Liberty was the 57-43 winner over Preston when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Liberty Mountaineers fell 67-54 to the Preston Knights on Tuesday. The Mountaineers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Preston got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kaden Bachtel out in front who went 8 for 10 en route to 20 points and six boards. Bachtel is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Schmidl, who went 7 of 13 on his way to 19 points and three steals.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Preston, their victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 8-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Liberty will head out to square off against East Fairmont at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Liberty is facing East Fairmont at the right time seeing as East Fairmont is stuck on a five-game losing streak. Preston has already played their next contest (against Lincoln), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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