It was a good run, but the Franklin-Simpson Wildcats unfortunately witnessed the end of their 16-game winning streak on Sunday. They fell 70-61 to Boyd County. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was LaReesha Cawthorn, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. Cawthorn hasn't dropped below two steals for eight straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Kloie Smith, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds.
Franklin-Simpson's defeat dropped their record down to 16-1. As for Boyd County, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-4.
Franklin-Simpson will look to defend their home court on Friday against Logan County at 6:00 p.m. Logan County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Kentucky Rankings (they are ranked 84th, while Franklin-Simpson is ranked third). Boyd County on the road again on Thursday and play against Blazer at 7:30 p.m. on January 18th. One thing working in Blazer's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last three contests.
