Basketball Recap: Hillside Skates Past Riverside-Durham with Ease

By Team Reports Feb 19, 2025, 4:34pm

Basketball Recap: Hillside Hornets vs. Riverside-Durham Pirates

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Previous Games

02/17/25 - Home55-15 W
01/31/25 - Away52-23 W
01/27/25 - Home35-29 W
02/02/24 - Home59-11 W
01/12/24 - Away55-15 W
+ 5 more games

After only 23 points in their last matchup, Hillside made sure to put some points up on the board against Riverside-Durham on Monday. The Hillside Hornets took their game with ease, bagging a 55-15 win over the Riverside-Durham Pirates. The Hornets pushed the score to 39-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates had no chance of recovering from.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hillside to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mckenzy Green, who went 6-for-10 to rack up 18 points along with seven boards and four steals. What's more, Green also posted a 60% shooting accuracy, which is the highest she's achieved since back in January of 2024. Kynnedy Roberts was another key player, going 6-for-11 en route to 16 points and three steals.

Hillside smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in eight consecutive contests.

Hillside has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-15 record this season. As for Riverside-Durham, they dropped their record down to 5-18 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road.

Hillside wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 66-35 loss against Chapel Hill on the 18th. Riverside-Durham does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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