Basketball Recap: Durham Academy Cavaliers vs. South Wake Sabres
Durham Academy posted their biggest win since January 26th on Tuesday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 90-62 victory over the South Wake Sabres. The Cavaliers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Sabres, too.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Durham Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Quin Frasher, who went 10 for 11 en route to 26 points. The matchup was Frasher's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Joe Ruth, who went 7 for 12 en route to 19 points.
Durham Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Wake only racked up 15.
Despite the loss, South Wake saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Thomas Williams went 6 for 8 en route to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Wright, who posted 11 points plus two steals.
Durham Academy now has a winning record of 2-1. As for South Wake, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-2.
Durham Academy has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome East Chapel Hill at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Durham Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully East Chapel Hill likes a good challenge. As for South Wake, their road trip will continue as they head out to face Fayetteville O at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. South Wake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 69.8 points per game this season.
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