Southern Durham is 5-0 against South Granville since January of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Southern Durham Spartans will look to defend their home court against the South Granville Vikings at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Southern Durham has nine straight victories, South Granville has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Southern Durham can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 77-25 victory over Granville Central. Given Southern Durham's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while Granville Central is ranked 590th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Briana Hughes and Ashlyn Hudson were among the main playmakers for Southern Durham as the former scored 20 points along with five rebounds and the latter dropped a double-double on 14 points and 15 rebounds. Hudson hasn't dropped below ten rebounds for 11 straight games. Aliyah Herndon was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds and five steals.
While South Granville couldn't quite beat J.F. Webb on Friday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 40-point loss they were dealt last Tuesday. South Granville fell just short of J.F. Webb by a score of 29-27.
Southern Durham is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for South Granville, their loss dropped their record down to 4-11.
Everything came up roses for Southern Durham against South Granville in their previous meeting back in January as the team secured a 70-38 win. With Southern Durham ahead 44-23 at the half, the match was all but over already.