The Liberty-Eylau Leopards and the Cumby Trojans will round out the year against one another at at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Liberty-Eylau has 16 straight wins, Cumby has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
While Liberty-Eylau didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Marshall Christian Academy, posting a 90-63 victory. The Leopards have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 27 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Cumby was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 62-61 to Yantis.
Liberty-Eylau will have to keep a close watch on Chett Vaughan and Chayton Vaughan, a pair of players who had a big impact on Cumby's prior game. Chett dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds, while Chayton went 6 of 10 on his way to 17 points along with six boards and five steals. Chett's evening made it 18 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dakari Johnson, who went 5 of 7 en route to 11 points and three steals.
Liberty-Eylau's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-0. As for Cumby, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
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