Basketball Recap: The Covenant Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

By Team Reports Feb 27, 2025, 8:37pm

Basketball Recap: The Covenant Eagles vs. Steward Spartans

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact The Covenant can now relate to. They took a 72-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Steward Spartans on Wednesday. The Eagles have struggled against the Spartans recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

Delaney Poindexter

Points (Career)

02/26/25 @ Steward23
02/03/25 vs Matoaca22
02/14/25 vs Highland Springs21
02/21/25 vs Virginia Episcopal School20
02/13/25 @ Virginia Episcopal School19

The Covenant lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Delaney Poindexter, who went 6-for-15 on her way to 23 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Kerrigan Poindexter, who went 6-for-9 to rack up 17 points.

Steward's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ava Johnson led the charge by dropping a double-double with 14 points and ten boards. Johnson has been hot recently, having also posted two or more blocks the last four times she's played. Ella Grace Saunders was another key player, almost dropping a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds.

The Covenant's loss dropped their record down to 20-9. As for Steward, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-11 record this season.

The Covenant does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Steward, they will challenge Norfolk Christian at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Steward knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine games -- so hopefully Norfolk Christian likes a good challenge.

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