Hillside won the last time they faced East Chapel Hill and things went their way on Friday too. Everything went the Hillside Hornets' way against the East Chapel Hill Wildcats as the Hillside Hornets made off with an 83-63 victory. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Wildcats are ranked 362nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Justin Morgan, who posted 25 points. Another player making a difference was Khaliq Lassiter, who put up 17 points.
Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Will G. Characklis, who went 5 for 6 to rack up 14 points. The dominant performance also gave Characklis a new career-high in field goal percentage (83%). Makai Rhodes was another key player, going 6 of 13 en route to 15 points and seven boards.
Hornets
| 02/07/25 vs East Chapel Hill | 83-63 |
| 02/04/25 @ Northern Durham | 91-58 |
| 01/31/25 @ Riverside-Durham | 42-34 |
| 01/29/25 vs Northern Durham | 60-41 |
| 01/27/25 vs Riverside-Durham | 66-38 |
The win (which was Hillside's fifth in a row) raised their record to 12-9. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.4 points over those games. As for East Chapel Hill, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-14.
Looking ahead, Hillside will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Chapel Hill at 8:00 p.m. Hillside is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.3 points per game this season. As for East Chapel Hill, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 72-59 loss against Jordan on the 10th.
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