Northern Durham hasn't had much luck against Chapel Hill recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Northern Durham Knights will face off against the Chapel Hill Tigers at 6:30 p.m.
Northern Durham is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 15th straight game dating back to last season on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 53-21 loss at the hands of Hillside. The Knights were down 37-15 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill came tearing into Wednesday's game with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 57-35 margin over the Falcons. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Falcons are ranked 138th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Dezariyah Clark and Olivia Yancey. Clark had a solid game and posted nine points and three steals. Meanwhile, Yancey did her best for the losing side, putting up eight points.
Chapel Hill is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.5 points per game. As for Northern Durham, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13.
Northern Durham was taken down by Chapel Hill 59-5 when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chapel Hill's Scarlett Gilner, who went 7 for 13 on her way to 15 points in addition to seven steals and six rebounds. 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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