Basketball Game Preview: Covenant Classical Cavaliers vs. Grace Community Cougars

The Covenant Classical Cavaliers will take on the Grace Community Cougars in a tournament on Thursday. Covenant Classical is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.9 points per game this season.

Covenant Classical easily dispatched Temple Christian two weeks ago, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Cavaliers fell just short of Yavneh Academy by a score of 50-47 on Monday. The Cavaliers' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Ellis Mitchell

Field Goal Percentage

12/01/25 vs Yavneh Academy	53%
11/20/25 @ Temple Christian	40%
11/17/25 vs Cornerstone Christian Academy	50%
11/15/25 vs Valley View	30%
11/14/25 vs Lake Country Christian	55%
+ 4 more games

Covenant Classical might have lost, but man, Ellis Mitchell was a machine: he dropped a double-double with 22 points and ten boards. Thanks to that strong game, Mitchell now owns an excellent 45.4% field goal percentage. Jack Liebelt was another key player, putting up seven points along with seven rebounds and three steals.

Meanwhile, Grace Community waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came within five points of losing the streak, but they secured a 52-47 W against Tyler HEAT. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Grace Community's win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Covenant Classical, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.