On Friday, the Liberty Patriots came up short against the Pine View Panthers and fell 44-37. The contest marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Pine View was led to victory by Ella Fiefia and Reese Gustin. Fiefia posted 12 points and seven rebounds, while Gustin earned eight points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Gustin a new career-high in blocks (two). Another player making a difference was Charity Falaniko, who had five points.
Liberty has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-3 record this season. As for Pine View, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-2.
Liberty will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Durango at 4:00 p.m. on December 26th. As for Pine View, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 58-37 defeat against Lehi on the 14th.
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