After flying high against the Norwood-Norfolk Flyers last Thursday, the Gouverneur Wildcats came back down to earth. Gouverneur took a 60-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Franklin Academy. While losing is never fun, Gouverneur can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 501st, while Franklin Academy is ranked 226th).
Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Raine Rumble, who scored 17 points. Rumble has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last seven times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jared Donaldson, who scored 13 points.
Franklin Academy was led to victory by Garrett Osborn and Ian Mulverhill. Osborn dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds, while Mulverhill scored 21 points along with four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Mulverhill has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Bradley Poupore, who scored ten points along with two steals.
Gouverneur has not been sharp recently as the team has lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-10 record this season. As for Franklin Academy, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-4.
Gouverneur will be playing at home against Salmon River at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Salmon River is coming into the game with four straight defeats on the road, meaning Gouverneur will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory. As for Franklin Academy, they will challenge Potsdam at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Potsdam focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up six last Saturday.
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