The Liberty Ranch Hawks will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Sierra Timberwolves at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Liberty Ranch focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 20 on Wednesday.
Liberty Ranch will head into Wednesday's game out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Wednesday after a huge 20-point victory in their prior game. They fell just short of Sheldon by a score of 66-63. The Hawks haven't had much luck with the Huskies recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Despite the defeat, Liberty Ranch got top-tier performance from Haley Smith, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 14 rebounds. The contest was Smith's tenth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kamrynn Blevins, who had eight points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
Even though they lost, Liberty Ranch smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in 12 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Sierra was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 49-44 to Bret Harte. The Timberwolves have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Having lost for the first time this season, Liberty Ranch fell to 2-1. As for Sierra, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything went Liberty Ranch's way against Sierra in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, as Liberty Ranch made off with a 45-23 win. Will Liberty Ranch repeat their success, or does Sierra have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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