The Cedar Ridge Red Wolves men’s basketball team has gone from 24 consecutive Big 8 Conference losses to back-to-back Big 8 wins. On Friday night, Cedar Ridge put away Northern Durham 76-51 at Red Wolves Gymnasium. It came three nights after Cedar Ridge defeated Orange for its first win at Panther Gymnasium since 2015. Sophomore Derrick Smith had ten points for the Red Wolves. After spending his freshman season on a 1-win team, Smith has been a crucial element in the Red Wolves reaching four wins at mid season. Cedar Ridge is 2-2 in the Big 8 Conference going into Tuesday trip to East Chapel Hill. You can hear that game starting at 7:30 on Tuesday night on Hillsboroughsports.com.