Lessons Learned: Rossview-Franklin
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PICTURED: Franklin team. Monday evening Franklin defeated Rossview in the Hawk gym, 75-69 (OT). What lessons did we learn? Domination Though Franklin won two Hawks of RHS clearly dominated offensively. Jacob Edwards Jacob Edwards 6'3" | SG Rossview | 2024…
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Continue ReadingPICTURED: Franklin team.
Monday evening Franklin defeated Rossview in the Hawk gym, 75-69 (OT). What lessons did we learn?
Domination
Though Franklin won two Hawks of RHS clearly dominated offensively. Jacob Edwards Jacob Edwards 6'3" | SG Rossview | 2024 State TN was great scoring 26 points (3 3’s) and senior Cam Ward Cam Ward 6'3" | PG Rossview | 2024 State TN scored 24 points along with frustrating defense. Cam is very, very, very fast with nice, long arms at 6-foot-2. He is kind of a combo guard, ranked for the last 2 years with PrepHoopsTN. Jacob is a guy that is new to me. Strong. Built like a football player, Jacob was a surprisingly accurate outside shooter (3-5 3’s) considering most hulking high school dudes simply can’t shoot. Overall, Edwards did not shoot efficiently though (6-19 FG).
For Franklin a number of players thrived, but Christian Brown Christian Brown 6'7" | SF Franklin | 2025 State TN is so obviously a man among boys out there. Brown is all of 6-foot-5, maybe taller and his shoulders make him look like he just broke out of prison, where weightlifting can be an all-day activity! Brown transformed his body in the last 1.5 years from a slinky wing to a foreboding faceup forward.
He finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds and four blocks, scoring layups with authority and a dunk here and there. Brown just was not challenged in the paint. This might occur multiple times this season, as his strength, bounce, and size are extremely rare at the high school level.
An 11-point scorer, Gil Jones (Franklin) was not dominating as much as steady. He defended the perimeter quite well and took care of the basketball. Big overtime too.
Senior Davis Long Davis Long 6'0" | PG Franklin | 2024 State TN played very well for Franklin, cutting into the lane and kicking quite a bit. Long also scored 27 points. His kicks were not always on the money, but they certainly alarmed the collapsing Rossview defense by swiftly changing the point of attack. The leadership of Davis really showed in the tense moments too.
Depth
Rossview Hawks decided to play six players virtually the entire time. They did not go to the bench much at all. Only Jay Yip and Chris..Johnson played beyond the five starters. The Hawks opened with sophomore Jiyair Rice and four seniors: Cam Ward Cam Ward 6'3" | PG Rossview | 2024 State TN , Quamond Linsey, Landon Hankemeir, Jacob Edwards Jacob Edwards 6'3" | SG Rossview | 2024 State TN .
Conversely, Franklin played ten different players to varying degrees. Guys who found some burn without starting included: Tyler Roberts Tyler Roberts 6'3" | SG Franklin Highschool | 2026 TN , Logan Brimhall Logan Brimhall 6'2" | SG Franklin | 2027 State TN , Kiran Moore, Carson Vaughn, Hayden McLarty Hayden McLarty 6'4" | SG Franklin | 2026 TN .
Overtime
Gil Jones was the star of overtime, making four of his four free throws. The senior managed to get one big layup off of a turnover in that pivotal frame. He scored 6 of his 11 points in that critical overtime period. Christian Brown Christian Brown 6'7" | SF Franklin | 2025 State TN split a pair and Davis Long Davis Long 6'0" | PG Franklin | 2024 State TN made two free throws. Rossview was obviously outscored in overtime, obvious since they lost. Not obvious that it would transpire that way. Cam Ward Cam Ward 6'3" | PG Rossview | 2024 State TN made 2-2 free throws and Jacob Edwards Jacob Edwards 6'3" | SG Rossview | 2024 State TN made 1-2. That was it.
Rossview starters*
#3 Jiyair Rice* (2026)
#5
Cam Ward
Cam
Ward
6'3" | PG
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#13 Quamond Linsey
#15
Landon Hankemeier
Landon
Hankemeier
6'4" | PF
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#22
Jacob Edwards
Jacob
Edwards
6'3" | SG
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Jay Yip
Chris.Johnson
Franklin starters*
#2
Sam Mewborn
Sam
Mewborn
6'2" | SG
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#3
Christian Brown
Christian
Brown
6'7" | SF
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#4
Davis Long
Davis
Long
6'0" | PG
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#5
Zander Johnson
Zander
Johnson
6'4" | SF
Franklin | 2025
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#30 Gil Jones*