Liberty lost against Norwood back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Liberty Eagles took a 66-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Norwood Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Pirates are ranked 39th).
Leading Norwood to victory were Cooper Vaughan and Carder Kelly. Vaughan went 9 of 16 on his way to 25 points and five rebounds, while Kelly went 6 for 9 en route to 15 points and five boards. Kelly is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Peyton McDaris was another key player, putting up nine points.
This is the second loss in a row for Liberty and nudges their season record down to 10-7. As for Norwood, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-1.
Liberty will be playing in front of their home fans against Willow Springs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Liberty knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Willow Springs likes a good challenge. As for Norwood, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 63-54 loss against Hartville on the 1st.
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