Basketball Game Preview: Liberty-Eylau Leopards vs. Redwater Dragons

The Liberty-Eylau Leopards will square off against the Redwater Dragons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Liberty-Eylau has 25 straight victories, Redwater has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Liberty-Eylau will head into Tuesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 27-point drubbing they dealt New Boston on Tuesday. Liberty-Eylau blew past New Boston, posting a 72-45 win. The Leopards have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 21 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 86-48, which was the final score in Redwater's tilt against Hooks on Tuesday.

Redwater's loss dropped their record down to 10-15. As for Liberty-Eylau, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 24-0.

Liberty-Eylau strolled past Redwater in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 by a score of 78-59. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Redwater's Cason Leavitt, who went 8 of 11 en route to 19 points along with eight boards and five assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Liberty-Eylau still be able to contain Leavitt? There's only one way to find out.