Basketball Recap: Owensville Drops Season-High Score on Linn

Dutchmen

Team Score

01/22/25 vs Linn	60
12/16/24 vs Salem	58
12/09/24 @ St. Clair	53
01/18/25 vs Cardinal Ritter College Prep	52
11/23/24 vs Macks Creek	50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Owensville). They walked away with a 60-47 win over the Linn Wildcats on Wednesday. That's more bragging rights for the Dutchmen, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Despite the loss, Linn still got an impressive performance from Kiana Hostetler, who went 6 of 14 en route to 17 points. Hostetler is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played. Nicole Grellner was another key player, putting up six points.

Owensville's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.3 points per game. As for Linn, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-5 record this season.

Owensville has already played their next game (against St. Pius X), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Linn will square off against Fayette at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Linn is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.