Holcomb Girls Hit Too Many Shots for LHS

In past years, Liberal lost girls basketball games to Holcomb in every facet of the game. Friday night #5 4A division 2 Holcomb still beat Liberal 64-52, but it was only because they shot better than LHS. Liberal hung with Liberal on the boards and Holcomb had 17 turnovers compared to Liberal’s 21. The Lady Longhorns were 7-14 from three point range and 14-18 at the foul line while the Lady Redskins were 4-20 from three and 8-18 at the line.

Holcomb led 17-9 after one quarter and 30-18 at the half. Holcomb’s lead ballooned to 18 at the end of three 47-29. Liberal fought until the end losing the game by 12. Jada Mickens scored 13 to lead Liberal while Megan Besecker scored 11 and Mariela Nunez had 11. Holcomb’s Taylor Deniston led them with 21.

Liberal plays at Guymon Tuesday night at 6:30 on 1270 and kscbnews.net.