Basketball Preview: Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs vs. Greensburg Pirates
The Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs will challenge the Greensburg Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Franklin Community focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 13 on Wednesday.
Franklin Community is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game dating back to last season on Wednesday. They were outmatched by Hamilton Southeastern at home and fell 69-13. The Grizzly Cubs were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-9.
Maggie Doty was Franklin Community's leading scorer, having posted four points.
Meanwhile, Greensburg was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past North Decatur 68-36. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Franklin Community's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Greensburg, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Franklin Community didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Greensburg when the teams last played back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 58-53 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Greensburg's Leah West, who went 9 for 13 en route to 26 points plus eight rebounds. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Franklin Community still be able to contain West? There's only one way to find out.
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