Preview: Linn Wildcats vs. Osage Indians
The Linn Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Osage Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Linn is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Linn pushed their score all the way to 56 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 61-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of Russellville. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), Linn still had to take the loss.
Linn's defeat came about despite a quality game from Kiana Hostetler, who scored 17 points along with six assists and four blocks. Another player making a difference was Vivien Baker, who scored ten points along with eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Osage's good fortune finally ran out two weeks ago. They were dealt a 61-31 defeat at the hands of Skyline. While losing is never fun, Osage can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 51st, while Skyline is ranked tenth).
Linn's loss dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Osage, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-3.
Linn came up short against Osage in their previous matchup back in January of 2023, falling 44-38. Can Linn avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
