Franklin Matters: FHS basketball results; girls post win, boys lose tight game to Taunton

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

FHS basketball results; girls post win, boys lose tight game to Taunton

The FHS boys basketball team dropped a tight game against Taunton while the girls team won on Monday night. The results courtesy of Hockomock Sports.

Boys Basketball

Taunton, 57 @ Franklin, 53 – Final

– Taunton outscored Franklin 20-10 in the final quarter to secure the win. Five different players scored in double figures for Taunton: Quan Roberson had 14 points, Tommy MacLean had 11 points, four rebounds and seven assists, Carlos Borrero had 11 points and five assists, Dominique Smith had 11 points and six rebounds and Jose Mercado had 10 points and eight rebounds. Franklin’s Tim Prunier had 15 points and four assists, sophomore Connor Peterson had 11 points and Kevin Gill had 10 points for the Panthers.

FHS Panthers

Girls Basketball

Franklin, 50 @ Taunton, 32 – Final

– Lauren Rudolph was the top scorer for the Panthers with 15 points and Carli Koffinke added 11 for Franklin.

For all the results around the Hockomock League on Monday
http://www.hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-010416/

Ryan Lanigan, Editor-in-Chief of Hockomock Sports, provides an in-depth report on the boys game against Taunton:

With a two point lead and just under a minute to play, Taunton head coach Charlie Dacey called a timeout. With the inbounds coming just over half court, the Tigers tried to run a double screen to get junior Tommy MacLean an open look but Franklin covered it perfectly.

Instead, senior point guard Carlos Borrero took off to the basket, drew a defender and used a perfect bounce pass to hit Dominique Smith for an easy bucket to extend the lead to four with just 40 seconds to play.