Franklin Community and Franklin Central are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2016, but not for long. The Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Franklin Central Flashes at 7:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Franklin Community is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Greenwood to the tune of 72-32 on Friday. Given the Grizzly Cubs' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Woodmen are ranked 334th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Franklin Central hadn't done well against Ben Davis recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Franklin Central blew past Ben Davis 61-39. The Flashes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matches by 21 points or more this season.
Franklin Central's win came from a few key players Franklin Community will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Payton Duvall, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 13 boards. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in assists (five). Another player making a difference was Ashlee Baker, who went 6 of 9 on her way to 17 points and six rebounds.
Franklin Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ben Davis only posted six assists.
Franklin Central has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.3 points. As for Franklin Community, the victory got them back to even at 6-6.
Everything came up roses for Franklin Community against Franklin Central when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 67-26 win. In that contest, Franklin Community amassed a halftime lead of 50-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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