The Liberty Bison will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on the Shadow Hills Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Liberty is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Paloma Valley 70-40. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
While Shadow Hills didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They claimed a resounding 71-44 win over St. Joseph Academy. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 248th, while the Crusaders are ranked 612th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shadow Hills' win came from a few key players Liberty will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Nate Williams, who went 6 for 10 on his way to 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Jauregui, who went 6 of 10 en route to 15 points.
The victory made it two in a row for Shadow Hills and bumps their season record up to 6-4. As for Liberty, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Liberty was able to grind out a solid win over Shadow Hills in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, winning 50-40. Does Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shadow Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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