The Ninety Six Wildcats will face off against the Emerald Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Ninety Six will be strutting in after a win while Emerald will be coming in after a loss.
If Ninety Six beats Emerald with 58 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Ninety Six sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 58-56 victory over Calhoun Falls Charter on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 71 points the game before, Emerald was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They had to suffer through a 60-30 loss at the hands of Greenwood. The match marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Ninety Six's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-1. As for Emerald, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Ninety Six came up short against Emerald when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 61-54. Can Ninety Six avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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