Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty). They blew past the Adams Cougars 79-26 on Thursday. Given the Redhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 221st, while the Cougars are ranked 1304th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Adams lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Elijah Velez, who scored four points plus 11 rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Velez a new career-high in offensive rebounds (three). Chris Robinson was another key player, posting eight points in addition to seven rebounds.
Liberty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.7 points per game. As for Adams, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.
Liberty has already played their next contest, a 79-62 victory against Tyler on the 6th. As for Adams, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 70-37 defeat against Sherman on the 6th.
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