A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Franklin County Wildcats take on the Jennings County Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Franklin County's tournament run continued when they took on Pike Central on Saturday. Franklin County came out on top against Pike Central by a score of 56-44.
Isaiah Kemp had an outrageously good game as he went 11 for 19 on his way to 28 points and eight rebounds. Brady Foster was another key player, putting up eight points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Jennings County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took an 84-73 hit to the loss column at the hands of Castle. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (55), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Franklin County will have to contain Carter Kent as he made an impact in Jennings County's last game. He went 12 of 23 on his way to 30 points in addition to eight rebounds and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Davis, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 12 points and five rebounds.
Jennings County's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Franklin County, their victory bumped their record up to 3-6.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Franklin County has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 22.1 boards per game. However, it's not like Jennings County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24.4 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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