The Providence Day Chargers will square off against the Covenant Day Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Providence Day knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 12 matches -- so hopefully Covenant Day likes a good challenge.
Providence Day can't be too worried about heading out to take on Covenant Day: they just beat Charlotte Latin at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Providence Day took down Charlotte Latin 59-43 on Tuesday. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Hawks are ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Covenant Day lost to Charlotte Country Day School on the road by a 64-48 margin on Thursday. The Lions were down 52-29 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Providence Day will have to contain Chris Rivens as he made an impact in Covenant Day's last game. He went 9 of 15 on his way to 23 points. Those 23 points gave Rivens a new career-high. Josh Krouse was another key player, putting up six points and four steals.
Providence Day has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.4 points per game. As for Covenant Day, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11.
Providence Day was able to grind out a solid win over Covenant Day in their previous matchup on January 7th, winning 56-46. The rematch might be a little tougher for Providence Day since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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