Liberty guard, Madison Capuano, could not miss a shot if she tried in the Hurricanes' 59-35 victory over Freedom last Tuesday night.

"I just came out shooting how I usually shoot, and they didn't come after me," Capuano said.

The Liberty junior contributed 17 points to the win over the Hurricanes' biggest rival.

Capuano scored the first two points of the game and was fouled, making the score 3-0 before Freedom forwards Hailey Silfies and Gia Erie hit back-to-back buckets.

For the most part, the Hurricanes and Patriots matched each other in scoring throughout the first half, although Liberty was more successful on foul shots. In addition, Capuano started hitting threes in the second quarter, helping to extend the Hurricanes lead by nine points at halftime.

"We just knew we had to tighten up on defense, and we had to shoot and keep up the intensity, which is how we've been playing. We're trying to make a run for districts," said Capuano.

In the third quarter, the Patriots came to within seven points after Taylor Garza scored two points in the opening minutes, and Meckenzie Herman added five points, but Liberty guard, Kaylin West, scored five points of her own, in addition to a three pointer, and Kristina Polak and Taysia Snead combined for four points near the end of the quarter.

Polak said, "They couldn't handle our teamwork. I knew we were going to win, but I thought they were going to keep up with us."

Defensively, Polak still had her hands full under the boards.

"I still got boxed out. Most of them are not as tall as me, but they're still aggressive," she said.

By the time Liberty Coach Becky Soto started making substitutions in the fourth quarter, the Patriots appeared fatigued while the Hurricanes were re-energized. Points by Maia Lockhart, Sarah King, Jochebed Arthur, and Abbie Zerbe closed out the game for Liberty.

The Hurricanes are 9-9 overall, but are not without their share of disappointments, including losses to Emmaus, Easton, Nazareth, and Whitehall.

Regarding Liberty's recent home game against the Zephyrs, Hurricane center, Torie Zerbe, said, "We needed to keep our intensity up and go after every little thing. I felt we could have easily beat them."

Also last week, Bethlehem Catholic defeated Dieruff 61-40, and Easton 52-34. Freedom lost to the Red Rovers 59-39, and Liberty defeated Allen 59-50.