Franklin has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Indian Trail Hawks at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Franklin pushed their score all the way to 69 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Sun Prairie East by a score of 71-69. While losing is never fun, Franklin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 218th, while Sun Prairie East is ranked 67th).
Indian Trail has not done well against Franklin recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Indian Trail came out on top in a nail-biter against Franklin and snuck past 50-47.
Mj Stackhouse was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 25 points and 15 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Indian Trail's points. Another player making a difference was Jack Zeller, who scored nine points.
Franklin's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Indian Trail, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
Franklin couldn't quite finish off Indian Trail in their previous meeting on Thursday and fell 50-47. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stackhouse, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 15 rebounds. Now that Franklin 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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