Basketball Game Preview: Chapel Hill Tigers vs. Northern Durham Knights

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Previous Games

01/17/25 - Away	59-5 W
02/09/24 - Away	81-13 W
01/19/24 - Home	98-5 W
02/03/23 - Home	69-16 W
12/07/22 - Away	70-26 W
+ 5 more games

Chapel Hill is 10-0 against Northern Durham since February of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Chapel Hill Tigers will look to defend their home court against the Northern Durham Knights at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chapel Hill has nine straight wins, Northern Durham has 15 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Chapel Hill is returning to their home court after beating Jordan on theirs, despite the fact Jordan has dominated at home this season. Chapel Hill put the hurt on Jordan with a sharp 57-35 victory on Wednesday. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matches by 21 points or more this season.

The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Dezariyah Clark and Olivia Yancey. Clark had a solid game and posted nine points and three steals. Meanwhile, Yancey did her best for the losing side, putting up eight points.

Meanwhile, Northern Durham played a tough game on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were beaten by Hillside 53-21. The Knights were down 37-15 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.

Chapel Hill has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.5 points per game. As for Northern Durham, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13.

Everything came up roses for Chapel Hill against Northern Durham in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 59-5 win. In that matchup, Chapel Hill amassed a halftime lead of 45-2, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.