Preview: East Chapel Hill Wildcats vs. Chapel Hill Tigers
East Chapel Hill has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Chapel Hill Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Chapel Hill will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while Chapel Hill is ranked 75th).
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but East Chapel Hill ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They managed a 50-45 victory over Riverside-Durham.
Chapel Hill has not done well against Hillside recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Chapel Hill walked away with a 52-42 victory over Hillside. The win made it back-to-back wins for Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Franklin Johnson led the charge by scoring 16 points along with eight rebounds. Another player making a difference was David Mirikwe, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds.
East Chapel Hill has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-13 record this season. Chapel Hill's record now sits at 17-6.
East Chapel Hill came up short against Chapel Hill in their previous matchup back in January, falling 52-42. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mirikwe, who scored 26 points along with six rebounds and four steals. Now that East Chapel Hill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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