Basketball Game Preview: Long County Blue Tide vs. Liberty County Panthers

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Previous Games

01/27/25 - Home	60-48 W
02/09/24 - Away	60-46 W
01/16/24 - Home	54-49 W
02/14/23 - Neutral	79-48 W
02/10/23 - Home	61-45 W
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Long County has gone 9-1 against Liberty County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Long County Blue Tide will face off against the Liberty County Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Long County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.4 points per game this season.

Long County is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Windsor Forest on Saturday. Long County took a 64-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of Windsor Forest. While losing is never fun, the Blue Tide can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 259th, while the Knights are ranked 89th).

The losing side was boosted by Ja?Mere Martin, who went 6 for 13 on his way to 16 points. Another player making a difference was Jy'Son Mallard, who posted nine points.

Meanwhile, Liberty County was just a bucket shy of victory on Wednesday and fell 49-48 to Jenkins. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Long County's defeat dropped their record down to 10-12. As for Liberty County, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.

Long County was able to grind out a solid win over Liberty County in their previous matchup last Monday, winning 60-48. The rematch might be a little tougher for Long County since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.