The Whiteland Warriors suffered their closest defeat yet this season on Friday. They fell just short of Franklin Community by a score of 58-55. While losing is never fun, Whiteland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while Franklin Community is ranked tenth).
Several Warriors players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jaskirat Banwait, who scored 12 points along with six rebounds and five assists. Another player making a difference was Wiatt Mclaughlin, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds.
It was another big night for Micah Davis, who scored 36 points along with three steals for Franklin Community. Davis has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last seven times he's played. Kolt Nelson was another key contributor, scoring four points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Whiteland and nudges their season record down to 10-7. As for Franklin Community, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2.
Whiteland will take on Mooresville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Mooresville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Saturday. Franklin Community won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against New Palestine at 7:30 p.m. on January 20th. New Palestine is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.
