East Chapel Hill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They received a blow as they fell 70-55 to the Riverside-Durham Pirates. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Pirates this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 66-61 last Monday.
Makai Rhodes
| 02/11/25 @ Riverside-Durham | 17 |
| 02/10/25 @ Jordan | 15 |
| 02/07/25 @ Hillside | 15 |
| 02/03/25 vs Riverside-Durham | 21 |
| 01/31/25 vs Northern Durham | 19 |
| 01/27/25 @ Northern Durham | 15 |
When it comes to explaining why East Chapel Hill lost, don't look at Makai Rhodes. Despite the final result, he went 7-for-14 en route to 17 points and six boards. Rhodes' evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Samuel Smith, who went 5-for-9 on his way to 10 points and seven rebounds.
Even though they lost, East Chapel Hill was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. This was only their 12th loss (out of 17 games) when they've passed the ball that well.
Riverside-Durham got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Elijah Taylor out in front who went 6-for-12 to rack up 19 points. The dominant performance also gave Taylor a new career-high in blocks (two). Noam Cohen was another key player, putting up eight points in addition to five boards and three steals.
East Chapel Hill's loss dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Riverside-Durham, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-15 record this season.
Coming up, a feisty cat fight will be fought as the Wildcats take on the Tigers at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Chapel Hill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season. As for Riverside-Durham, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 74-57 win against Northern Durham on the 13th.
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