Basketball Recap: Martinsville Comes Up Short

Martinsville lost against Mooresville back in February of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Martinsville Artesians were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 74-73 to the Mooresville Pioneers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (55), the Artesians still had to take the loss.

Grady Gardner

Points

02/14/25 vs Mooresville	34
02/11/25 vs Edgewood	23
02/08/25 @ Tri-West Hendricks	15
02/06/25 vs Speedway	38

When it comes to explaining why Martinsville lost, don't look at Grady Gardner. Despite the final result, he went 8-for-19 to rack up 34 points. The contest was Gardner's fourth in a row with at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Stroud, who went 7-for-15 en route to 15 points.

Mooresville got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Brevon Burns out in front who dropped a double-double with 21 points and ten rebounds. Burns has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Tyrone Elmore, who went 6-for-9 on his way to 17 points.

Martinsville has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 5-14 record this season. As for Mooresville, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.

Coming up, Martinsville will take on Whiteland at 7:30 p.m. on February 21st. Martinsville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.3 points per game this season. As for Mooresville, they will square off against Center Grove at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mooresville also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 59.6 points per game.