Liberal got gritty.  After two ankle injuries, two Liberal players came back and played through it and helped the Liberal Lady Redskins to a 53-48 win over the McPherson Lady Pups Saturday afternoon at Salina South High School.  Shamari Lewis led Liberal with 20 points.

Liberal jumped out to a lead of 12-2.  LHS led 15-8 after one quarter.  When Kylie Rhine went out with an injury, McPherson cut the lead to 22-20.  LHS led 24-20 at the half.  McPherson built a 40-35 lead and led 40-38 after three.  A Shamari Lewis three with three minutes left gave the Lady Redskins a 46-44 lead.  A Mullens pass to Lewis made it 48-44.  Liberal led 48-46 when a foul was called sending Maliyah Mullens to the line.  She made 1 of 2 for the 49-46 lead.  A technical foul was called against a McPherson player.  Shamari Lewis made both free throws and Liberal got the ball.  McPherson fouled Liberal and Kylie Rhine made two foul shots to lead 53-46.

Shamari Lewis was Epic Touch Player of the Game with 20 points.  Trinity Olvera scored a career high 12 points.

McPherson is 1-2.  Liberal is 3-0 for the first time in three years.  Liberal plays at Hays Tuesday night at 6pm with Redskin Pre-game at 5:45 on 1270 and 92.3.