<b></b>In a girls’ basketball game, host Whale Branch beat Bluffton 44-36.

Jonae Riley scored a game-high 22 points to lead Whale Branch past Bluffton 44-36 in a girls’ high school basketball game on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Following Riley in the Whale Branch scoring column, Nichole Smalls added seven points for the Warriors. Tianna Donaldson paced Bluffton with 10 points. Donaldson was the only Bluffton scorer to reach double figures in the early-season contest.