Riverside-Durham lost against Hillside last Monday and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Riverside-Durham Pirates fell 42-34 to the Hillside Hornets. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 367th, while the Hornets are ranked 181st).
| 01/31/25 vs Hillside | 4 |
| 12/28/24 vs Tunstall | 3 |
| 01/27/25 @ Hillside | 2 |
| 01/24/25 vs Northern Durham | 2 |
| 12/30/24 vs Louisburg | 2 |
Several Pirates players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Talib Harrell, who went 6 of 8 on his way to 12 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Harrell a new career-high in steals. Darryn Johnson was another key player, putting up eight points in addition to eight rebounds and five assists.
Hillside can attribute much of their success to Brendon Watley, who posted 16 points. Another player making a difference was Justin Morgan, who earned eight points.
Riverside-Durham has traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-14 record this season. As for Hillside, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 10-9.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Riverside-Durham has already played their next game (against East Chapel Hill), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Hillside will challenge Northern Durham at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
