Two dominant guards in Jaskirat Banwait and Micah Davis are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Whiteland Warriors will face off against the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Whiteland's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last nine matchups.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Whiteland had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Golden Bears by a score of 63-54.
Meanwhile, Franklin Community beat Jennings County 64-53 on Friday. Given Franklin Community's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Jennings County is ranked 114th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Franklin Community can attribute much of their success to Davis, who scored 19 points along with five assists and five rebounds, and Grant Hunter, who scored 17 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. It was the first time this season that Hunter pulled down eight or more rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Zahm, who scored four points along with five rebounds.
Whiteland's victory bumped their record up to 15-10. As for Franklin Community, their victory bumped their record up to 16-4.
Whiteland couldn't quite finish off Franklin Community in their previous meeting back in January and fell 58-55. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Davis, who scored 36 points along with three steals. Now that Whiteland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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