Basketball Game Preview: Bartram Trail Bears vs. Cleveland Blue Raiders

The Bartram Trail Bears will take on the Cleveland Blue Raiders in a tournament on Friday. Bartram Trail is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.4 points per game this season.

Bartram Trail took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They took down Mandarin 60-43. While the Bears didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

It was another big night for Alyssa Donohue, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine steals. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in blocks (four). Another player making a difference was Esabella Brenneman, who went 5 of 7 en route to 12 points.

Cleveland has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 46-42 heartbreaker at the hands of Bartlett.

Cleveland's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Bartram Trail, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.