Northern Durham is 0-10 against Hillside since January of 2019 but things could change on Tuesday. Having just played yesterday, the Northern Durham Knights will get right back to it and host the Hillside Hornets at 6:30 p.m.
Northern Durham is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 14th straight game dating back to last season on Monday. They took a blow against Jordan, falling 56-11. 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 609th, while the Falcons are ranked 121st).
Meanwhile, Hillside entered their tilt with Riverside-Durham on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Pirates 52-23. The Hornets pushed the score to 38-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates had little chance of recovering from.
Northern Durham better focus on containing Mckenzy Green and Jayla Smith as the pair were huge in Hillside's win. Green went 6 for 11 on her way to 18 points in addition to five boards and three steals, while Smith posted nine points. The game was Green's fourth in a row with at least ten points.
Hillside smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in three consecutive matchups.
Hillside's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-13. As for Northern Durham, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12.
Northern Durham took a serious blow against Hillside in their previous matchup on Wednesday, falling 56-18. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Northern Durham was down 35-5.
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