Delaware Blue Hens @ Liberty Flames

51–67Final · Jan 24, 2026

DEL 51 LIB 67 Final

	1	2	T
DEL5-14	28	23	51
LIB17-3	34	33	67

· Line: LIB -15.5 (O/U 134.5)

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Justyn Fernandez makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot
2–0
Tyler Houser makes layup
4–0
Brett Decker Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kaden Metheny assists)
4–3
Jayden Taylor makes layup (Tyler Houser assists)
6–3
Josh Smith makes 3-foot dunk (Kaden Metheny assists)
6–5
Justyn Fernandez makes layup
8–5
Colin Porter makes 23-foot three point jumper
8–8
Kaden Metheny makes 23-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists)
8–11
Zander Carter makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists)
8–13
Zach Cleveland makes free throw 1 of 2
8–14
Jayden Taylor makes 0-foot tip in dunk
10–14
Brett Decker Jr. makes 10-foot floating jump shot
10–16
Christian Bliss makes 24-foot three point jumper (Justyn Fernandez assists)
13–16
Zach Cleveland makes free throw 1 of 2
13–17
Brett Decker Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists)
13–20
Tyler Houser makes layup
15–20
JJ Harper makes 3-foot dunk (Colin Porter assists)
15–22
Justyn Fernandez makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tyler Houser assists)
18–22
Brett Decker Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists)
18–25
Justyn Fernandez makes 25-foot three point jumper
21–25
Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists)
21–27
Brett Decker Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (JJ Harper assists)
21–30
Colin Porter makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists)
21–32
Christian Bliss makes layup
23–32
Christian Bliss makes free throw 1 of 1
24–32
Brett Decker Jr. makes layup
24–34
Justyn Fernandez makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot
26–34
Justyn Fernandez makes layup
28–34
JJ Harper makes layup
28–36
JJ Harper makes driving layup (Brett Decker Jr. assists)
28–38
Macon Emory makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot (Christian Bliss assists)
30–38
Tyler Houser makes layup
32–38
Kaden Metheny makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists)
32–41
Colin Porter makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brett Decker Jr. assists)
32–44
Christian Bliss makes layup
34–44
Josh Smith makes 2-foot dunk (JJ Harper assists)
34–46
Josh Smith makes layup (Colin Porter assists)
34–48
Macon Emory makes 25-foot three point jumper
37–48
Brett Decker Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists)
37–51
Justyn Fernandez makes free throw 1 of 2
38–51
Justyn Fernandez makes free throw 2 of 2
39–51
Zander Carter makes free throw 1 of 2
39–52
Christian Bliss makes 25-foot three point jumper (Macon Emory assists)
42–52
Josh Smith makes 5-foot dunk (Colin Porter assists)
42–54
Brett Decker Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists)
42–57
Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3
42–58
Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3
42–59
Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 3 of 3
42–60
Christian Bliss makes layup
44–60
Kaden Metheny makes 24-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists)
44–63
JJ Harper makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists)
44–65
Alex Kazanecki makes 24-foot three point jumper (Houston Emory assists)
47–65
Christian Bliss makes free throw 2 of 3
48–65
Christian Bliss makes free throw 3 of 3
49–65
JJ Harper makes free throw 1 of 2
49–66
JJ Harper makes free throw 2 of 2
49–67
Christian Bliss makes free throw 1 of 2
50–67
Christian Bliss makes free throw 2 of 2
51–67

