The Capitol Lions are taking a road trip to take on the Liberty Magnet Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Capitol knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully Liberty Magnet likes a good challenge.
Capitol will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Friday after a huge 20-point win in their prior game. They fell just short of Woodlawn-B.R. by a score of 68-65.
Meanwhile, everything went Liberty Magnet's way against Carver Collegiate Academy on Wednesday as Liberty Magnet made off with a 59-38 victory. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Rams are ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty Magnet got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kingston Jarrell out in front who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 rebounds. With that strong performance, Jarrell is now averaging an impressive 2.4 steals per game. Malek Robinson was another key player, scoring 15 points plus six steals and five rebounds.
Liberty Magnet was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Liberty Magnet pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points per game. As for Capitol, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Capitol was taken down by Liberty Magnet 91-61 in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Liberty Magnet's Kareem Washington, who went 8 for 19 en route to 21 points plus two steals. Now that Capitol knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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