The Riverside-Durham Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Chapel Hill Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Riverside-Durham focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Wednesday.
Last Wednesday, Riverside-Durham beat Hillside 58-45. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Riverside-Durham.
Corey Hairston Jr. and Daniel Kelleh were among the main playmakers for Riverside-Durham as the former scored 14 points along with two steals and the latter scored nine points along with six rebounds and four steals. Kelleh hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Robert Mc'Donald, who scored eight points.
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill waltzed into their game on Wednesday with three straight wins but they left with four. They took down Jordan 50-33.
It was another big night for David Mirikwe, who scored 19 points along with five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Herring, who scored 13 points.
Riverside-Durham's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-8. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Chapel Hill, their win bumped their record up to 19-6.
Riverside-Durham didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Chapel Hill in their previous matchup on February 6th, but they still walked away with a 48-42 victory. Does Riverside-Durham have another victory up their sleeve, or will Chapel Hill turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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