Basketball Preview: Covenant Day Lions vs. Christ the King Crusaders
Covenant Day has gone 3-0 against Christ the King recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Covenant Day Lions will be playing at home against the Christ the King Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. Covenant Day has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Covenant Day is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They managed a 75-70 victory over Myers Park on Saturday. With that win, the Lions brought their scoring average up to 52.1 points per game.
Covenant Day relied on the efforts of Chris Rivens, who went 9 for 16 en route to 22 points plus two steals, and Micah Huffman, who went 7 for 14 en route to 20 points plus six rebounds. With that strong performance, Rivens is now averaging an impressive 15.3 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyree White, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten assists.
Covenant Day was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Meanwhile, Christ the King didn't have too much trouble with Albemarle on Tuesday as they won 67-48. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Crusaders.
Covenant Day has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.2 points per game. As for Christ the King, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Covenant Day was able to grind out a solid victory over Christ the King when the teams last played back in November of 2022, winning 59-46. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Christ the King's Marco Tampoya, who had 17 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Covenant Day still be able to contain Tampoya? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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