Garces Memorial at Liberty — Girls basketball preview (Feb. 4, 2026)

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Liberty HS - Bakersfield -

Garces Memorial Rams travel to Liberty Patriots on Wednesday, Feb. 4, for a girls basketball league game at Liberty HS in Bakersfield. Tip is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Pacific. Follow the game on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/california/girls-basketball/games/5923162-garces-memorial-vs-liberty

Teams

Liberty Patriots — https://scorebooklive.com/california/girls-basketball/teams/156970-liberty-patriots

Garces Memorial Rams — https://scorebooklive.com/california/girls-basketball/teams/141071-garces-memorial-rams

Last meeting

This matchup has history: the teams last met on Feb. 3, 2020, a 48-38 Liberty victory. Full box from that game: Liberty 48, Garces Memorial 38 (quarter lines: Liberty 16-8-11-13, Garces 6-8-11-13). See the previous game: https://scorebooklive.com/california/girls-basketball/games/459482-liberty-vs-garces-memorial

Streaming and tickets

Liberty NFHS Network: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/liberty-high-school-bakersfield-bakersfield-ca/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

Garces Memorial NFHS Network: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/garces-memorial-high-school-bakersfield-ca/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

If a live stream or ticket link is available through those NFHS Network pages, check there for access and start times. If you plan to attend, arrive early — high school gyms fill up quickly for league nights.

What to watch

Home-court edge: Liberty hosts this meeting at Liberty HS in Bakersfield.

Rematch angle: Liberty took the last meeting in 2020; expect both teams to treat this as a fresh start.

Quick turnaround: both teams have games scheduled later this week — Liberty at Stockdale on Feb. 6 (https://scorebooklive.com/california/girls-basketball/games/5915929-liberty-vs-stockdale) and Garces Memorial at Bakersfield Christian on Feb. 6 (https://scorebooklive.com/california/girls-basketball/games/5546113-garces-memorial-vs-bakersfield-christian).

Fan engagement

Liberty has 7 SBLive fans and Garces Memorial has 4 (numbers shown on team pages). Picks on SBLive are for fun and both fan counts and pick totals can change — follow the teams you support to increase their fan counts and make picks if you want to join the conversation.

Stay tuned to SBLive for updates, stats and postgame coverage. Bookmark the game page and follow both teams to get notifications and help grow their fan support: https://scorebooklive.com/california/girls-basketball/games/5923162-garces-memorial-vs-liberty