Liberty and Garfield are an even 3-3 against one another since January of 2022, but not for long. The Liberty Leopards will welcome the Garfield G-Men at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Liberty is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against West Branch on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Liberty was dealt a 72-40 loss at the hands of West Branch.
Meanwhile, Garfield put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They enjoyed a cozy 52-36 win over Ravenna. While the G-Men didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Liberty better focus on containing Preston Gedeon and Brandyn Bogucki as the pair were huge in Garfield's win. Gedeon went 8 of 17 on his way to 20 points, while Bogucki posted ten points and six steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Gedeon has scored at least a third of Garfield's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cade Rock, who put up six points in addition to eight boards and three steals.
Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Garfield, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Liberty came up short against Garfield in their previous meeting back in January, falling 67-61. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gedeon, who went 12 of 27 on his way to 30 points and four steals. Now that Liberty knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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