Covenant Christian Academy is 2-8 against New Covenant Christian since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Covenant Christian Academy will be playing at home against the New Covenant Christian Flames at 7:30 p.m. Covenant Christian Academy has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
Even though Harrisburg Christian scored an imposing 62 points two weeks ago, Covenant Christian Academy still came out on top. Covenant Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Harrisburg Christian and snuck past 64-62. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory Covenant Christian Academy has posted yet this season.
Meanwhile, things could have been worse for New Covenant Christian, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 62-45 loss to Mount Calvary Christian on Tuesday. It was the first time this season that New Covenant Christian let down their fans at home.
Covenant Christian Academy's win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-9. As for New Covenant Christian, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-6.
Covenant Christian Academy came up short against New Covenant Christian in their previous matchup on January 9th, falling 53-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of New Covenant Christian's Tycen VanDerPloog, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Covenant Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
