Ninety Six falls despite strong effort from Janiyah Squire

By Team Reports Feb 16, 2024, 11:04am

Recap: Ninety Six Wildcats vs. Blacksburg Wildcats

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Ninety Six Wildcats can now relate to. They suffered a tough 63-38 defeat at the hands of the Wildcats on Wednesday. Ninety Six was down 46-25 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.

Despite the loss, Ninety Six still got an impressive performance from Janiyah Squire, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 18 rebounds. Squire has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last 12 times she's played.

This is the second loss in a row for Ninety Six and nudges their season record down to 11-7. As for Blacksburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-11 record this season.

Ninety Six does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Blacksburg also has no future games currently scheduled.

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