Basketball Game Preview: New Covenant Christian Flames vs. Christian School of York

The New Covenant Christian Flames will head out to face off against Christian School of York at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. New Covenant Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.7 points per game this season.

Christian School of York will be up against a hot New Covenant Christian squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. New Covenant Christian walked away with a 41-29 win over Lititz Christian on Tuesday. Given the Flames 's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Eagles are ranked 569th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Qynne Demler and Miracle Hershey were among the main playmakers for New Covenant Christian as the former posted 20 points and the latter had 20 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Demler has scored at least a third of New Covenant Christian's points.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Christian School of York on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 36-20 victory over West Shore Christian Academy. The win made it back-to-back victories for Christian School of York.

New Covenant Christian's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.7 points per game. As for Christian School of York, their victory bumped their record up to 5-10.

Everything went New Covenant Christian's way against Christian School of York in their previous meeting on January 3rd, as New Covenant Christian made off with a 51-31 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Covenant Christian since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.