Fishburne Military lost against New Covenant back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Fishburne Military Caissons lost to the New Covenant Gryphons at home by a 57-43 margin. While losing is never fun, the Caissons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Gryphons are ranked 43rd).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead New Covenant to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cole Murdock, who posted 19 points. Murdock's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rusty Hooks, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 11 points in addition to five boards and four steals.
Fishburne Military now has a losing record at 3-4. As for New Covenant, the win was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-1.
Fishburne Military will square off against Roanoke Catholic at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Roanoke Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 67.3 points per game this season. As for New Covenant, they will take on Carlisle at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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