Having just played yesterday, the Caldwell Redskins will get right back to it and host the Clay-Battelle Cee-Bees at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Caldwell will be strutting in after a victory while Clay-Battelle will be coming in after a defeat.
Clay-Battelle better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Caldwell really get things going. Caldwell breezed past Waterford to the tune of 74-45 on Wednesday. Given the Redskins' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 610th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Clay-Battelle came up short against Catholic Central on Tuesday and fell 63-52.
Caldwell will have to keep a close watch on Preston Luzader and Cooper Payton, a pair of players who had a big impact on Clay-Battelle's prior game. Luzader dropped a double-double with 23 points and 13 boards, while Payton went 6-for-13 en route to 21 points along with five rebounds and four steals. Luzader's evening made it 13 games in a row in which he has scored at least 19 points.
Even though they lost, Clay-Battelle smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in five consecutive contests.
Caldwell has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 17-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points over those games. As for Clay-Battelle, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5.
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