The Covenant Knights will take on the First Baptist Saints in a holiday battle at at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Covenant will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 58-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past McKinney Christian Academy 40-38.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for First Baptist against Heritage Christian on Tuesday as the squad secured a 63-31 victory. The Saints have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 27 points or more this season.
First Baptist's win bumped their record up to 15-2. As for Covenant, their victory ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5.
Covenant was taken down by First Baptist 65-23 when the teams last played back in January. Thankfully for Covenant, Emily Kate Jones (who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 19 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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