DURHAM — A big second quarter proved to be the difference for the Northern Durham Knights in their 66-41 Piedmont Athletic Conference drubbing of the Person Rockets in girls’ basketball action Tuesday night at the Poe Gymtorium.

Last-place Person trailed 19-13 early in the second period before the home team went on a 21-5 surge to essentially put the contest on ice, leading 40-18 at the half.

“We were down by just six at one point and then they just blitzed us by playing an aggressive 2-3 zone,” said Person head coach Melinda Goodson, whose Rockets remained winless in the PAC-6 with an 0-11 mark. “I don’t feel too bad about [the loss]. We just needed to score more, but we didn’t turn the ball over a lot tonight, which was good to see.”

Ebonee Taylor drilled three 3-pointers and finished with 14 points, while Nickgail Fuller finished with six and Akira Sampson five for the Rockets, now 3-17 overall and losers of 15 of their last 16 games.

The Person girls will try to break back into the win column when they host Southern Durham on Friday at Rocket Gymnasium.