Basketball Game Preview: Liberty Red Devils vs. Chesnee Eagles

Liberty is 2-7 against Chesnee since January of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Red Devils will venture away from home to square off against the Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Liberty has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Liberty is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against High Point Academy by a score of 48-35 on Friday.

Natalie White

Points

02/06/26 vs High Point Academy	29
02/04/26 vs Greenville Tech Charter	14
01/30/26 vs Blacksburg	5
01/23/26 @ Landrum	2
01/20/26 vs Crescent	8
+ 17 more games

Natalie White was a one-woman wrecking crew as she went 10-for-21 en route to 29 points. She continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Aubrey Lee was another key player, putting up five points and 12 boards.

Meanwhile, Chesnee didn't have quite enough to beat Greenville Tech Charter on Tuesday and fell 46-43. The Eagles have struggled against the Warriors recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Liberty will need to focus on slowing down Tayte Calvert, one of several Chesnee players who made an impact when they last played. She posted 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Payden Pitman, who shot 42% from the field on her way to 13 points and eight rebounds.

Chesnee's loss dropped their record down to 7-17. As for Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 5-17.

Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Liberty has been crashing the boards this season, having averaged 28 boards per game. However, it's not like Chesnee struggles in that department as they've been averaging 32.4 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.

Liberty couldn't quite finish off Chesnee in their previous matchup back in January and fell 38-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Eagles' Dacie Green, who almost dropped a triple-double with 16 points, 11 boards, and nine steals. Now that the Red Devils know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.