Preview: Liberty Red Devils vs. Landrum Cardinals
Liberty is 0-8 against Landrum since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Liberty Red Devils will be playing at home against the Landrum Cardinals at 6:30 p.m. Liberty will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps South Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 241st, while Landrum is ranked 38th).
Liberty suffered their biggest defeat yet this season on Friday. They were outmatched by Blacksburg at home and fell 69-13. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Liberty has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Landrum can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. They blew past Greer Middle College 71-20 at home. With Landrum ahead 36-8 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Landrum to victory, but perhaps none more so than Savannah Brown, who scored 13 points along with six assists and six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Kaylee Cortez, who scored 18 points along with four steals.
Liberty has been struggling recently, as they've lost 12 of their last 14 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-16 record this season. As for Landrum, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Liberty took a serious blow against Landrum in their previous matchup on January 5th, falling 94-27. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brown, who scored 25 points along with eight assists and six rebounds. Now that Liberty knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
