The Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill Lion entered their tilt with the Thales Academy Apex Titans with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill came out on top against Thales Academy Apex by a score of 84-73 on Monday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Kyren Smith continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, shooting 7-for-14 from long range and dropping a triple-double on 37 points, 12 rebounds, and ten assists. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zachary Powery, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 17 rebounds.
Thales Academy Apex lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Justin Brown, who scored 15 points along with four blocks and two steals. Brown is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last seven games he's played. Another player making a difference was Luke Railo, who scored 18 points along with two steals.
Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-6 record this season. As for Thales Academy Apex, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-17.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill will take on Friendship Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Friendship Christian is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 50.2 points per game. Thales Academy Apex will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Lee Christian at 7:15 p.m. on January 11th. Lee Christian is on a three-game streak of home losses, Thales Academy Apex a nine-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change.
