
VERSAILLES – The Versailles Tigers defeated the Franklin Monroe Jets 58-41 in Saturday’s non-conference varsity boys basketball.
“Our guys are pretty confident in themselves, and we were able to put that on display today,” said Versailles coach Travis Swank. “This is a quality win for us; we’re happy to get out of here with a win.”

Versailles doubled up on the visiting Jets 16-8 in taking the opening quarter, with Drake Ahrens and Jace Watren pacing the Tigers with five points apiece.
Franklin Monroe battled back in the second period, outscoring the Tigers 11-7 before a Watren 3-pointer at the buzzer made it an 11-10 Jets second led by five EB Fall points, sending the game to the break with Versailles holding a 26-19 advantage.

The Tigers put 17 points on the third quarter board to Franklin Monroe’s 14 points, giving Versailles a double-digit 43-33 lead with three periods in the book.
Versailles took advantage of the fourth-quarter free throw line, going 7-8 and outscoring Franklin Monroe 15-8 to earn a 17-point home win.

“Late game situation, we were able to spread, and either they had to come and foul us, or we were able to get some wide-open layups,” Swank stated. “With our guards, it’s hard to chase us, so we’ll either get a lay-up, or you’ll have to come and foul us. We feel confident with our kids coming to the line, and they were able to hit tonight.”
Ahrens and Watren led Versailles and all scorers with a game-high 18 points each.
With the win, Versailles improved to 10-2 while Franklin Monroe went to 11-2 in the season.
BOXSCORE:
VERSAILLES 58, FRANKLIN MONROE 41
VERSAILLES – D. Ahrens 18, J. Watren 18, E. WIlker 12, B. Monnin 6, C. Bergman 2, J. Borchers 2 – TOTALS 20 12-16 2 58
FRANKLIN MONROE – EB Fall 15, B. Denlinger 10, L. Brenner 7, B. Riffle 6, T. Riffle 3 – TOTALS 15 5-8 2 41
3-POINTERS
Versailles 2 (J. Watren 2)
Franklin Monroe 2 (L. Brenner 1, EB Fall 1)
SCORE by QUARTERS
16-10-17-15 58 Versailles
08-11-14-08 41 Franklin Monroe
