Basketball Recap: Riverside-Durham Comes Up Short

With Riverside-Durham's effective field goal percentage at 100% and East Chapel Hill's at 23% on Tuesday, the final result was to be expected on Tuesday. The Riverside-Durham Pirates fell just short of the East Chapel Hill Wildcats by a score of 35-33. The Pirates have struggled against the Wildcats recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.

Despite the loss, Riverside-Durham saw an underclassman step up: freshman Au'Nehstii Hagans made all 7 shots she took to post 16 points. That was a full 48.5% of Riverside-Durham's points, marking the fourth time in a row Hagans has posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Camari Woods, who earned six points.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Chapel Hill to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lauren Steiner, who had 12 points in addition to six assists and six rebounds. Those six assists gave Steiner a new career-high. Evelyn Drecktrah was another key player, putting up six points and 11 boards.

Riverside-Durham's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for East Chapel Hill, their record is now 8-15.

Riverside-Durham has already played their next match, a 31-23 loss against Northern Durham on the 13th. As for East Chapel Hill, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 61-19 defeat against Chapel Hill on the 14th.