The Jennings County Panthers were the 75-49 winner over the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs when they last played one another back in February of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Jennings County fell 64-53 to Franklin Community on Friday. While losing is never fun, Jennings County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 114th, while Franklin Community is ranked 27th).
When it comes to explaining why Jennings County lost, one person who can't be blamed is Carter Kent. Despite the final result, he scored 20 points along with five rebounds. Kent hasn't dropped below 15 points for 20 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Sigler, who scored 11 points along with two steals.
Franklin Community was led to victory by Micah Davis and Grant Hunter. Davis scored 19 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while Hunter 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. Another player making a difference was Elijah Zahm, who scored four points along with five rebounds.
Jennings County has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-13 record this season. As for Franklin Community, their victory bumped their record up to 16-4.
Jennings County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Franklin Community also has no future games currently scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
