Basketball Recap: Franklin Central Now 4-1 over Last Five Games

Worcester came into Tuesday's matchup looking for another win against Franklin Central, but Shannon Kingsbury wouldn't allow it. The Franklin Central Purple Devils simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat the Worcester Wolverines 57-30 thanks in part to Kingsbury, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 17 steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Franklin Central's points.

Riley McNamara

Points (Career)

01/07/25 vs Worcester	16
12/16/24 @ Margaretville Central	13
12/28/24 vs Margaretville Central	11
12/27/24 @ Stamford Central	10
01/03/24 vs Sharon Springs Central	9

Another player making a difference was Riley McNamara, who went 5 of 10 en route to 16 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points.

Franklin Central is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Worcester, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-4.

Franklin Central will venture away from home to take on Cherry Valley-Springfield at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Worcester, they will host Margaretville Central at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.