Liberty was the 65-58 winner over Buckhannon-Upshur when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Liberty Mountaineers took a 63-45 bruising from the Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers on Tuesday. The Mountaineers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Buckhannon-Upshur to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jerin Westfall, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 14 boards. The dominant performance gave Westfall a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Mcdaniels, who went 6 of 12 en route to 17 points and five boards.
Liberty's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-4. As for Buckhannon-Upshur, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Liberty has already played their next match (against Lincoln), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Buckhannon-Upshur will face off against Wheeling Park at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Buckhannon-Upshur is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.9 points per game this season.
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