If there was one Bethlehem team that certainly got their money's worth at this year's Stellar Co. Catch a Rising Star Basketball Showcase, it was Liberty.

With Bethlehem Catholic and Freedom both bouncing out early of the double-elimination format, Liberty made it to Sunday's action and played in seven total games to the delight of head coach Chad Landis.

"We definitely did better than I thought we were going to do," Landis said. "When you're first two games of the tournament are against Cedar Crest and Reading, you can conceivably go out after the first two games, but I was very pleased with how our guys did."

Liberty played three games on Sunday, beating Methacton 68-43 and Bangor 51-46 before getting eliminated by Exeter 48-29.

The 'Canes also knocked off Manheim and Boyertown in the tournament's consolation round. They started last Thursday off with a win over Reading, but then lost to eventual runner-up, Cedar Crest, 47-43 to get bounced into the consolation bracket.

Playing seven games over the three-day tournament was more than Landis had expected with this group.

"You like to get at least five games in, so for us to play seven was very good," he said. "Outside of Bangor, all the teams we played were from out of the area, so it gave us a chance to experiment with different things and have our guys play against different styles of basketball."

Freedom lost to Exeter in their opener, but came back with a win over Lehighton, before being eliminated by Central Catholic Sunday morning.

Bethlehem Catholic lost their opener to Governor Mifflin and couldn't muster a win over Nazareth in their second game to go two-and-out.

Parkland won the Stellar Showcase for the first time since 2009 following an impressive 51-34 victory over Cedar Crest in the finals, as the Trojans finished the tournament 6-0 and march into this weekend's SportsFest as the overwhelming favorite again.