The Summers County Bobcats are taking a road trip to take on the Midland Trail Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Summers County had to suffer through a 66-31 loss at the hands of James Monroe. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Mavericks are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Midland Trail). They breezed by Greenbrier West to the tune of 84-39 on Wednesday. The Patriots pushed the score to 60-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cavaliers had little chance of recovering from.
Summers County better focus on containing Payton Bailes and Thad Brown as the pair were huge in Midland Trail's win. Bailes went 8 of 12 on his way to 21 points, while Brown went 6 for 12 en route to 16 points along with seven assists and six boards. Those seven assists gave Brown a new career-high. Ben Harrison was another key player, putting up seven points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals.
Midland Trail's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-5. As for Summers County, they dropped their record down to 1-9 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Summers County came up short against Midland Trail in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 63-50. Can Summers County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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