By George Lawther: Special to The Pilot

Jordan-Matthews handed North Moore its third defeat in three days when it defeated the Mustangs 72-42 Friday in the Courier-Tribune Invitational boys’ basketball tournament played in Asheboro.

Southern Guilford defeated the Mustangs 91-36 in Thursday’s second round game, while Trinity stopped the Mustangs in Wednesday’s tournament opener.

North Moore held its own for the first quarter, which ended with the score knotted at 10-all.

However, the Jets outscored the Mustangs 24-8 in the second quarter to lead at the intermission by a score of 34-18.

Jordan-Matthews padded its lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Mustangs 14-9 to lead at the end of the third period, 48-27, and widened the gap even further in the final period to win by 30 points.

It was the first time the two teams, both 1-A schools and both members of the Yadkin Valley Conference, have met this season. They will play each other twice more during the regular season.

Justin Warren was high for Jordan-Matthews with 20 points, while Dwayne Simmons led the Mustangs with nine points.

Jordan-Matthews’ record improved to 7-5 overall and 0-1 in the conference. North Moore’s record fell to 2-10. The Mustangs are 1-1 in the conference standings.

North Moore was scheduled to play conference-foe East Montgomery at home on Tuesday.

North Moore 10 8 9 15 — 42

Jordan-Matthews 10 24 14 24 — 72

North Moore — Simmons 3 3-7 9, Spinks 4 0-1 8, Maness 3 0-0 7, Williams 2 0-0 5, Phillips 2 0-0 4, Chandler 2 0-1 4, M. Brower 1 0-0 2, Latham 2 0-0 2, R. Brower 0 1-2 1. Totals — 19 4-11 42.

Jordan-Matthews — Warren 9 2-3 20, Baldwin 2 1-2 7, Turner 2 2-2 6, Horton 1 4-6 6, Garner 3 0-2 6, Glover 2 0-0 5, Carter 2 0-0 4, Eubanks 2 0-0 4, Scheetz 1 2-2 4, Tyser 1 2-2 4, Wood 0 2-2 2, McSwain 1 0-0 2, Lawrence 2 0-0 2. Totals — 28 15-21 72.