Basketball Preview: Covenant Day Lions vs. Forsyth Country Day Furies
Covenant Day has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Forsyth Country Day Furies at 1:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Covenant Day will head into Tuesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a three-point loss in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Legion Collegiate Academy on Tuesday. Covenant Day blew past Legion Collegiate Academy 59-38.
Chris Rivens continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 7 for 12 en route to 17 points plus five rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyree White, who earned seven points in addition to eight rebounds and four steals.
Covenant Day was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Legion Collegiate Academy only posted four.
Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins dating back to last season, Forsyth Country Day's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 68-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of Charlotte Country Day School. The contest marked the Furies' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Forsyth Country Day fell to 5-1. As for Covenant Day, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Covenant Day came up short against Forsyth Country Day when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 68-61. Will Covenant Day have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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