2010–11 Liberty Flames basketball team

2010–11 Liberty Flames men's basketball
2010–11 Liberty Flames men's basketball
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	19–3 (13–5 Big South)
Head coach	Dale Layer (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jason Eaker; Myron Guillory; Brian Joyce;
Home arena	Vines Center
	Seasons ← 2009–10 2011–12 →

2010–11 Big South men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Coastal Carolina	16	–	2	.889	28	–	6	.824
Liberty	13	–	5	.722	19	–	13	.594
† UNC Asheville	11	–	7	.611	20	–	14	.588
VMI	10	–	8	.556	18	–	13	.581
Charleston Southern	9	–	9	.500	16	–	16	.500
Winthrop	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
High Point	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Presbyterian	7	–	11	.389	13	–	18	.419
Gardner-Webb	6	–	12	.333	11	–	21	.344
Radford	2	–	16	.111	5	–	24	.172

† 2011 Big South tournament winner As of March 16, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010–11 Liberty Flames basketball team represented Liberty University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by second year head coach Dale Layer, played their home games at the Vines Center and were members of the Big South Conference.

Previous season

The Flames finished the 2009–10 season 15–16, 10–8 in Big South play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament to Winthrop.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tyler Baker	3	Forward	6'9"	215	RS Senior	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Graduated
Patrick Konan	23	Forward	6'5"	205	Freshman	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Transferred to New Hampshire
Kyle Ohman	11	Guard/Forward	6'4"	200	Senior	Indianapolis	Graduated
Chris Perez	23	Guard	6'3"	210	Freshman	Santiago, FL	Transferred to Stetson
Johnny Stephene	1	Guard	6'1"	200	Sophomore	Boynton Beach, FL	Transferred to Central Oklahoma
Bill Weaver	34	Guard	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Hampton, VA	Transferred to Mercyhurst

Roster

2010–11 Liberty Flames men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	1	Garen Lafser	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	St. Louis
G	2	Chene Phillips	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Detroit
G	4	James Spencer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Newport News, Virginia
G	5	Tanner Hoyt	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Winterville, North Carolina
G	10	Evan Gordan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	So	Indianapolis
G	12	Jeremy Anderson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Bowling Green, Kentucky
G	14	David Minaya	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Jr	Riverview, Florida
G	20	John Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Savannah, Georgia
C	21	Joel Vander Pol	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Fr	Fort Myers, Florida
G	22	Asaad Woods	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Chandler, Arizona
F	24	Antwan Burrus	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Winterville, North Carolina
G	25	Jesse Sanders	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Sugar Land, Texas
G	33	John Caleb Sanders	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Sugar Land, Texas
C	41	Carter McMasters	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Chattanooga, Tennessee
F	42	Sommy Ogukwe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Abuja, Nigeria

Head coach

Dale Layer (Eckerd)

Assistant coach(es)

Jason Eaker (Texas–Pan American)
Matt Olinger (Virginia Tech)
Brian Joyce (Oklahoma Christian)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2020-12-18

