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| 01/31/25 - Away | 66-72 L |
| 02/28/24 - Away | 79-77 W |
| 01/25/24 - Away | 68-50 W |
| 12/15/23 - Home | 66-75 L |
| 01/20/23 - Home | 59-62 L |
| + 5 more games |
Liberty and Pinnacle are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2021, but not for long. The Liberty Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pinnacle Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Liberty's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five contests.
Liberty is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Boulder Creek, who was ranked third at the time (Liberty was ranked 17th). Liberty took a 65-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of Boulder Creek.
Meanwhile, Pinnacle played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by O'Connor and fell 74-47. The Pioneers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-19.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 15-9. As for Pinnacle, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-16.
Liberty came up short against Pinnacle in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 72-66. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pinnacle's Ryan Nelson, who went 9 of 16 on his way to 29 points and six rebounds. Now that Liberty knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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