— Chris Lang

Kimbel Arena might be the first college gym I’ve been in where they played Stevie Wonder’s “Superstitious.” I mean, that’s just awesome. Words can’t express how happy that makes me.

Liberty led 25-13 with 3:12 left, but Coastal scored the final eight points of the half, including a 3-pointer from Jack Leasure, his first in three halves against LU this year.

The Flames have been outstanding defensively and have hardly gotten anything from Anthony Smith (1-for-7, 2 points) and TeeJay Bannister (seven minutes, two fouls). Per usual, the first four minutes of the second half should set the tone for the rest of the way.

Quick notes:

* Rell Porter (sore knee) and Bannister (coach’s decision) didn’t start. Bannister came in at the first media timeout, Porter came in at about the 10-minute mark.  Jeremy Anderson and Kyle Ohman started in their place.

* Coastal is shooting 29.2 percent (7-for-24) and is only down four points. Not a good sign for LU. Coastal won’t continue to shoot this poorly.

* They’ve bleeped a lot of words out of this Eminem song they’re now playing. They should go back to Stevie Wonder.