Preview: Franklin Learning Center Bobcats vs. Parkway Center City Bulldogs
Franklin Learning Center is 2-7 against Parkway Center City since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Franklin Learning Center Bobcats will be playing at home against the Parkway Center City Bulldogs at 3:15 p.m. Hopefully Franklin Learning Center focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Franklin Learning Center was the victim of a rough 69-49 loss at the hands of Nueva Esperanza. Franklin Learning Center has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Franklin Learning Center saw an underclassman step up: Kadeem Martin scored 15 points along with 4 blocks. Martin scored a full 30.6% of Franklin Learning Center's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Keymir Hargrove, who scored 10 points.
Meanwhile, Parkway Center City strolled past South Philadelphia with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 56-41.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Parkway Center City to victory, but perhaps none more so than Israel Mckinley, who scored 19 points along with 5 steals. The contest was Mckinley's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden McKnight, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds.
The losses dropped Franklin Learning Center to 0-2 and Nueva Esperanza to 1-1.
Franklin Learning Center came up short against Parkway Center City when the teams last played back in February, falling 65-61. Thankfully for Franklin Learning Center, Saleem Scott (who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
