The Pueblo West Cyclones will challenge the Liberty Lancers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pueblo West will be strutting in after a win while Liberty will be coming in after a loss.
Liberty will be up against a hot Pueblo West squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Pueblo West snuck past Fountain-Fort Carson with a 49-44 victory on Wednesday. Given the Cyclones' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Trojans are ranked 202nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Liberty ended up a good deal behind Doherty on Wednesday and lost 56-39. The contest marked the Lancers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Liberty's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4. As for Pueblo West, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season.
Pueblo West came up short against Liberty in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, falling 70-58. Can Pueblo West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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