Sharpshooting freshmen help fuel Franklin’s rise
12/21/20 10:13 PM
Their middle school games were the stuff of legend. Lopsided scores. Stranger-than-fiction stat lines. Steph Curry shooting range.
Franklin’s girls basketball freshman class arrived with a ton of fanfare, but also a lot of questions. How many of the players from that juggernaut would make the varsity? How would their skills translate against older, bigger and more seasoned players? How would the Grizzly Cub upperclassmen react to the prospect of reduced minutes?
So far, the answers have all been good; the influx of ninth-grade talent has helped Franklin win its first 10 games by an average of about 30 points apiece. Half a dozen freshmen have gotten varsity minutes at some point, but it has been the sweet-shooting duo of Scarlett Kimbrell and Lauren Klem that has truly unlocked the cheat codes for this unbeaten squad that has embraced the ideals of the modern NBA game — maximize possessions, put up a ton of shots from high-efficiency spots and make as many of them as possible.