The Norwood Pirates will challenge the Liberty Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Liberty will be up against a hot Norwood team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Norwood enjoyed a cozy 71-56 win over Mountain Grove on Tuesday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Panthers are ranked 222nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Liberty didn't have quite enough to beat Mountain Grove on Monday and fell 60-58.
Norwood's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.9 points per game. As for Liberty, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Norwood didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Liberty in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 68-64 win. Does Norwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Liberty turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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