The Franklin Wildcats will be playing at home against the Oakwood Lumberjacks at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, Franklin earned a 59-47 victory over Dixie. Given Franklin's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while Dixie is ranked 527th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kai Cook continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 22 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. He is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 19 or more in the last 12 games he's played. Lincoln Clark was another key contributor, scoring five points along with two steals and two blocks.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Oakwood's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 87-70 bruising from Brookville. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (61), Oakwood still had to take the loss.
Franklin is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Oakwood, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-4.
Franklin was taken down by Oakwood 81-53 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can Franklin avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
