First, a coverage note:

* No Twitter updates tonight. Due to the incoming weather, I have a 9:45 p.m. deadline, which means I have to write a terrible game story fraught with play-by-play. If you’re looking for player and coach reaction from tonight’s game, I’ll have a follow-up story in the Saturday News & Advance.

* STARTERS
WINTHROP (11-10, 7-4 Big South)
G Reggie Middleton (6-1, 195) 8.6 ppg/3.0 rpg
G Robbie Dreher (6-4, 185)  6.3/2.5
F Mantoris Robinson (6-5, 205) 7.8/6.1
F Matt Morgan (6-9, 235)  7.9/4.1
C Andy Buechert (6-9, 235)  6.8/7.0

LIBERTY (11-11, 6-4)
G Jesse Sanders (6-3, 200) 7.1/6.6
G Evan Gordon (6-2, 185)  11.6/4.4
G Jeremy Anderson (6-4, 200) 5.9/1.7
F Patrick Konan (6-5, 205)  7.3/4.5
F Antwan Burrus (6-6, 210)  6.7/3.9

* Kyle Ohman is not dressed tonight and will sit on the bench in street clothes for a fourth straight game.

* Winthrop has won three straight heading into this game, Liberty has won two in a row. Winthrop hasn’t won a road game outside of the greater Spartanburg-Clinton, S.C., area. The Eagles’ two road wins this season are at Presbyterian and USC Upstate.

That’s it for now.