Basketball Recap: Durham School of the Arts Takes a Loss

Durham School of the Arts was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 66-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vance County Vipers. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bulldogs this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 66-51 back in January.

Craig Griffin

Points (Career)

02/07/25 vs Vance County	19
01/17/25 @ Vance County	16
11/14/24 vs Research Triangle	12
01/27/25 vs South Granville	11
01/31/25 vs Southern School of Energy and Sustainability	9

When it comes to explaining why Durham School of the Arts lost, don't look at Craig Griffin. Despite the final result, he went 7 for 17 to rack up 19 points and seven steals. The dominant performance gave Griffin a new career-high in points. Kingston Roberts was another key player, putting up ten points.

Durham School of the Arts' loss dropped their record down to 3-19. As for Vance County, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-15.

Durham School of the Arts and Vance County could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings. Durham School of the Arts will square off against J.F. Webb at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday down 295 places (580 vs. 285). Meanwhile, Vance County (ranked 508th) will meet Southern School of Energy and Sustainability (ranked 30th) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.