Preview: Paulding Panthers vs. Liberty Center Tigers
Paulding has been on the road for three straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Liberty Center Tigers at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Paulding will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 419th, while Liberty Center is ranked 85th).
While it was all tied up 23-23 at halftime, Paulding was not quite Tinora's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell 52-40 to the Rams.
Despite the loss, Paulding saw an underclassman step up: Addi Pease scored 11 points along with six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Kayleigh Dunham, who scored five points along with 13 rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Liberty Center earned a 55-45 victory over Patrick Henry on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Liberty Center.
Paulding has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-11 record this season. As for Liberty Center, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season.
Paulding was taken down by Liberty Center 58-27 when the teams last played back in December of 2022. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Paulding was down 30-9.