Play-by-play

P1 Start game
P1 Jump Ball won by Delaware
P1 Jump Ball lost by Liberty
P1 Justyn Fernandez makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot 2–0
P1 Kaden Metheny misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Tyler Houser Defensive Rebound.
P1 Christian Bliss bad pass turnover
P1 Colin Porter misses 27-foot three point jumper
P1 Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyler Houser bad pass turnover
P1 JJ Harper Steal.
P1 Zach Cleveland misses layup
P1 Tyler Houser Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyler Houser makes layup 4–0
P1 JJ Harper misses 5-foot jumper
P1 Jayden Taylor Block.
P1 JJ Harper Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kaden Metheny misses 25-foot three point jumper
P1 Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justyn Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
P1 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover
P1 Tyler Houser Steal.
P1 Christian Bliss out of bounds bad pass turnover
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
P1 Christian Bliss misses driving layup
P1 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kaden Metheny assists) 4–3
P1 Tyler Houser misses 26-foot three point jumper
P1 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses layup
P1 Delaware Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P1 Josh Smith subbing in for Liberty
P1 Jayden Taylor makes layup (Tyler Houser assists) 6–3
P1 Josh Smith makes 3-foot dunk (Kaden Metheny assists) 6–5
P1 Justyn Fernandez makes layup 8–5
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
P1 Justyn Fernandez Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyler Houser misses layup
P1 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P1 Colin Porter makes 23-foot three point jumper 8–8
P1 Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover
P1 Kaden Metheny Steal.
P1 Foul on Macon Emory.
P1 Jayden Taylor subbing out for Delaware
P1 Tyler Houser subbing out for Delaware
P1 Houston Emory subbing in for Delaware
P1 Alex Kazanecki subbing in for Delaware
P1 Kaden Metheny makes 23-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists) 8–11
P1 Brett Decker Jr. subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zander Carter subbing in for Liberty
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Macon Emory misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
P1 Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kaden Metheny misses 23-foot three point jumper
P1 Justyn Fernandez Defensive Rebound.
P1 Macon Emory misses 25-foot three point jumper
P1 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Colin Porter bad pass turnover
P1 Alex Kazanecki Steal.
P1 Christian Bliss bad pass turnover
P1 Zander Carter Steal.
P1 Zander Carter makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists) 8–13
P1 Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover
P1 Kaden Metheny Steal.
P1 Foul on Houston Emory.
P1 Zach Cleveland makes free throw 1 of 2 8–14
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty
P1 Josh Smith subbing out for Liberty
P1 Brett Decker Jr. subbing in for Liberty
P1 JJ Harper subbing in for Liberty
P1 Macon Emory subbing out for Delaware
P1 Houston Emory subbing out for Delaware
P1 Jayden Taylor subbing in for Delaware
P1 Tyler Houser subbing in for Delaware
P1 Zach Cleveland misses free throw 2 of 2
P1 Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justyn Fernandez misses layup
P1 Jayden Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jayden Taylor makes 0-foot tip in dunk 10–14
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 10-foot floating jump shot 10–16
P1 Christian Bliss makes 24-foot three point jumper (Justyn Fernandez assists) 13–16
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
P1 Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover
P1 Colin Porter Steal.
P1 JJ Harper misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
P1 Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover
P1 Zach Cleveland Steal.
P1 Foul on Christian Bliss.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Zach Cleveland makes free throw 1 of 2 13–17
P1 Zach Cleveland misses free throw 2 of 2
P1 Justyn Fernandez Defensive Rebound.
P1 Alex Kazanecki misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists) 13–20
P1 Tyler Houser makes layup 15–20
P1 Foul on JJ Harper.
P1 Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty
P1 Josh Smith subbing in for Liberty
P1 Tyler Houser misses free throw 1 of 1
P1 Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 JJ Harper makes 3-foot dunk (Colin Porter assists) 15–22
P1 Justyn Fernandez makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tyler Houser assists) 18–22
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists) 18–25
P1 Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zander Carter subbing out for Liberty
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty
P1 Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty
P1 Alex Kazanecki subbing out for Delaware
P1 Macon Emory subbing in for Delaware
P1 Foul on Kaden Metheny.
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty
P1 Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty
P1 Zander Carter subbing in for Liberty
P1 Justyn Fernandez makes 25-foot three point jumper 21–25
P1 Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty
P1 Zander Carter subbing out for Liberty
P1 Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty
P1 Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty
P1 Zach Cleveland makes layup (Kaden Metheny assists) 21–27
P1 Justyn Fernandez misses 8-foot jumper
P1 Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (JJ Harper assists) 21–30
P1 Delaware Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Foul on Josh Smith.
P1 Foul on Zach Cleveland.
P1 Jayden Taylor misses free throw 1 of 2
P1 Delaware Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Jayden Taylor misses free throw 2 of 2
P1 Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P1 Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty
P1 Colin Porter makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists) 21–32
P1 Christian Bliss makes layup 23–32
P1 Foul on Colin Porter.
P1 Christian Bliss makes free throw 1 of 1 24–32
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
P1 Zach Cleveland Offensive Rebound.
P1 Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover
P1 Macon Emory Steal.
P1 Justyn Fernandez traveling turnover
P1 Brett Decker Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
P1 Brett Decker Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kaden Metheny misses 25-foot three point jumper
P1 Josh Smith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Justyn Fernandez.
P1 Brett Decker Jr. makes layup 24–34
P1 Justyn Fernandez makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot 26–34
P1 Liberty Timeout
P1 Colin Porter bad pass turnover
P1 Justyn Fernandez Steal.
P1 Justyn Fernandez makes layup 28–34
P2 Josh Smith subbing out for Liberty
P2 JJ Harper subbing in for Liberty
P2 Macon Emory bad pass turnover
P2 JJ Harper Steal.
P2 JJ Harper misses layup
P2 Macon Emory Block.
P2 Justyn Fernandez Defensive Rebound.
P2 Justyn Fernandez misses 9-foot floating jump shot
P2 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses layup
P2 Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Houser misses 14-foot jumper
