Guymon Gets by Redskins

Guymon broke a five game losing streak against Liberal beating them for the first time in three years with a 55-51 win over struggling LHS Tuesday night in Guymon. The Tigers led most of the way 13-12 after a quarter and 27-22 at halftime. The Redskins rallied to take a 42-38 lead after three. The Tigers led 49-44 and 51-47 with 2:06 left before the Skins would tie the game. But Guymon took a 53-51 lead with 20 second left. Liberal struggled to score late in the game for a second consecutive game.

Liberal again struggled to take care of the ball with 17 turnovers.

Guymon’s Carter Nash scored 18 while Angel Vega had 13 and Derek Portillo added 11. Hayden Coker led LHS with 10 points. Liberal is 5-10 and Guymon is 10-9.

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