Freedom and Antioch are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Freedom Falcons will square off against the Antioch Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Freedom will be strutting in after a victory while Antioch will be coming in after a loss.
Freedom is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Deer Valley for the full four quarters, racking up a 98-48 win. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Falcons had established a 35 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Antioch lost to Pittsburg on the road by a 61-44 margin on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 595th, while the Pirates are ranked 244th).
The victory made it two in a row for Freedom and bumps their season record up to 6-13. As for Antioch, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-13 record this season.
Freedom came up short against Antioch in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 55-48. Can Freedom avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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