Northern Durham is 1-9 against Riverside-Durham since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Northern Durham Knights just played last night, but they'll still head out to face the Riverside-Durham Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on February 16th. Northern Durham is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses.
On Thursday, everything went Northern Durham's way against Cristo Rey Research Triangle as Northern Durham made off with a 46-26 win. The victory was just what Northern Durham needed coming off of a 62-11 loss in their prior matchup.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Durham's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fourth straight loss. They took a 46-28 bruising from East Chapel Hill. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Riverside-Durham in their matchups with East Chapel Hill: they've now lost four in a row.
Northern Durham's win ended a ten-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-17. As for Riverside-Durham, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-19 record this season.
Northern Durham came up short against Riverside-Durham in their previous meeting back in January, falling 41-34. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Riverside-Durham's Jasmine Chapman, who almost dropped a triple-double on 22 points, 12 rebounds, and nine steals. Now that Northern Durham knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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