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The Liberty Mtn-View Eagle Basketball team faced the 6-7, Mountain Grove Panthers on Friday night, January 18th, 2025 @ Mountain Grove High School. Eagles had a rough second half of play but were able to win the ballgame by a score of 53-50.
Summary:
1st Quarter: Panthers main strength in the early going is aggressive defense, but good rebounds and scores by Alex Tune and Brayden Mays as Liberty takes an early,11-4 lead in the first half. So far, Liberty has not made any turnovers. However, some fouls as Sam Petrerson & Destin Unger shoot two at the line for the Panthers. At the end of the Quarter, Eagles lead 11-17
2nd Quarter: Panthers will have the ball to start the second quarter. Kale Gardner scores on a good two pointer to bring Mountain Grove within four of the Eagles. They begin to play a more widespread zone as now another team foul on the Eagles as Brody Emery shoots two free throws. Gavin Reese and Parker Tune are able to get the Panthers to turn over the ball midway through the Quarter and are able to maintain possession quite a bit during the last five minutes of the half. Parker Tune who now has ten point is able to dominate in both steals and buckets as Liberty goes to the half.
HALFTIME– Liberty Eagles: 30/ Mountain Grove Panthers: 23
3rd Quarter: Panthers score the first bucket of the Quarter, seeming to turn up the defensive pressure. Liberty has stacked up about eleven turnovers so far in the game as Mountain Grove begins to press, Parker and Alex tune are able to get a few rebounds but ultimately, the run Brings the Panthers to trail by three, 43-30 and outscoring Liberty, 17-13.
4th Quarter: Panthers go on to take as much as a two point lead towards the beginning of the half. Parker Tune ends up getting a chance to shoot two free throws after a foul call. But as the Panthers take it back, the press continues to build as Liberty seems to have quite a hard time shutting down the hard defense. Miraculously, Liberty seems to escape this bad spell as Alex Tune is able shoot two free throws and score on one long pass to his brother parker and put liberty up by three.
FINAL SCORE- Liberty Eagles: 53/ Mountain Grove Panthers: 50
*Liberty had 6 turnovers in the first half & Seventeen turnovers in the second.
Eagles will travel to Eminence on Monday night to take on the Redwings. Game Time @ 6PM and Broadcast on The Fox 96.9.
