Northern Durham is 0-10 against Chapel Hill since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Northern Durham Knights will look to defend their home court against the Chapel Hill Tigers at 6:30 p.m. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Northern Durham has struggled recently with 15 losses in a row, while Chapel Hill will arrive with nine straight wins.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 68-12, which was the final score in Northern Durham's tilt against Hillside on Tuesday. Northern Durham was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-6.
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 73-22 victory over Riverside-Durham at home. With Chapel Hill ahead 44-10 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Chapel Hill to victory, but perhaps none more so than Eva Smith, who scored ten points along with six rebounds and three steals. Laynie Smith was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with two blocks.
Northern Durham dropped their record down to 2-15 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 18.0 points per game. As for Chapel Hill, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
Northern Durham was taken down by Chapel Hill 98-5 when the teams last played back in January. The match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Northern Durham was down 59-2.
