Recap: Riverside-Durham Pirates vs. Northern Durham Knights
The Riverside-Durham Pirates's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to the East Chapel Hill Wildcats on Friday. Riverside-Durham strolled past Northern Durham with points to spare, taking the game 70-55. Given Riverside-Durham's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Northern Durham is ranked 266th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Riverside-Durham was led to victory by Mekhi Sneed and Corey Hairston Jr.. Sneed scored 16 points along with two steals, while Hairston Jr. scored 19 points along with five rebounds. It was the first time this season that Sneed scored 15 or more points. Another player making a difference was Robert Mc'Donald, who scored seven points.
Riverside-Durham pushed their record up to 16-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Northern Durham, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-15.
Riverside-Durham does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Northern Durham also has no future games currently scheduled.
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