The Liberty Lightning managed to keep up with the Iowa City West Trojans until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Liberty's rough 74-53 defeat to Iowa City West might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Liberty can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 168th, while Iowa City West is ranked 11th).
Despite the loss, Liberty saw an underclassman step up: Jerimiah Washpun scored 14 points along with five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Washpun has scored all season. Cooper Webb was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
This is the second loss in a row for Liberty and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Iowa City West, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Liberty will head out on the road to face off against Western Dubuque at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Iowa City West, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Wahlert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
