Northern Durham and East Chapel Hill are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Northern Durham Knights will be playing at home against the East Chapel Hill Wildcats at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Northern Durham came up short against Person and fell 65-52. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 359th, while the Rockets are ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, East Chapel Hill was beaten by Broughton 85-52 on Tuesday. The Wildcats were down 65-44 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Northern Durham's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-8. As for East Chapel Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
Northern Durham came up short against East Chapel Hill in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 56-52. Thankfully for Northern Durham, Isaiah Styron (who went 6 of 12 en route to 28 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