P2 Delaware Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 team shot clock turnover
P2 Kaden Metheny misses 25-foot three point jumper
P2 Tyler Houser Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jayden Taylor misses 5-foot jumper
P2 Zach Cleveland Block.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jayden Taylor.
P2 JJ Harper makes layup 28–36
P2 Justyn Fernandez misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
P2 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jayden Taylor.
P2 JJ Harper misses free throw 1 of 2
P2 Liberty Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Jayden Taylor subbing out for Delaware
P2 Alex Kazanecki subbing in for Delaware
P2 JJ Harper misses free throw 2 of 2
P2 Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
P2 Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover
P2 Zach Cleveland Steal.
P2 Kaden Metheny misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
P2 Christian Bliss misses 5-foot jumper
P2 JJ Harper Defensive Rebound.
P2 JJ Harper makes driving layup (Brett Decker Jr. assists) 28–38
P2 Delaware Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Macon Emory makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot (Christian Bliss assists) 30–38
P2 Colin Porter misses 25-foot three point jumper
P2 Alex Kazanecki Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Houser makes layup 32–38
P2 Kaden Metheny makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists) 32–41
P2 Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover
P2 Brett Decker Jr. Steal.
P2 JJ Harper misses layup
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Tyler Houser subbing out for Delaware
P2 Houston Emory subbing in for Delaware
P2 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P2 Josh Smith subbing in for Liberty
P2 Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
P2 Macon Emory misses 25-foot three point jumper
P2 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Houston Emory.
P2 Colin Porter makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brett Decker Jr. assists) 32–44
P2 Foul on Zach Cleveland.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zander Carter subbing in for Liberty
P2 JJ Harper subbing in for Liberty
P2 Christian Bliss makes layup 34–44
P2 Josh Smith makes 2-foot dunk (JJ Harper assists) 34–46
P2 Justyn Fernandez bad pass turnover
P2 Zander Carter Steal.
P2 Zander Carter misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
P2 Alex Kazanecki bad pass turnover
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Kaden Metheny misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Zander Carter Offensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Porter misses 27-foot three point jumper
P2 Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
P2 Justyn Fernandez misses layup
P2 JJ Harper Block.
P2 Zander Carter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Josh Smith makes layup (Colin Porter assists) 34–48
P2 Foul on Colin Porter.
P2 Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty
P2 Josh Smith subbing out for Liberty
P2 Brett Decker Jr. subbing in for Liberty
P2 Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty
P2 Macon Emory makes 25-foot three point jumper 37–48
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zach Cleveland assists) 37–51
P2 Foul on JJ Harper.
P2 Houston Emory misses free throw 1 of 2
P2 Delaware Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty
P2 Colin Porter subbing in for Liberty
P2 Houston Emory misses free throw 2 of 2
P2 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Porter bad pass turnover
P2 Christian Bliss Steal.
P2 Foul on JJ Harper.
P2 Justyn Fernandez makes free throw 1 of 2 38–51
P2 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P2 Josh Smith subbing in for Liberty
P2 Justyn Fernandez makes free throw 2 of 2 39–51
P2 Houston Emory subbing out for Delaware
P2 Jayden Taylor subbing in for Delaware
P2 Foul on Jayden Taylor.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Zander Carter makes free throw 1 of 2 39–52
P2 Zander Carter misses free throw 2 of 2
P2 Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Christian Bliss misses 11-foot jumper
P2 Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zach Cleveland bad pass turnover
P2 Macon Emory Steal.
P2 Christian Bliss makes 25-foot three point jumper (Macon Emory assists) 42–52
P2 Josh Smith makes 5-foot dunk (Colin Porter assists) 42–54
P2 Macon Emory misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Colin Porter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists) 42–57
P2 Justyn Fernandez misses 27-foot three point jumper
P2 Zach Cleveland Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Porter misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Delaware Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zander Carter subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty
P2 Kaden Metheny subbing in for Liberty
P2 JJ Harper subbing in for Liberty
P2 Jayden Taylor subbing out for Delaware
P2 Houston Emory subbing in for Delaware
P2 Macon Emory misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Alex Kazanecki.
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3 42–58
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3 42–59
P2 Brett Decker Jr. makes free throw 3 of 3 42–60
P2 Christian Bliss makes layup 44–60
P2 Brett Decker Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
P2 Christian Bliss Defensive Rebound.
P2 Justyn Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
P2 JJ Harper Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kaden Metheny makes 24-foot three point jumper (Colin Porter assists) 44–63
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Macon Emory bad pass turnover
P2 Josh Smith subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zach Cleveland subbing in for Liberty
P2 JJ Harper makes layup (Zach Cleveland assists) 44–65
P2 Alex Kazanecki makes 24-foot three point jumper (Houston Emory assists) 47–65
P2 Colin Porter misses 26-foot three point jumper
P2 Macon Emory Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on JJ Harper.
P2 Christian Bliss misses free throw 1 of 3
P2 Delaware Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Christian Bliss makes free throw 2 of 3 48–65
P2 Kaden Metheny subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zach Cleveland subbing out for Liberty
P2 Zander Carter subbing in for Liberty
P2 Ryan Jones Jr. subbing in for Liberty
P2 Christian Bliss makes free throw 3 of 3 49–65
P2 Delaware Timeout
P2 Houston Emory subbing out for Delaware
P2 Jayden Taylor subbing in for Delaware
P2 Foul on Christian Bliss.
P2 Foul on Jayden Taylor.
P2 JJ Harper makes free throw 1 of 2 49–66
P2 JJ Harper makes free throw 2 of 2 49–67
P2 Brett Decker Jr. subbing out for Liberty
P2 JJ Harper subbing out for Liberty
P2 Drew Grimes subbing in for Liberty
P2 Torr Sorensen subbing in for Liberty
P2 Justyn Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper
P2 Zander Carter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Colin Porter misses layup
P2 Justyn Fernandez Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Zander Carter.
P2 Christian Bliss makes free throw 1 of 2 50–67
P2 Colin Porter subbing out for Liberty
P2 TJ Drain subbing in for Liberty
P2 Christian Bliss makes free throw 2 of 2 51–67

