Basketball Game Preview: Gray Collegiate Academy War Eagles vs. Airport Eagles

The Gray Collegiate Academy War Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Airport Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Gray Collegiate Academy has seven straight victories, Airport has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Gray Collegiate Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Brookland-Cayce, who was ranked 21st at the time (Gray Collegiate Academy was ranked 16th). Gray Collegiate Academy walked away with a 74-63 win over Brookland-Cayce on Friday.

Gray Collegiate Academy's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Levi Ball, who went 10 for 14 en route to 28 points and seven boards. The dominant performance gave Ball a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Quan Mcduffie, who went 7 of 10 on his way to 17 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 74-42, which was the final score in Airport's tilt against Midland Valley on Friday.

Gray Collegiate Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.1 points per game. As for Airport, their loss dropped their record down to 4-17.

Everything came up roses for Gray Collegiate Academy against Airport when the teams last played back in January, as the team secured a 97-31 win. In that contest, Gray Collegiate Academy amassed a halftime lead of 53-16, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.