The Chapel Hill Tigers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Riverside-Durham Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on February 23rd. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Chapel Hill has not done well against Jordan recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Chapel Hill strolled past Jordan with points to spare, taking the game 50-33.
It was another big night for David Mirikwe, who scored 19 points along with five assists. Another player making a difference was Andrew Herring, who scored 13 points.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Durham was able to grind out a solid win over Hillside on Wednesday, taking the game 58-45. The win made it back-to-back wins for Riverside-Durham.
Riverside-Durham had a senior duo take command as Daniel Kelleh scored nine points along with six rebounds and four steals and Corey Hairston Jr. scored 14 points along with two steals. Kelleh hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. Robert Mc'Donald was another key contributor, scoring eight points.
Chapel Hill pushed their record up to 19-6 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Riverside-Durham, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.
Chapel Hill came up short against Riverside-Durham in their previous matchup on February 6th, falling 48-42. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hairston Jr., who scored 21 points. Now that Chapel Hill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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