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Jayden TaylorF	25	4	2-3	0-0	0-2	5	0	0	0	1	1	4	4
Macon EmoryF	35	5	2-7	1-5	0-0	5	1	2	2	1	0	5	1
Tyler HouserF	24	6	3-6	0-1	0-1	3	2	1	1	0	0	3	0
Christian BlissG	40	17	5-8	2-2	5-6	6	1	3	1	0	0	6	2
Justyn FernandezG	40	16	6-15	2-6	2-2	5	1	8	1	0	0	5	1
Houston EmoryF	12	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Alex KazaneckiG	24	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Bouna KebeF
Nnanna NjokuF
Mason EllisonG
Alex McFaddenG
Lance PiperG
Brandon BaffoneG
Jameel BrownG
Cavan ReillyG

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Zach ClevelandF	32	4	1-2	0-0	2-4	8	6	3	2	1	1	7	2
Brett Decker Jr.G	34	25	8-16	6-12	3-3	4	2	0	1	0	1	3	0
JJ HarperG	27	10	4-8	0-0	2-4	3	2	0	2	1	1	2	4
Colin PorterG	37	8	3-9	2-7	0-0	5	7	3	1	0	0	5	2
Kaden MethenyG	30	9	3-10	3-10	0-0	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	1
Torr SorensenF	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew GrimesF	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TJ DrainF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Jones Jr.F	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh SmithF	20	8	4-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
Zander CarterG	16	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	3	0	0	2	0	1	2	1
Brady KesterF
Zander YatesF
Isaiah IhnenF
JC Shirer Jr.G

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