The Union Mine Diamondbacks will head out to take on the Liberty Ranch Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Union Mine knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten contests -- so hopefully Liberty Ranch likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, Union Mine made easy work of El Dorado and carried off an 87-67 win.
Meanwhile, Liberty Ranch had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They strolled past the Warriors with points to spare, taking the game 56-37. The Hawks pushed the score to 44-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Liberty Ranch is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.6 points per game. As for Union Mine, they pushed their record up to 9-12 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Union Mine was able to grind out a solid win over Liberty Ranch in their previous meeting on January 7th, winning 64-53. The rematch might be a little tougher for Union Mine since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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