Basketball Game Preview: Southern Alamance Patriots vs. NCSSM: Durham Unicorns

The Southern Alamance Patriots will square off against the NCSSM: Durham Unicorns at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Southern Alamance is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They lost 67-42 to Eastern Alamance. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 482nd, while the Eagles are ranked 187th).

Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three matches, NCSSM: Durham finally came back down to earth on Wednesday. They took a blow against Northeast Guilford, falling 67-30. The game marked the Unicorns' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Southern Alamance will need focus on slowing down John Brown, one of several NCSSM: Durham players who made an impact when they last played. He posted four points. The dominant performance also gave Brown a new career-high in assists (four). Chris Chen was another key player, putting up five points.

Southern Alamance's loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for NCSSM: Durham, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-5 record.