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 had just enough and edged the Wilson Christian Academy Chargers out 56-54. This was payback for the Spartans, who suffered a 64-50 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Leading Christ Covenant to victory were Noah Stein and JD Dill. Stein earned 18 points in addition to five assists and two steals, while 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. Another player making a difference was Karson Bagnal, who had six points in addition to three steals.
Christ Covenant has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to assists: they averaged an imposing zero assists in those games compared to only zero in the others. As for Wilson Christian Academy, they are on an 11-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Christ Covenant has already played their next game (against Wilson Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Wilson Christian Academy, they will challenge Thales Academy Rolesville at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Wilson Christian Academy is facing Thales Academy Rolesville at the right time seeing as Thales Academy Rolesville is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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