Batesburg-Leesville won the last time they faced Pelion and things went their way on Friday too. The Batesburg-Leesville Panthers walked away with a 57-48 win over the Pelion Panthers. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Batesburg-Leesville.
| 01/24/25 vs Pelion | 2 |
| 01/17/25 vs Ninety Six | 4 |
| 01/14/25 @ Strom Thurmond | 4 |
Batesburg-Leesville was led to victory by Braylen Davis and Ta'Maj Gilliam. Davis went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc en route to 25 points, while Gilliam went 6 of 15 on his way to 18 points. Davis has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was KD Whitt, who posted six points in addition to six assists and six rebounds.
Batesburg-Leesville was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pelion only racked up 11 assists.
Despite the loss, Pelion still got an impressive performance from Kolton Rogers, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 14 boards. Those 21 points gave Rogers a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden Moore, who scored six points and three steals.
Batesburg-Leesville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.2 points per game. As for Pelion, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-4.
Coincidentally, Batesburg-Leesville and Pelion will both be playing American Leadership Academy the next time they take the court. Batesburg-Leesville will head out to face American Leadership Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, while Pelion will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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