Liberty was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 88-77 to the Prairie Hawks. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (71), the Lightning still had to take the loss.
Liberty's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Brady Randall, who went 7 of 10 on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerimiah Washpun, who went 8 for 17 on his way to 21 points and six rebounds.
Liberty's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 2-8. As for Prairie, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Liberty will challenge Western Dubuque at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Prairie, they and Clear Creek-Amana will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.
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