West has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They fell 67-55 to the Franklin Wildcats on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Wolfpack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Wildcats are ranked 52nd).
Franklin was led to victory by Aiden Rollins and Benjamin Sandy. Rollins dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 boards, while Sandy went 7 for 12 en route to 19 points and six rebounds. The dominant performance gave Rollins a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandon Wasserman, who posted six points and five boards.
West's defeat dropped their record down to 15-6. As for Franklin, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
West will head out on the road to face off against Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Lincoln knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 12 matches -- so hopefully West likes a good challenge. As for Franklin, they will welcome Elk Grove at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Franklin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 74.4 points per game this season.
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