Basketball Recap: Liberty Wins High-Profile Match Against Iowa City

On Friday, Liberty faced Iowa City in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Liberty Lightning snuck past the Iowa City Little Hawks with a 56-51 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Lightning considering their 25-point performance the match before.

Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Iowa City, their defeat dropped their record down to 21-8.

Liberty does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Iowa City, they will challenge Maquoketa on Monday. Maquoketa will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Iowa City surely won't give up without a fight.