Heritage won the last time they faced Liberty and things went their way on Tuesday too. Everything went the Heritage Pioneers' way against the Liberty Minutemen as the Heritage Pioneers made off with a 60-40 victory. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 158th, while the Minutemen are ranked 327th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ayden Padgett, who posted 11 points and six boards. Padgett is also crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Evan Lee was another key player, putting up seven points and nine rebounds.
Pioneers
| 01/14/25 @ Liberty | 60-40 |
| 01/03/25 @ Radford | 43-38 |
The win made it two in a row for Heritage and bumps their season record up to 5-6. As for Liberty, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-6 record this season.
Heritage has already played their next game, a 49-47 victory against Fleming on the 15th. As for Liberty, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 55-53 win against Altavista on the 15th.
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