Basketball Recap: Ninety Six Continues Home Dominance on Tuesday

Ninety Six had won three straight home games and Janiyah Squire did her part to make it four on Tuesday. The Ninety Six Wildcats walked away with a 61-49 victory over the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers thanks in part to Squire, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 21 rebounds. That makes it 14 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Ninety Six's points.

Kenley Collins was another key player, putting up ten points in addition to six boards and five assists. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in assists.

Ninety Six has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Batesburg-Leesville, they are on an 18-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-13.

A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Ninety Six Wildcats face off against the Saluda Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Batesburg-Leesville has already played their next contest (against Pelion), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.