The Liberty Leopards will challenge the Fairview Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Liberty is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against LaBrae on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Liberty came up short against LaBrae, falling 65-41. The Leopards have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Ramsey Hadi-Cox, who posted 13 points. Another player making a difference was Joseph Croom II, who put up eight points.
Meanwhile, Fairview had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with a 72-63 victory over the Falcons. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Falcons are ranked 443rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 5-17. As for Fairview, their win bumped their record up to 17-5.
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