The Liberal Redskins put up a fight in a foul fest of a game Friday night in the Big House. The Great Bend Panthers made the plays down the stretch to beat the Redskins 76-70. The two teams combined to shoot 69 free throws.
The Redskins 21-17 and led 21-20 at end of the first quarter. The Redskins took a 38-30 lead before leading 38-32 as the fouls were mounting on both teams. LHS claimed their second eight point lead at 44-36 in the third quarter. Great Bend’s trapping full court defense helped the Panthers lead 50-48 after three. The Panthers led 61-54 before a James Fieser bucket cut the lead to 61-58 with 2:06 to play. But Great Bend led 67-58 to put the game away.
The Black Hills Energy Player of the Game is Eathan Hernandez with 17 points. Juan Diego and James Fieser scored 14 a piece.
Great Bend is 9-8 overall and 2-1 in the WAC. Liberal falls to 1-14 overall and 0-4 in the WAC. The Redskins have lost 37 WAC games in a row. GBHS had won nine straight against LHS including five straight in the Big House.
