Liberty County hasn't had much luck against Long County recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Liberty County Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Long County Blue Tide at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Wednesday, Liberty County was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 49-48 to Jenkins. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 23-23 at halftime, Long County was not quite Windsor Forest's equal in the second half on Saturday. They took a 64-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights. While losing is never fun, the Blue Tide can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 259th, while the Knights are ranked 89th).
Liberty County will have to contain Ja?Mere Martin as he made an impact in Long County's last game. He went 6 for 13 en route to 16 points. Another player making a difference was Jy'Son Mallard, who posted nine points.
Liberty County's loss dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Long County, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
Liberty County came up short against Long County in their previous matchup last Monday, falling 60-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Long County's Zyi'Air Holt, who went 8 of 12 on his way to 20 points in addition to six boards and five assists. Now that Liberty County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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