Preview: Covenant Day Lions vs. Carmel Christian Cougars
The Covenant Day Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Carmel Christian Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Covenant Day focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, Covenant Day ended up a good deal behind Gray Collegiate Academy and lost 62-45. While losing is never fun, Covenant Day can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 140th in North Carolina, while Gray Collegiate Academy is ranked 28th in South Carolina).
Despite the defeat, Covenant Day had strong showings from Michael Marcus Jr., who scored 17 points along with 9 rebounds, and Chris Rivens, who scored 14 points.
Meanwhile, Carmel Christian waltzed into Saturday's matchup with two straight wins but they left with three. They blew past Cary Academy 62-39.
Covenant Day now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Carmel Christian, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Covenant Day took a serious blow against Carmel Christian in their previous matchup back in November of 2021, falling 96-63. Can Covenant Day avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
