Jackson Leads Franklin County Victory Over Lady Wildcats
by Mike McGee [Photos]
  Not that they want to seem unappreciative, but if you were planning on buying the Tullahoma Lady Wildcats a Dana Jackson bobble head doll for Christmas, they’d probably rather you didn’t—they saw all they want to see of the Franklin County Rebelette senior Tuesday night at the THS gym.
Danae Thornburg looks the floor over during Tuesday night's game.
  Jackson had her way with the Lady Cats as she scored 28 of her team’s 54 points and led a dominating performance that ended in a 54-32 win.
  The Lady Cats managed to keep it close for one period (14-10) in spite of Jackson’s seven points. Emily Gilbert spurred the Tullahoma effort in the first with a pair of early three-pointers. But, Jackson, a North Alabama signee, added seven more in the second period as Franklin County worked its way to a 25-14 half-time advantage that would only grow in the second half.
  The Lady Wildcats had trouble dealing with Franklin County’s defense the entire night, and those problems seemed to grow in the second half. Jackson, meanwhile, added 14 more points to her tally before taking a seat midway through the fourth quarter, and Caitlin Cunningham stepped up her offensive game in the second half with eight points.
  Gilbert led Tullahoma with 11 points, and sophomore Danae Thornburg added nine, but overall, the Lady Cat offense was never in synch, and they never came up with a defensive answer for Jackson, who drove around them and shot over them at will.
  The loss drops the Lady Wildcats to 2-7 overall and 0-2 in district play while the Rebelettes move to 9-0 overall and 2-0 in district action. Tullahoma has another tough task ahead Friday night with a trip to Columbia. Franklin County faces what could be a barn-burner at Lincoln County, a team that lost by only three to perennial district power Shelbyville Tuesday night.

Lady Wildcats (32) Danae Thornburg, 9; Emily Gilbert, 11; Katlin Buchanan, 5; Jenna Larson, 2; Kristen Vance, 4; Desiree Seay, 1.
Franklin County (54) Julia Zimmerman, 12; Burnette, 2; Dana Jackson, 28; Caitlin Cunningham, 12.

Three Pointers:
Lady Wildcats 3 (Emily Gilbert, 2; Katlin Buchanan, 1)
Franklin County 4 (Zimmerman, 2; Jackson, 2)

Free Throws:
Lady Wildcats 7 of 10
Franklin County 12 for 15