Basketball Game Preview: Liberty Lions vs. Manchester Valley Mavericks

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Previous Games

01/23/24 - Home	56-48 W
12/19/23 - Away	64-65 L
01/20/23 - Away	85-44 W
12/16/22 - Home	67-57 W
01/21/22 - Home	66-58 W
+ 5 more games

Liberty is 8-2 against Manchester Valley since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Liberty Lions will look to defend their home court against the Manchester Valley Mavericks at 6:30 p.m. Liberty has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 1-2 during that stretch of close contests.

Last Friday, Liberty was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 57-56 to Westminster.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 25-25 at halftime, Manchester Valley was not quite Winters Mill's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell 59-47 to the Falcons. The loss was the Mavericks' first of the season.

Liberty will have to keep a close watch on Colton Enderle and Owen Caine, a pair of players who had a big impact on Manchester Valley's prior game. Enderle went 9 of 19 on his way to 24 points along with five boards and four steals, while Caine went 6 of 12 en route to 17 points and six rebounds. That's the most points Enderle has posted since back in January.

Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Manchester Valley, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.

Liberty beat Manchester Valley 56-48 when the teams last played back in January. Will Liberty repeat their success, or does Manchester Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.