Zach Cleveland: "You can try to replicate being down in practice, or kind of replicate that, but it's nothing like the game. I mean, just being able to be in those situations where the pressure is on, they're making a run and like you said, when the shots aren't falling

Ritchie McKay on how a game like Vermont helps his Liberty team going forward: "Anytime you play against a team that is that well-coached and has the multitude of offensive weaponry that they have, I think it's good for us. We're still a little undermanned. ... We're playing our

Liberty's Colin Porter on his 3-pointer that stopped a bit of Vermont momentum when the game was cut to 67-61 in the 2H: "Well I definitely was not feeling it at the moment. I hadn't hit one in probably 30 minutes of gameplay. But we just have great unselfishness, great passers,

Get primed for Liberty hoops tipping off in the ESPN Events Invitational against Vermont at 1:30 pm today down in Florida. “I think it's going to be really healthy for us to diagnose where we are and what we need to improve.” https://t.co/IlwUIqZtcT

Sunday takeaways from Liberty’s overtime loss to Louisiana Tech, leading off with the quarterback question the Flames will face entering the finale against Kennesaw State. Could it be a game for the Flames to see what else they have in the room? https://t.co/AJr5YwM8rC

Props to Liberty running backs coach Newland Isaac. He was asked in fall camp if he had a 1,000-yard rusher despite all the turnover: "It's gonna be one. I don't know which one it'll be. But if I was a betting man — which I'm not cause I work here so I'm not a betting man — but

A 21-point second-half lead wasn't enough to keep Liberty's hopes of going bowling for a seventh straight season from crashing down in the latest disappointing loss for the Flames. "Sort of been our MO, is we've been up and down, too inconsistent." https://t.co/anOeXVmcpe

"It might not show up on the scoreboard. Might not show up in a bowl game. But it'll show up as far as who they are as they leave this program and they go through life and they have other challenges that they don't get. There's things you're not gonna get that you want. And how

"That's what you do as a man, is when things don't go your way, you still keep fighting and keep striking. That's what I expect our guys to do. It's gonna be a challenge because we'll have some that might, 'Hey, is it worth it?' But it'll be worth it for them. ..."

Chadwell on next week vs. Kennesaw State: "Obviously there's no opportunity to get an extra game but more than anything, who you are as a man and your character is going to show up this week. It's gonna be easy to tap out and say, 'Hey, it doesn't matter.' But if you're a man of

Correction: “bothering him,” not barking on him. Mistake on my end on the audio.

Chadwell on if Dickens got enough touches: "Probably not, without looking at it. But when you turn it over the way we did, you wish you'd just handed it off and see what happens."

Chadwell said he found out right before overtime that Vasko's shoulder was "barking on him" and there was thought to switch quarterbacks before overtime but the trainers said Vasko was good to go.

Louisiana Tech's Andrew Burnette runs it in from 25 yards out and Liberty (4-7, 3-4 CUSA) falls to the Bulldogs, 34-28, and will see its six-year streak of going bowling come to an end.

Ethan Vasko's fourth interception of the day comes in overtime and LA Tech just needs a field goal to win in the first overtime.

A doink on the game-winning field goal attempt by LA Tech saves Liberty and sends this game to overtime tied at 28.

Evan Dickens has 25 carries for 208 yards and two touchdowns this game and Ethan Vasko has thrown three interceptions in his last four passing attempts. The Bulldogs take over at their own 21-yard line with 5:51 to play in a tie game.

Twenty-one unanswered points by Louisiana Tech and this game is now tied at 28 with 7:05 to play. The Bulldogs scored three touchdowns in the span of about 15 game minutes to turn this one on its head. The last was a 29-yard burst by Trey Kukuk right up the middle.

And Ethan Vasko is picked off for the second possession in a row and the Bulldogs have the opportunity to tie the game up with good field position in LU's territory.

Louisiana Tech has scored the last 14 points and cut Liberty’s once 28-7 lead to 28-21 with 10:24 left in the fourth. The wildcat has worked in key moments amid all of the Bulldogs’ QB struggles.