A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Wake Forest Cougars challenge the Chapel Hill Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday... The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Wake Forest has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Chapel Hill will arrive with three straight victories.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 65-35, which was the final score in Wake Forest's tilt against Wakefield on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Wolverines are ranked 24th).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Chapel Hill's strategy against Northern Durham on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Chapel Hill blew Northern Durham out of the water with a 59-5 final score. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 21 points or more this season.
Chapel Hill is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.2 points per game. As for Wake Forest, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Wake Forest might still be hurting after the 54-33 defeat they got from Chapel Hill when the teams last played back in December of 2019. Will Wake Forest have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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