberty outscored the George Mason 34-24 in the 1st half. Josh Smith led the Liberty in points (23). Jahari Long led the George Mason in points (27).

Player of the game

Josh Smith

LIB · 23 PTS, 9 REB

8.8

Win probability

100%LIB final
LIBGMU

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Play by play

  1. End of Game
  2. End of 2nd half
  3. H2 0:02Jahari Long
    +2

    Layup

    Jahari Long makes layup

    J. Long · 27 PTS

    LIB 77 - 71 GMU
  4. SLAMH2 0:03
    Zander Carter

    Dunk, 4 ft

    Z. Carter · 10 PTS · ast J. Harper

    Zander Carter makes 4-foot dunk (JJ Harper assists)

    LIB 77 - 69 GMU
  5. H2 0:07JJ Harper

    Steal

    JJ Harper Steal.

    J. Harper · 8 PTS

  6. H2 0:07Jahari Long
    TO

    Bad pass turnover

    Jahari Long bad pass turnover

    J. Long · 27 PTS

  7. H2 0:11Josh Smith
    +1

    Makes free throw 2 of 2

    Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2

    J. Smith · 23 PTS

    LIB 75 - 69 GMU
  8. H2 0:11Josh Smith
    +1

    Makes free throw 1 of 2

    Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 2

    J. Smith · 23 PTS

    LIB 74 - 69 GMU
  9. H2 0:11Riley Allenspach

    Foul on Riley Allenspach

    Foul on Riley Allenspach.

    R. Allenspach · 9 PTS

  10. H2 0:12Josh Smith

    Defensive rebound

    Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.

  11. H2 0:12Kory Mincy

    Misses 26-foot three point jumper

    Kory Mincy misses 26-foot three point jumper

    K. Mincy · 16 PTS

  12. H2 0:27Josh Smith
    +1

    Makes free throw 2 of 2

    Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2

    J. Smith · 23 PTS

    LIB 73 - 69 GMU
  13. H2 0:27Josh Smith
    +1

    Makes free throw 1 of 2

    Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 2

    J. Smith · 23 PTS

    LIB 72 - 69 GMU
  14. H2 0:27Malik Presley

    Foul on Malik Presley

    Foul on Malik Presley.

    M. Presley

  15. H2 0:28Jahari Long
    +1

    Makes free throw 2 of 2

    Jahari Long makes free throw 2 of 2

    J. Long · 27 PTS

    LIB 71 - 69 GMU
  16. H2 0:28Jahari Long
    +1

    Makes free throw 1 of 2

    Jahari Long makes free throw 1 of 2

    J. Long · 27 PTS

    LIB 71 - 68 GMU
  17. H2 0:28Josh Smith

    Foul on Josh Smith

    Foul on Josh Smith.

    J. Smith · 23 PTS

  18. SLAMH2 0:39
    JJ Harper

    Dunk, 3 ft

    J. Harper · 8 PTS · ast B. Decker Jr.

    JJ Harper makes 3-foot dunk (Brett Decker Jr. assists)

    LIB 71 - 67 GMU
  19. H2 0:41Brett Decker Jr.

    Defensive rebound

    Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.

  20. H2 0:45JJ Harper

    Block

    JJ Harper Block.

    J. Harper · 8 PTS

  21. H2 0:45Kory Mincy

    Misses 15-foot jumper

    Kory Mincy misses 15-foot jumper

    K. Mincy · 16 PTS

  22. H2 0:57Zach Cleveland
    +2

    Layup

    Zach Cleveland makes layup

    Z. Cleveland · 9 PTS

    LIB 69 - 67 GMU
  23. H2 1:18Emmanuel Kanga
    +1

    Makes free throw 2 of 2

    Emmanuel Kanga makes free throw 2 of 2

    E. Kanga · 12 PTS

    LIB 67 - 67 GMU
  24. H2 1:18Emmanuel Kanga
    +1

    Makes free throw 1 of 2

    Emmanuel Kanga makes free throw 1 of 2

    E. Kanga · 12 PTS

    LIB 67 - 66 GMU
  25. H2 1:18Josh Smith

    Foul on Josh Smith

    Foul on Josh Smith.

    J. Smith · 23 PTS

Leaders

LIBGMU
Points
Josh Smith
23
Jahari Long
27
Assists
Zach Cleveland
7
Jahari Long
4
Rebounds
Josh Smith
9
Emmanuel Kanga
10

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