If South Newton wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Covington, they should've done a better job of containing Alex Sutherlin. The Covington Trojans enjoyed a cozy 45-26 win over the South Newton Rebels on Friday thanks in part to Sutherlin, who had 20 points plus eight rebounds and six steals. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in threes (three).
Covington's victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1. As for South Newton, their loss was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-3.
Covington wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 47-32 defeat against Riverton Parke on the 18th. As for South Newton, they will take on Tri-County at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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