A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lions duke it out with the Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Liberty is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Mountain Ridge: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Liberty blew Mountain Ridge out of the water with an 81-40 final score. With the Lions ahead 50-18 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Liberty's win on Tuesday was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Stephan Miller, who went 8 for 17 to rack up 19 points and six boards. Another player making a difference was TJ Harris, who went 5 of 8 en route to 12 points and six assists.
Liberty was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mountain Ridge only racked up four assists.
Meanwhile, Boulder Creek waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They claimed a resounding 72-42 victory over the Mountain Lions. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Mountain Lions are ranked 112th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 79.8 points over those games. As for Boulder Creek, their win bumped their record up to 19-5.
Liberty was able to grind out a solid victory over Boulder Creek when the teams last played last Tuesday, winning 84-75. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Boulder Creek's Andrew Bhesania, who almost dropped a double-double on 30 points and nine rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Liberty still be able to contain Bhesania? There's only one way to find out.
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