Basketball Game Preview: Bensalem Fighting Owls vs. Liberty Hurricanes

The Bensalem Fighting Owls and the Liberty Hurricanes will face off at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Bensalem sitting on four straight wins and Liberty on six.

Bensalem is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down William Tennent 63-48 on Friday. Given the Fighting Owls' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 171st, while the Panthers are ranked 364th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Liberty on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew East Stroudsburg South out of the water with an 80-17 final score. The Hurricanes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matches by 20 points or more this season.

Bensalem better keep an eye on Ava Kopetskie. She was instrumental in Liberty's win, putting up 40 points. The contest was Kopetskie's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Anijah Davis, who posted 13 points.

Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.2 points per game. As for Bensalem, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.