Fresh off a 17-point win over a winless Cedar Rapids Jefferson team, the Iowa City Liberty boys basketball team envisioned an upset win over unbeaten Cedar Falls on Jan. 20. But a victory over the Tigers (13-0) was too tough a hill to climb. After a quarter of competitive basketball, Liberty (5-8) let the game slip away in the second frame, ending its night with a 72-52 home loss to Cedar Falls. For the Lightning, a team that has surpassed its win total (2) from last season, they showed life as an underdog against one of the best teams in the state. “I think just coming into that game, we’re so much smaller than them — we had to be ready to play against them and I think we showed we...
