Basketball Recap: Franklin Puts Losing Streak Behind Them

Flyers

Team Score

02/03/25 vs Harvard	60
12/12/24 vs Harvard	51
01/31/25 vs Wilcox-Hildreth	44
01/14/25 @ Heartland Lutheran	35
12/27/24 @ Arapahoe	33

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Franklin). They blew past the Harvard Cardinals, posting a 60-22 win. The victory was some much needed relief for the Flyers as it spelled an end to their 13-game losing streak.

Eldon Haack continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 21 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Franklin's points. Another player making a difference was Caiden Peterman, who posted nine points in addition to seven assists and six rebounds.

Franklin was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Harvard only posted four assists.

Franklin's win bumped their record up to 2-15. As for Harvard, they are on a 20-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-19.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Franklin will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Elba at 7:00 p.m. on February 13th. Harvard has already played their next match (against Lawrence-Nelson), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.