Milford is 0-10 against Franklin since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Milford Scarlet Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Franklin Panthers at 6:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, Milford came up short against Taunton and fell 72-62. While losing is never fun, Milford can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 126th, while Taunton is ranked 41st).
Despite the loss, Milford had strong showings from CJ Farrell, who scored 25 points along with eight rebounds, and Andrew Rivera, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 15 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Farrell has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Ballard, who scored seven points.
Meanwhile, Franklin had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.8 points), and they went ahead and made it 14 on Wednesday. They snuck past Attleboro with a 71-66 win.
This is the second loss in a row for Milford and nudges their season record down to 9-10. As for Franklin, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-1.
Milford took a serious blow against Franklin when the teams last played back in January, falling 81-53. Can Milford avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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