Basketball Game Recap: Linn County Mustangs vs. Milan Wildcats

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 10:13am

Recap: Linn County Mustangs vs. Milan Wildcats

Sadly, the Linn County Mustangs are still looking for their first win of the season after 15 contests. They were dealt a 61-19 defeat at the hands of Milan on Thursday. Linn County has not had much luck with Milan recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.

Ahmet Niasse was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds for Milan. That makes it six consecutive games in which Niasse has scored at least a third of Milan's points. Don-Divin Ngombo was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with two steals.

Linn County's defeat was their ninth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-15. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 28.0 points per game. As for Milan, their victory bumped their record up to 4-16.

Linn County will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Tina-Avalon at 7:30 p.m. Milan does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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