The Felicity-Franklin Cardinals struggled with three-point shooting accuracy on Tuesday (the Clermont Northeastern Rockets were 23% better) and sadly the final score reflected it. Felicity-Franklin suffered a rough 61-35 defeat at the hands of Clermont Northeastern. Felicity-Franklin has not had much luck with Clermont Northeastern recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
When it comes to explaining why Felicity-Franklin lost, one person who can't be blamed is Jace Blackburn. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on ten points and 13 rebounds.
Leading Clermont Northeastern to victory were Connor Yeager and Symon Mattes. Yeager dropped a double-double on 13 points and 17 rebounds, while Mattes scored 25 points along with five rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Mattes has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Brady Schmidt, who scored eight points.
Felicity-Franklin has been struggling recently, as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-8 record this season. As for Clermont Northeastern, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-5.
Felicity-Franklin will head out on the road to face off against Blanchester at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Blanchester is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak. As for Clermont Northeastern, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against East Clinton at 7:00 p.m. East Clinton will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 750th, while Clermont Northeastern is ranked 277th).
