Basketball Preview: Durham Academy Cavaliers vs. South Wake Sabres
The Durham Academy Cavaliers will host the South Wake Sabres at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Durham Academy focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 18 on Friday.
Last Friday, Durham Academy ended up a good deal behind Wesleyan Christian Academy and lost 71-56. The Cavaliers haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Loss or not, Durham Academy got some senior leadership from Quin Frasher and JJ Wilcox. Frasher went 6 for 10 en route to 16 points, while Wilcox had 12 points. What's more, Frasher also posted a 67% three-point shooting accuracy, which is the highest he's posted since back in January. Another player making a difference was Joshua Dorsette II, who scored nine points.
Meanwhile, South Wake's undefeated season came to an end after four games on Saturday. They took a 64-50 bruising from Cathedral Academy. The contest marked the Sabres' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Despite the defeat, South Wake got top-tier performance from Noah Wright, who shot 7-for-10 from beyond the arc and almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. The game was Wright's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lawson Jurgens, who posted nine points plus six rebounds.
Having lost for the first time this season, South Wake fell to 4-1. As for Durham Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Durham Academy skirted past South Wake 70-67 in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Does Durham Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Wake turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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