Recap: Liberty Patriots vs. Stockdale Mustangs
In what's become a running theme this season, the Liberty Patriots gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They really took it to Stockdale for the full four quarters, racking up a 69-35 win on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 31-11.
Liberty's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kaylee Batten, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. Batten is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last six games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Faith Curry, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
Despite the loss, Stockdale still got an impressive performance from Ashley Wilson, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 16 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Wilson has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Priscila Salazar, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds.
Liberty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Stockdale, they dropped their record down to 3-17 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Liberty will face off against Centennial at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Centennial comes in on seven and Liberty on four. As for Stockdale, they will head out on the road to square off against Frontier at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Stockdale will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 1029th, while Frontier is ranked 405th).
