Basketball Recap: Durham Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Clinton

Cavaliers

Team Score

12/27/24 vs Clinton	92
11/19/24 vs South Wake	90
11/13/24 @ Voyager Academy	87
12/10/24 vs Cristo Rey Research Triangle	82
12/13/24 vs Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill	81

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Durham Academy). They breezed by the Clinton Red Devils to the tune of 92-64 on Friday. The Cavaliers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 28 points or more this season.

Durham Academy had a senior duo take command as Joe Ruth went 7 for 11 on his way to 16 points and five steals and PJ Jeffries went 7 of 10 on his way to 19 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Ruth a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of JJ Wilcox, who posted ten points in addition to six boards and three steals.

The victory (which was Durham Academy's fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 50.2 points. As for Clinton, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.

Coincidentally, Durham Academy and Clinton will both be playing Cross the next time they take the court. Durham Academy will head out to face Cross at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, while Clinton will head out to face them at 12:45 p.m. on Monday.