Covenant lost against Mount Hope Christian Academy back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Covenant Eagles fell 73-62 to the Mount Hope Christian Academy Warriors. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (59), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Mount Hope Christian Academy was led to victory by MALACHI FLOHR and TALAN CARON. FLOHR went 7 of 10 from beyond the arc to rack up 32 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while CARON almost dropped a triple-double on 16 points, 11 boards, and nine assists. That's the most rebounds CARON has posted since back in December of 2024. CAYDEN SNYDER was another key player, putting up eight points and nine boards.
Covenant suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 11-4. As for Mount Hope Christian Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-14.
Looking ahead, Covenant will challenge Grace Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Covenant has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. Mount Hope Christian Academy will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Greater Beckley Christian at 6:30 p.m. on March 3rd. Mount Hope Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.5 points per game this season.
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