Garden City hasn't had much luck against Liberal recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Garden City Buffaloes are taking a road trip to square off against the Liberal Redskins at 6:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Garden City is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Hays on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Garden City took a blow against Hays, falling 63-31. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Indians are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 65-32, which was the final score in Liberal's tilt against Hays last Friday. The Redskins were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 41-21.
Garden City will have to contain Zoey Torres as she made an impact in Liberal's last game. She posted eight points. What's more, Torres also posted a 40% three-point shooting accuracy, which is the highest she's achieved since back in December of 2024.
Even though they lost, Liberal smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in seven consecutive games.
Liberal's defeat dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Garden City, their loss dropped their record down to 9-6.
Garden City couldn't quite finish off Liberal in their previous matchup back in January and fell 44-41. Can Garden City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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