Riverside-Durham and East Chapel Hill are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The Riverside-Durham Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Chapel Hill Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Riverside-Durham has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Riverside-Durham is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 74-57 victory over Northern Durham on Thursday. The Pirates haven't had any issues with the Knights recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Darryn Johnson
| 12/03/24 @ Durham School of the Arts | 22 |
| 02/13/25 @ Northern Durham | 21 |
| 01/17/25 vs Jordan | 19 |
| 02/03/25 @ East Chapel Hill | 15 |
| 12/28/24 vs Tunstall | 15 |
| + 18 more games |
Darryn Johnson had an outrageously good game as he went 5-for-9 to rack up 21 points and six assists. He has become a key player for Riverside-Durham: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least 15 points, but 5-14 otherwise. Noam Cohen was another key player, putting up 13 points.
Meanwhile, East Chapel Hill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 61-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of Chapel Hill. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 374th, while the Tigers are ranked 95th).
Riverside-Durham's victory bumped their record up to 9-15. As for East Chapel Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-17.
Riverside-Durham strolled past East Chapel Hill in their previous matchup on Tuesday by a score of 70-55. Will Riverside-Durham repeat their success, or does East Chapel Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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