After flying high against Bronaugh last Tuesday, Liberal came back down to earth. The Liberal Bulldogs fell to the Lockwood Tigers 54-48. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 498th, while the Tigers are ranked 230th).
Liberal's loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Lockwood, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 9-2.
Liberal will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Riverton at 7:30 p.m. on January 28th. As for Lockwood, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 61-46 victory against Dadeville on the 18th.
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