While it was all tied up 33-33 at halftime, Liberty was not quite WestSide's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell 67-58 to the WestSide Renegades. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (57), the Raiders still had to take the loss.
Liberty's defeat came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jaxson Workman, who went 5-for-9 en route to 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kris Bowman, who posted 11 points.
WestSide had a senior duo take command as Kadien Vance went 7-for-12 on his way to 18 points in addition to seven boards and three steals and Coltin Lester dropped a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Lester a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Bryson Blankenship, who went 5-for-10 to rack up 13 points and eight boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Liberty and nudges their season record down to 5-9. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points over those games. As for WestSide, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Liberty has already played their next matchup (against Independence), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for WestSide, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 61-51 loss against James Monroe on the 14th.
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