Basketball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Highland

Cougars

Previous 5 Games

12/05/24 @ Liberty	46-40
12/03/24 @ Louisiana	49-42
11/30/24 vs Althoff Catholic	55-31
11/30/24 vs Kirksville	57-40
11/26/24 vs Kirksville	57-40

Highland put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They managed a 46-40 win over the Liberty Eagles. The 46-point effort marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Liberty's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Claire Obert, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds, and Aubrey Fessler, who posted nine points.

Highland's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Liberty, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3.

Highland didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 58-32 win against Hallsville on the 6th. As for Liberty, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Pittsfield at 6:00 p.m. on December 16th.