Basketball Game Preview: Covenant Christian Academy Golden Eagles vs. Ad Fontes Academy Falcons

It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Covenant Christian Academy Golden Eagles challenge the Ad Fontes Academy Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Monday... The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Covenant Christian Academy has three straight wins, Ad Fontes Academy has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Covenant Christian Academy will head into Saturday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 31) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Redeemer Classical 64-62. With that victory, the Golden Eagles brought their scoring average up to 52.2 points per game.

Covenant Christian Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Brandon Alibaruho out in front who posted 15 points. Ashvin Gurubatham was another key player, putting up 12 points.

Meanwhile, Ad Fontes Academy scored the most points they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 46-38 hit to the loss column at the hands of Trinity at Meadow View.

Ad Fontes Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Covenant Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.

Covenant Christian Academy beat Ad Fontes Academy 59-49 in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ad Fontes Academy's Isaac Amoako-Boateng, who had 27 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Covenant Christian Academy still be able to contain Amoako-Boateng? There's only one way to find out.