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/12/2010* 7:00 pm		Virginia Intermont	W 82-64	1–0	23 – Gordan	17 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (3,717) Lynchburg, VA
11/14/2010* 2:00 pm		at Notre Dame	L 51-72	1–1	12 – Minaya	12 – Brown	5 – Jesse Sanders	Purcell Pavilion (6,478) Notre Dame, IN
11/16/2010* 7:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	L 64-69 ^OT	1-2	16 – Burrus	9 – Jesse Sanders	8 – Jesse Sanders	Trask Coliseum (3,374) Wilmington, NC
11/18/2010* 7:00 pm		Southern Virginia	W 82-49	2–2	14 – Gordon	9 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (1,241) Lynchburg, VA
11/21/2010* 1:00 pm		at Texas Tech South Padre Island Invitational	L 71-79	2–3	18 – Gordon	10 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	United Spirit Arena (8,856) Lubbock, TX
11/23/2010* 7:00 pm		at South Florida South Padre Island Invitational	L 43-60	2–4	15 – Gordon	4 – 3 Tied	5 – Jesse Sanders	Yuengling Center (2,860) Tampa, FL
11/26/2010* 2:30 pm		vs. Mississippi Valley State South Padre Island Invitational	W 64-58	3-4	12 – Minaya	11 – Burrus	4 – Jesse Sanders	South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX
11/27/2010* 2:10 pm		vs. Chicago State South Padre Island Invitational	W 67-65	4-4	16 – Brown	15 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, TX
12/2/2010 7:00 pm		Presbyterian	W 70-61	5-4 (1-0)	23 – Brown	13 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (1,507) Lynchburg, VA
12/4/2010 7:00 pm		Winthrop	W 75-72	6–4 (2-0)	26 – Gordon	10 – Jesse Sanders	8 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (1,719) Lynchburg, VA
12/11/2010* 7:00 pm		George Mason	L 54-84	6–5	12 – Tied	7 – Brown	5 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (2,747) Lynchburg, VA
12/18/2010* 7:00 pm		William & Mary	W 71-64	7–5	19 – Gordon	12 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (1,124) Lynchburg, VA
12/22/2010* 7:00 pm		Hampton	L 59-62	7–6	15 – Gordon	11 – Brown	5 – Jesse Sanders	Hampton Convocation Center (765) Hampton, VA
12/28/2010* 7:00 pm		Union (KY)	W 84-47	2–3	14 – Minaya	7 – Brown	8 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (1,525) Lynchburg, VA
12/31/2010 5:30 pm		at Gardner–Webb	W 64-62 ^OT	9–6 (3-0)	19 – Tied	7 – Burrus	4 – Jesse Sanders	Paul Porter Arena (1,540) Boiling Springs, NC
1/2/2011 2:00 pm		at UNC Asheville	W 59-55	10–6 (4-0)	16 – Jesse Sanders	7 – Brown	3 – Tied	Justice Center (767) Asheville, NC
1/6/2011 7:00 pm		Charleston Southern	W 68-54	11-6 (5-0)	15 – Gordon	12 – Brown	10 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (848) Lynchburg, VA
1/8/2011 6:00 pm		Coastal Carolina	W 70-67	11-7 (5-1)	17 – Gordon	13 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (1,471) Lynchburg, VA
1/13/2011 7:00 pm		at High Point	W 66-60	12-7 (6-1)	14 – Brown	10 – Brown	4 – Jesse Sanders	Millis Center (1,602) High Point, NC
1/15/2011 7:00 pm		at Radford	W 61-53	13-7 (7-1)	13 – Minaya	14 – Brown	6 – Jesse Sanders	Dedmon Center (884) Radford, VA
1/20/2011 7:00 pm		VMI	W 100-82	14–7 (8-1)	22 – Minaya	9 – Brown	13 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (4,488) Lynchburg, VA
1/27/2011 7:00 pm		UNC Asheville	W 83-81 ^OT	15–7 (9-1)	20 – Jesse Sanders	12 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (4,349) Lynchburg, VA
1/29/2011 7:00 pm		Gardner–Webb	W 67-51	16-7 (10-1)	16 – Gordon	16 – Brown	7 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (3,920) Lynchburg, VA
2/3/2011 7:00 pm		at Coastal Carolina	L 71-77	16–8 (10-2)	26 – Gordon	11 – Brown	3 – Jesse Sanders	Kimbel Arena (1,039) Conway, SC
2/5/2011 4:30 pm		at Charleston Southern	W 70-69	17–8 (11-2)	17 – Gordon	10 – Brown	5 – Jesse Sanders	Buccaneer Field House (881) North Charleston, SC
2/10/2011 7:00 pm		Radford	W 79-71	18–8 (12-2)	20 – Gordon	13 – Brown	6 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (4,258) Lynchburg, VA
2/12/2011 8:00 pm		High Point	W 65-54	19-8 (13-2)	16 – Tied	11 – Jesse Sanders	4 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (5,296) Lynchburg, VA
2/15/2011 7:00 pm		at VMI	L 69-79	19–9 (13-3)	22 – Brown	16 – Brown	4 – Tied	Cameron Hall (1,836) Lexington, VA
2/19/2011* 7:00 pm		Iona ESPN BracketBusters	W 77-57	19–10	13 – Jesse Sanders	12 – Brown	3 – Brown	Vines Center (4,931) Lynchburg, VA
2/24/2011 7:10 pm		at Winthrop	L 56-61	19–11 (13-4)	19 – Jesse Sanders	10 – Brown	2 – Tied	Winthrop Coliseum (1,381) Rock Hill, SC
2/26/2011 7:35 pm		at Presbyterian	L 66-73	19–12 (13-5)	18 – Minaya	7 – Brown	3 – Phillips	Templeton Center (702) Clinton, SC
Big South tournament
3/1/2011 7:00 pm	(2)	(7) High Point Big South Quarterfinals	L 60-66	19–13 (13-5)	15 – Jesse Sanders	13 – Brown	6 – Jesse Sanders	Vines Center (1,965) Lynchburg, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time..

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References

^ "2010-11 Season Men's Basketball Schedule | Liberty Flames". www.liberty.edu.

[1] "2010-11 Season Men's Basketball Schedule | Liberty Flames". www.liberty.edu.

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