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
| 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.
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