The Liberal Lady Redskins took a topsy turvy overtime win Tuesday night at the Garden in Garden City. Liberal won 68-66 despite trailing by nine twice in the fourth quarter. Kylie Rhine scored a career high 28 points and broke the school record for 3’s in a season with 47.
Garden City took an early 9-6 lead and led 11-9 after one quarter. Garden City took an 18-11 lead. Liberal rallied to lead 29-26 at the half. Kylie Rhine buried a three pointer to give Liberal a 38-30 lead. It was her 47th made three of the season breaking the school’s single season record. LHS led 40-32. But Garden City used an 11-0 run to lead 43-40 after three and a 21-2 run to lead 51-42 with 6:12 remaining. GCHS led 53-44 before LHS went on a 12-3 to tie the game at 56-56. Shamari Lewis drove down the left lane to make it 60-60 with 6.9 second left. She missed the free throw and the game went to overtime. Rhine took over in overtime and made
The Black Hills Energy Player of the Game is Kylie Rhine who scored a career high 28. Shamari Lewis poured in 22.
Garden City is 13-9 overall and finishes 4-4 in the WAC. Liberal improves to 16-3 overall and 5-2 in the WAC. Liberal has won 12 in a row and 23 of the last 24 against GCHS. Liberal plays at Dodge City Tuesday night at 6pm with Redskin Pregame at 5:45 on 1270 and 92.3 FM.
