The Liberty Lions and the ThunderRidge Grizzlies will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Liberty will be coming into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Last Friday, Liberty earned a 68-60 win over Sunrise Mountain.
| 12/13/24 @ Sunrise Mountain | 20 |
| 12/12/24 vs Desert Vista | 24 |
| 12/10/24 @ Mountain View | 26 |
| 12/03/24 vs Hamilton | 25 |
| 11/22/24 @ Shadow Ridge | 20 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Liberty to victory, but perhaps none more so than Stephan Miller, who posted 20 points in addition to five rebounds and three blocks. Miller's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Hunter, who had 11 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, ThunderRidge entered their contest against Chaparral on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. ThunderRidge fell 68-60 to Chaparral. The game marked the Grizzlies' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Liberty will need focus on slowing down Drew Paine, one of several ThunderRidge players who made an impact when they last played. He put up 13 points. Another player making a difference was Kael Carney, who posted 11 points.
Liberty's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.5 points per game. As for ThunderRidge, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-1.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Liberty and ThunderRidge are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Liberty hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 71.2 points per game. However, it's not like ThunderRidge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 72.4 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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