Tipton fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Lincoln on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 59-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lincoln Cardinals. While losing is never fun, Tipton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 374th, while Lincoln is ranked 100th).
Despite the loss, Tipton still got an impressive performance from Ben Bestgen, who posted 29 points and three steals. Bestgen continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Cashman, who put up 11 points and seven rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Tipton and nudges their season record down to 3-8. As for Lincoln, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Tipton Cardinals take on the Warsaw Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Warsaw is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.8 points per game this season. As for Lincoln, they will face off against Bunceton at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
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