The top-seeded Liberty Flames (26-6, 13-5 CUSA) are taking on the No. 4 seed Kennesaw State Owls (19-13, 10-8 CUSA) in CUSA Tournament on Friday at Von Braun Center. Watch the matchup at 12:30

The Liberty Flames and Kennesaw State Owls square off in the CUSA Tournament. The teams meet Friday for the third time this season.

Zach Cleveland, Taelon Peter and Colin Porter proved to play big roles and both ends of the court as Liberty chipped away at the double-digit deficit. Kaden Metheny’s 24 points went a long way, especially with 3:30 on the clock when his three pointer gave Liberty its first lead of the game.

Tied inside the final 5:00 of the Conference USA quarterfinals, Kennesaw State finds a way past New Mexico State late.

Kennesaw State averages 76.4 points, 10.9 more per game than the 65.5 New Mexico State allows. New Mexico State has shot at a 41.5% clip from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points above the 41.1% shooting opponents of Kennesaw State have averaged.