Franklin Community lost against Center Grove last Saturday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs had to suffer through a 61-31 loss at the hands of the Center Grove Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Grizzly Cubs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Trojans are ranked third).
Despite the loss, Franklin Community saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Aleah Singleton earned nine points plus five rebounds.
Center Grove was led to victory by Gracyn Gilliard and Ava Grant. Gilliard dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds, while Grant went 6 for 7 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points. The dominant performance also gave Grant a new career-high in field goal percentage (78%). Emerson Vlcan was another key player, going 6 for 8 en route to 12 points.
Franklin Community's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Center Grove, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
Franklin Community will be playing in front of their home fans against Decatur Central at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Center Grove, they and Danville are set to duel on Saturday. Center Grove is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.3 points per game this season.
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