East Chapel Hill hasn't had much luck against Jordan recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The East Chapel Hill Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Jordan Falcons at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
East Chapel Hill is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Hillside on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. East Chapel Hill lost 83-63 to Hillside. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 362nd, while the Hornets are ranked 151st).
Meanwhile, Jordan entered their tilt with Riverside-Durham on Friday with 11 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 12. They claimed a resounding 70-42 victory over the Pirates. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 22 points or more this season.
Jordan's win came from a few key players East Chapel Hill will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Rivers Knight, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine boards. He has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 17 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Lowe, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 20 points.
Jordan smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive board total in three consecutive games.
Jordan pushed their record up to 19-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.8 points over those games. As for East Chapel Hill, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-14.
East Chapel Hill took a serious blow against Jordan in their previous meeting back in January, falling 75-48. Can East Chapel Hill avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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