The Riverside-Durham Pirates lost against the Southern Durham Spartans back in November of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. Riverside-Durham was the victim of a rough 76-53 loss at the hands of Southern Durham. Riverside-Durham was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 39-17.
Despite the loss, Riverside-Durham still got an impressive performance from Corey Hairston jr., who scored 22 points. Hairston jr. scored a full 41.5% of Riverside-Durham's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Robert Mc'Donald, who scored 8 points along with 6 rebounds.
Riverside-Durham now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Southern Durham, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
Riverside-Durham will head out on the road to face off against Cleveland at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Cleveland's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season. As for Southern Durham, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Voyager at 7:00 p.m.
