Basketball Preview: Liberty Eagles vs. Beardstown Tigers
The Liberty Eagles will take on the Beardstown Tigers in a tournament on Saturday. Liberty will be strutting in after a win while Beardstown will be coming in after a loss.
Liberty is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Rushville-Industry: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Liberty blew Rushville-Industry out of the water with a 58-13 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Eagles had established a 41 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Liberty to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chandler John, who went 7 for 17 en route to 16 points plus five rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Leila Parkhill, who posted nine points in addition to three steals.
Meanwhile, Beardstown came up short against Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia on Thursday and fell 44-37. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Having lost for the first time this season, Beardstown fell to 2-1. As for Liberty, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Liberty won a game that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in January, slipping by Beardstown 55-54. The rematch might be a little tougher for Liberty since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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