The Coastal Brigade Coastal Brigade will square off against the Christ Covenant Spartans at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Coastal Brigade focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 29 last Friday.
Coastal Brigade is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Gramercy Christian last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Coastal Brigade was dealt a 73-34 loss at the hands of Gramercy Christian. The match marked Coastal Brigade's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Jayden Huyck, who earned nine points along with six rebounds.
While Christ Covenant didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They skirted past Wilson Christian Academy 56-54. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Christ Covenant had a senior duo take command as Noah Stein had 18 points along with five assists and two steals and JD Dill went 8 for 17 en route to 22 points plus eight rebounds and three steals. Dill has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Karson Bagnal, who scored six points along with three steals.
Coastal Brigade dropped their record down to 2-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Christ Covenant, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Coastal Brigade has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 36 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Christ Covenant struggles in that department as they've been averaging 27.1. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
Coastal Brigade came up short against Christ Covenant when the teams last played on November 5th, falling 70-62. Can Coastal Brigade avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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