Basketball Game Preview: Clay-Battelle Cee-Bees vs. Parkersburg Catholic Crusaders

The Clay-Battelle Cee-Bees will face off against the Parkersburg Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Clay-Battelle is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.

Clay-Battelle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 66-58 win over Madonna.

Meanwhile, Parkersburg Catholic and Notre Dame's game on Friday was close at halftime, but Parkersburg Catholic turned on the heat in the second half with 31 points. Parkersburg Catholic put the hurt on Notre Dame with a sharp 60-40 victory. The Crusaders pushed the score to 49-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Fighting Irish cut but never quite recovered from.

Parkersburg Catholic's win came from a few key players Clay-Battelle will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Preston Randolph, who dropped a double-double with 18 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rebounds. Leonardo DeAngelo was another key player, shooting 71% from the field to rack up 15 points and four steals.

The win made it two in a row for Parkersburg Catholic and bumps their season record up to 7-15. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 42 points. As for Clay-Battelle, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.