Basketball Recap: Grady Coyle's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Union County over Franklin County

Union County was the 44-42 winner over Franklin County when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Union County Patriots took a hard 49-32 fall against the Franklin County Wildcats on Wednesday. The match marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Union County lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Grady Coyle, who went 6 of 13 en route to 12 points and six rebounds. Aidan Vauthier also deserves some recognition as he scored his first point of the season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Franklin County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Carson Allen, who posted 13 points. The dominant performance also gave Allen a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Brady Foster, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 11 points and four steals.

This is the second loss in a row for Union County and nudges their season record down to 5-6. As for Franklin County, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-8.

Union County will head out on the road to take on Eastern Hancock at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Eastern Hancock will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Union County surely won't give up without a fight. As for Franklin County, they will welcome East Central at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Franklin County is facing East Central at the right time seeing as East Central is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.