Basketball Recap: NCSSM: Durham Makes It Seven in a Row at Home

Ethann Burkett

Points

02/18/25 vs Wake Prep Academy	34
02/17/25 vs Falls Lake	19
02/14/25 @ Research Triangle	16

NCSSM: Durham had won six straight home games and Ethann Burkett did his part to make it seven on Tuesday. The NCSSM: Durham Unicorns came out on top against the Wake Prep Academy Guardians by a score of 68-60 for which the team can thank Burkett, who went 11-for-17 to rack up 34 points. The game was his third in a row with at least 16 points.

The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Peng, who went 5-for-7 on his way to 14 points and six assists. Thanks to that strong game, he now owns an excellent 45.3% field goal percentage.

Several Guardians players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Josh Bracey, who went 8-for-13 en route to 18 points in addition to five assists and five boards. The dominant performance also gave Bracey a new career-high in shooting accuracy (62%). Myles Petersen was another key player, almost dropping a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.

NCSSM: Durham is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points over those games. Wake Prep Academy's loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-4.

NCSSM: Durham wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, an 86-51 defeat against Franklin Academy on the 22nd. As for Wake Prep Academy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 65-43 win against Excelsior Classical Academy on the 25th.