Basketball Recap: Osceola Sets Scoring Season-High Against Dorchester

Bulldogs

Team Score

01/25/25 vs Dorchester	76
12/30/24 vs Mead	70
01/11/25 @ Hampton	69
01/16/25 @ Harvard	67
01/17/25 vs Santee	65

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Osceola). They breezed by the Dorchester Longhorns to the tune of 76-27 on Saturday. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 20 points or more this season.

Osceola's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Boston Hinkle led the charge by going 5 of 10 on his way to 14 points along with six assists and five steals. Those six assists gave Hinkle a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kelby Neujahr, who went 6 for 8 en route to 13 points in addition to six boards and three steals.

Hinkle wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Osceola was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dorchester only posted seven assists.

Despite the defeat, Dorchester had strong showings from Thor Nerud, who posted 11 points, and Owen Vyhnalek, who had eight points and three steals.

Osceola has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Dorchester, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14.

When Osceola and Dorchester next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Osceola will square off against High Plains and their six-game winning streak at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Osceola is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road. Meanwhile, Dorchester will try to stop College View Academy's six-game winning streak when the meet at 7:00 p.m. on February 4th. Osceola is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.9 points per game this season.