Luther suffered their closest loss since February 24, 2024 on Monday. They fell just short of the Frontier Mustangs by a score of 52-50. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Mustangs are ranked 24th).
01/13/25 vs Frontier | 15 |
01/10/25 vs Oklahoma Christian Academy | 9 |
01/08/25 vs Pawhuska | 7 |
01/07/25 vs Casady | 8 |
12/20/24 vs Oklahoma Christian | 6 |
When it comes to explaining why Luther lost, don't look at Gavin Milligan. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 31 points and 15 boards. With that strong performance, Milligan is now averaging an impressive 8.1 rebounds per game. Another player making a difference was AJ Hattenhauer, who posted six points and seven boards.
With the defeat, Luther broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-5. As for Frontier, the win was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-1.
Luther wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 36-32 loss against Community Christian on the 14th. As for Frontier, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, an 88-41 victory against Tonkawa on the 14th.
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