If Liberty was feeling good fresh off their 63-25 takedown of Nipomo on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Liberty Hawks were dealt a 70-39 loss at the hands of the McLane Highlanders on Saturday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Hawks of the 68-44 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in December of 2022.
Despite the loss, Liberty had strong showings from Mauro Farinelli, who posted nine points along with five rebounds, and Hurley Ogan, who went 5 for 9 en route to 11 points plus five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Ogan a new career-high in field goal percentage (56%). Isaac Nolasco was another key player, earning seven points.
Keyvon Burcher was his usual excellent self, going 12 for 19 en route to 25 points plus five rebounds and three steals for McLane. Burcher's afternoon made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Khristain Smith, who scored nine points in addition to six assists and five steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, Liberty fell to 2-1. As for McLane, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-3.
Liberty will welcome Le Grand at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. McLane has already played their next contest (against Liberty), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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