If the Northern Durham Knights were riding high off their 50-29 takedown of the Cristo Rey Research Triangle Bulls last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Northern Durham lost to Riverside-Durham on the road by a decisive 49-33 margin on Friday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Northern Durham of the 41-34 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in January.
Despite the loss, Northern Durham saw an underclassman step up: Victoria Holden scored 17 points along with seven rebounds and four blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Joy Brown, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.
Northern Durham dropped their record down to 3-18 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Riverside-Durham, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-19.
Northern Durham will head out on the road to take on Jordan at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Jordanpresents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Northern Durham in North Carolina (Jordan is ranked 213th, while Northern Durham is ranked 542nd). As for Riverside-Durham, they will head out on the road to challenge East Chapel Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully East Chapel Hill focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 on Friday.
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