A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Rancho Cucamonga Cougars challenge the Liberty Lions at 12:30 p.m. on Monday... Rancho Cucamonga knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 17 matchups -- so hopefully Liberty likes a good challenge.
Rancho Cucamonga's tournament run continued when they took on Prescott on Saturday. Rancho Cucamonga fell 83-75 to Prescott. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (60), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Liberty strolled past Northeast with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 62-44. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked fifth in Arizona, while the Hurricanes are ranked 374th in Florida), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rancho Cucamonga better keep an eye on Stephan Miller. He was instrumental in Liberty's win, putting up 18 points in addition to six rebounds and three blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Hunter, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 15 points.
Liberty's victory bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Rancho Cucamonga, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-6.
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