The Liberty BlueJays won their Courtwarming game over the Blue Springs Wildcats 65-49 Friday night. With a packed Cokely Fieldhouse and the Cokely Crazies in full force, it was a great atmosphere for high school basketball.
The Wildcats started the game off strong with a solid first half, especially a good first quarter. They had a one point edge after the first frame. Ben Hansen's 4 free-throws, Denton Koon's 5 points and Max Francisco's 4 points kept it close during the opening quarter. Then Jordan Lewis caught fire in the 2nd quarter. He scored 10 points and a Hansen deep 3 pointer helped the Jays edge in front 32-29 by halftime.
The second half was owned by Liberty who at times stretched their lead close to 20 points. Isaiah Norfleet did some damage to the Wildcats in the 2nd half by scoring 11 points.
In the end the Jays had 4 players in double figures: Lewis, 17 pts; Norfleet, 15 pts; Koon, 13 pts; and Hansen, 12 pts.
"The staff was very pleased with how we played in the 2nd half. We were very close to playing some good basketball in the first half too, but we just made some simple mistakes that Blue Springs capitalized on. We corrected those mistakes in the 2nd half. We were very pleased with how Austin Weese and Max Francisco guarded their post player. He's big, strong, and very active. We thought our guys played with a lot of intensity and that helped them win the battle," stated Coach Stirtz. "We would like to thank our great fans for coming out to Cokely to pack the Fieldhouse."
Up next for the Jays are their last two home games of the season. Liberty hosts Columbia Hickman on Wednesday and St Joe Central on Friday, which will be Senior Night.
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