The Northern Durham Knights's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their 17th straight defeat. They had to suffer through a rough 62-11 loss at the hands of Jordan. While losing is never fun, Northern Durham can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 542nd, while Jordan is ranked 213th).
Several Knights players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Joy Brown, who scored six points along with six rebounds and four steals. That was a full 54.5% of Northern Durham's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Victoria Holden was another key contributor, scoring no points along with six rebounds and six blocks.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Northern Durham struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Jordan posted 15 assists.
Leading Jordan to victory were Valerie-Ange Batta and Olivia Yancey. Batta scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals, while Yancey scored 19 points along with four steals. Batta hasn't dropped below two steals for seven straight games. Another player making a difference was Mya Smith, who scored nine points.
Northern Durham's defeat was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-17. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 17.0 points per game. As for Jordan, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-9.
Northern Durham will be playing at home against Cristo Rey Research Triangle at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Northern Durham comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 13 points in their last three games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse. As for Jordan, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Hillside at 5:30 p.m. Hillside is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 56.9 points per game this season.
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