The Liberty Lancers had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.2 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They snuck past Canon City with a 39-35 win. This was payback for Liberty, who suffered a 46-44 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Jacie Bunck continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which she has scored at least 25% of Liberty's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Dawes, who scored four points along with nine rebounds.
When it comes to explaining why Canon City lost, one person who can't be blamed is Alexi Till. Despite the final result, she scored ten points along with five steals. Till is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Emily Burkdoll, who scored seven points along with ten rebounds.
Canon City struggled to work together and finished the game with only an assist. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Liberty's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Canon City, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-6.
Liberty and Rampart will face off at 3:00 p.m. on January 6th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Allowing an average of 55.9 points per game, Rampart has struggled on the defensive end, but that doesn't have to be the case in this match. Canon City and Falcon will face off at 12:00 p.m. on January 6th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Falcon is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
