Basketball Recap: Friday's Victory Is Mooresville's 12th in Last 13 Outings

If Cox Mill wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Mooresville, they should've done a better job of containing Dylan Clark. The Mooresville Blue Devils blew past the Cox Mill Chargers 78-49 on Friday thanks in part to Clark, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.

Despite the defeat, Cox Mill saw an underclassman step up: freshman Sherod McCmormick posted 19 points. McCmormick's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cruz Miller, who earned ten points and seven rebounds.

Mooresville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.8 points per game. As for Cox Mill, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-10.

Mooresville has already played their next contest, a 74-55 win against Hickory Ridge on the 28th. As for Cox Mill, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 82-43 victory against South Iredell on the 27th.