The Liberty Minutemen will be playing in front of their home fans against the Heritage Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Liberty has three straight victories, Heritage has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Liberty strolled past Rustburg with points to spare, taking the game 47-33. Given Liberty's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while Rustburg is ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Heritage ended up a good deal behind Glass on Friday and lost 48-29.
Liberty's win bumped their record up to 15-5. As for Heritage, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-16.
Liberty beat Heritage 58-45 in their previous matchup on Tuesday. Does Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will Heritage turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
