Memorial and Liberty are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2021, but not for long. The Memorial Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Liberty Redhawks at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Memorial sitting on ten straight victories and Liberty on six.
On Tuesday, Memorial beat Emerson 41-29. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Mavericks are ranked 420th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, everything went Liberty's way against Independence on Tuesday as Liberty made off with a 43-21 win. The Redhawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Memorial has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.8 points per game. As for Liberty, they pushed their record up to 20-12 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Memorial didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Liberty in their previous matchup on January 7th, but they still walked away with a 28-24 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Memorial 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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