Indiana High School Basketball - Martinsville tops Mooresville
March 6, 2015: Martinsville, IN 46151 Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Martinsville Artesians (Martinsville, IN) and the visiting Mooresville Pioneers (Mooresville, IN), saw Martinsville's basketball squad knock off Mooresville by a count of 75-66.
With the victory, Martinsville upgrades its record to 17-6 on the campaign. The Artesians travel to Brownsburg (Brownsburg, IN) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 7. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 19-6. Brownsburg won 58-52 in their recent non-league challenge against Terre Haute North Vigo (Terre Haute, IN)
First Quarter
Mooresville hit on 6-10 fga including 2-3 from behind the arc. Martinsville hit on 7-16 fga including 3-6 from behind the arc. Chandler Gunnell scored 5 pts in this quarter for the Pioneers and Keegan Northern scored 6 pts for the Artesians. Mooresville committed 5 turnovers to Martinsville's 1. Martinsville led 19-15 after the first.
Second Quarter
Mooresville hit on 7-12 fga including 3-5 from behind the arc. Martinsville hit on just 3-11 fga (1-5 from behind the arc). Lane Weaver scored 6 pts for Mooresville while KC Earls and Landon Harder added 5 pts each. Northern led Martinsville with 3 free throws in this quarter of play. Mooresville committed 2 turnovers to Martinsville's 3. Mooresville led 36-31 at the half.
Third Quarter
This was the determining quarter of play. Mooresville hit on just 4-13 fga while Martinsville hit on 7-12 (including 4-6 from behind the arc). Landon Harder scored 5 pts for Mooresville in this quarter of play. Martinsville got 7 pts from Keegan Northern and 5 pts from Logan Ratts. Mooresville did not commit a turnover in this quarter and Martinsville only had 1.
Fourth Quarter
Mooresville hit on 7-13 fga including 4-7 from behind the arc. Martinsville spent most of the quarter at the free throw line hitting on 16-20. They hit on 4-5 fga. Mooresville hit on 24-48 fga for the game and Martinsville hit on 21-44. The difference was at the free throw line where Mooresville hit on 8-13 compared to Martinsville's 23-29. Keegan Northern scored a game=high 21 pts for Martinsville in the win. Mooresville committed 11 turnovers compared to Martinsville's 9.
