Despite being completely youth-laden, the Liberty Christian boys basketball team has performed well when forced into pressure situations. The Eagles do not have a single senior on this year's team. But it hasn't prevented them from winning all three of their overtime battles this season, including Friday's 60-50 battle against Christian Outreach. Coach Butch Clark witnessed his team persevere down the stretch. "We've played pretty good in close games," said Clark. "I've been pleased with having a young team come out of these types of close games on the winning side." He felt like overtime shouldn't have been necessary during a game which the Eagles led 22-12 after the first quarter. "I think our inexperience allows games to go further than they should," said Clark. "If we can execute a little better, we can put teams away more quickly." Liberty Christian's offense began clicking immediately, enabling them a 9-2 advantage. Freshman Caleb Fox set the tone early for the Eagles, scoring 10 of his game-high 26 points in the first quarter. "We got off to a good start," said Clark. "I thought our intensity was really good in the first quarter." Liberty Christian led 22-12 heading into the second period but couldn't provide a defensive answer for Christian Outreach's Daniel Buerges, who scored most of his 15 first half points right before halftime. Sophomore Chris Voss hit a three-pointer early in the second period that would end up being the Eagles' only bucket of the quarter. Christian Outreach proceeded on a 14-0 run to close out the half leading 26-25. "We didn't do a very good job of defending in the first half," said Clark. "We gave up open shots and didn't close down the lane when (Ryan) Carter took the ball to the hole. Throughout the game we had trouble boxing out and were giving up second and third chances." The Eagles regained control during a third quarter that saw six lead changes. But Carter was able to put his team in command heading into the fourth quarter. Christian Outreach led 38-35 after the third period. Clark says his plan to stall and wait for gaps in the zone only worked to an extent. The Eagles got the situation Clark was hoping for, but Christian Outreach wouldn't bite. "I felt like we weren't attacking their zone the way we needed to," said Clark. "We waited for an opportunity to take a two-point lead with about 4:00 left. I thought maybe we could spread them out and get dribble penetration." Carter kept Christian Outreach in contention, scoring the bulk of his 23 points in the second half. The Lions notched the game at 47-47 with 1:37 remaining. Fox's hook shot attempt to offset the score rattled in and out as time expired. Liberty Christian took immediate control during overtime, never trailing. "I thought we played pretty solid in overtime," said Clark. "I thought Ben (Wishman) did a real good job on the boards and came up with about every loose ball." Wishman ended up with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Zach Hill scored 19 points. Fox completed a double-double night with 10 boards.