Basketball Game Preview: Midland Trail Patriots vs. Clay-Battelle Cee-Bees

The Midland Trail Patriots will take on the Clay-Battelle Cee-Bees at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Midland Trail is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.

Midland Trail is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top in a nail-biter against PikeView last Friday, sneaking past 68-65. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Patriots have posted since February 2nd.

Payton Bailes was his usual excellent self, going 7 of 12 en route to 25 points and six rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Midland Trail's points. Another player making a difference was Camryn Thomas, who posted 13 points and five rebounds.

Meanwhile, Clay-Battelle's undefeated season came to an end after three games last Friday. They were dealt a 112-40 defeat at the hands of Marietta. The loss was the Cee-Bees' first of the season.

Midland Trail's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Clay-Battelle, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.