Basketball Recap: Make It Nine in a Row for Liberty Hill

Panthers

Previous Games

01/17/25 @ Rouse	66-60
01/14/25 vs Leander	37-35
01/10/25 vs Cedar Park	66-44
01/07/25 @ Hays	49-46
01/03/25 @ Lehman	78-50
+ 4 more games

Liberty Hill had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They managed a 66-60 victory over the Rouse Raiders. For the Panthers, this counts as revenge for the 70-56 win the Raiders walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2024.

Rouse lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Amari Moore, who posted 22 points. The game was Moore's third in a row with at least ten points. D?Andre Gardner was another key player, putting up 15 points and seven boards.

Liberty Hill pushed their record up to 22-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Rouse, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 18-9.

Liberty Hill and Rouse should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Liberty Hill will challenge Lockhart at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday up 512 places (97 vs. 609). Similarly, Rouse (ranked 196th) will meet Hays (ranked 628th) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.