It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Liberty Hurricanes can now relate to. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 53-32 walloping at the hands of the Rovers on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Liberty can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while Easton Area is ranked 15th).
Despite the defeat, Liberty saw an underclassman step up: Ava Kopetskie scored 13 points along with four steals.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 14-12. As for Easton Area, the victory (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 18-1.
Liberty's road trip will continue as they head out to face Emmaus at 7:30 p.m. on March 1st. Hopefully Liberty focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Tuesday. Easton Area does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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