Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Graham Wood posted a season high in scoring as the Ellis boys basketball team toppled visiting Selma Burke, 40-31, on Feb. 11.
The Jaguars held a 16-15 halftime lead thanks to Wood’s 11 first-half points. They carried a 26-22 lead into the fourth and pulled away behind the Will Hileman/Wood duo. Wood hit double figures for the fifth time on the way to 17 points. Hileman was next with 12.
Moor 40, South 29
South Davie couldn’t keep up with visiting Mooresville on Feb. 11, the Red Imps extending a 19-8 halftime lead to 30-16 in the third quarter.
The Tigers were paced by Khari McClelland and Jordan Nance, who had 8 points each.
Ellis 39, North 35
The first Ellis-North Davie meeting was a 43-19 trucking for the Jaguars. When North hosted Ellis Feb. 13, the Jaguars had to scratch and claw for the narrow victory. Even though North slipped to 4-7, coach Caleb Davis came away encouraged. “We battled hard. “We went into the game with a game plan of slowing down Hunter (Hough) from deep and attacking the paint and post offensively. We had a slow second quarter but we played our best basketball of the season in the second half. We gave ourselves a chance, but struggles at the free-throw line (7 of 24) held us back.”
After trailing 25-14 at halftime, the Wildcats put up a fight. Justin Green followed a scoreless first half with an eight-point third that helped North cut the margin to 31-28.
Green put in 7 more in the fourth, but Ellis held on despite going 4 of 12 from the foul line in the final 6 minutes.
Wood (13 points) and Hough (12) lifted the Jaguars, who have won three of four, to 6-5. North hung tough behind Green (15 points, 9 rebounds), Jacob Self (10 points) and Jackson Powell (8 points, 5 rebounds).
“The fight and effort from these boys was the best we’ve had all year, diving for loose balls, winning 50/50 balls and aggressively rebounding,” Davis said. “It was like it finally clicked, which was great to see. We had to open a fresh box of Band-Aids after this one.”
On the road on Feb. 13, South Davie defeated Selma Burke to stop a three-game losing streak. The Tigers entered the week 4-7.
Ellis 40, Selma Burke 31 – Graham Wood 17, Will Hileman 12, Hunter Hough 5, Kingston Hamilton 2, Bryce McCray 2, Tanner Taylor 2.
Mooresville 40, South Davie 29 – Khari McClelland 8, Jordan Nance 8, Preston Wilson 6, Zion Robinson 3, Kylan Dulin 2, Braylen Simms 2.

Ellis 39 – Graham Wood 13, Hunter Hough 12, Kingston Hamilton 5, Will Hileman 4, Chance McClean 3, Levin Ward 2.
N. Davie 35 – Justin Green 15, Jacob Self 10, Jackson Powell 8, Luke McCraw 2.