Having just played yesterday, the Franklin Quakers will get right back to it and host the Ballard Beavers at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Franklin knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten contests -- so hopefully Ballard likes a good challenge.
Franklin is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest loss since February 6, 2024 on Friday. They were dealt a 95-62 defeat at the hands of Garfield. While losing is never fun, the Quakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Ballard had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 points) and they went ahead and made it three last Friday. They walked away with a 61-51 victory over the Cardinals.
Ballard is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.0 points per game. As for Franklin, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4.
Franklin came up short against Ballard when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 57-53. Will Franklin have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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