Covenant Christian Academy is 9-1 against the Galloping Ghosts since January of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Covenant Christian Academy Cougars will look to defend their home court against the Marie Philip Galloping Ghosts at 4:15 p.m.
Last Thursday, Covenant Christian Academy had to suffer through a rough 73-43 loss at the hands of the Lions.
Meanwhile, Marie Philip didn't have too much trouble with the at home on Friday as they won 57-39. The win made it back-to-back wins for Marie Philip.
Marie Philip can attribute much of their success to Jeremy Novas, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Xavier DeLeon, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten steals. That makes it nine consecutive games in which DeLeon has scored at least a third of Marie Philip's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Riebe, who scored five points along with six rebounds.
Covenant Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Marie Philip, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.
Everything went Covenant Christian Academy's way against the Galloping Ghosts in their previous meeting on Monday as the Cougars made off with a 67-46 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was DeLeon, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and 12 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Covenant Christian Academy still be able to contain DeLeon? There's only one way to find out.
