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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

Mabyn Morris hit her stride down the stretch, and the Davie JV girls basketball team closed the book on the 2024-25 season with a 30-15 thumping of West Forsyth on Feb. 4.
After a close first quarter, the War Eagles opened up an 18-10 lead at intermission. They expanded the margin to 26-13 in the third and coasted home.
Coach Lamar Russell marveled at the improvement from Morris, who scored 18 points in the last two games, including eight against the visiting Titans. Before the Mt. Tabor game on Jan. 31, her season high was six.
“Mabyn’s confidence has gotten ten times better than it was,” Russell said. “When she came to me, I said you’re going to be my point guard because at that point in time I didn’t know who I was going to have. And her face had that scared look on it. I said: ‘You can do it.’ But I don’t think she had ever dribbled the ball up the floor before. So she’s excelled this year as far as gaining that confidence, being better at what she needs to do, listening and taking it in. This year has been an amazing year for her. She’s excelled to the point that I think next year she’s going to come back with a vengeance, and I think she’s going to be my leading scorer next year along with Lucy (Portman).”
Portman and Zahmirah Summers contributed six points each as Davie finished 6-6 overall and 6-2 in the CPC.
“That was a good game to end on, and I think that carries momentum over to next year,” he said. “I told them we’re going to play for our sophomores and we’re going to send them out on a good note. And I think we did.”
Davie 30, W. Forsyth 15 – Mabyn Morris 8, Lucy Portman 6, Zahmirah Summers 6, Gracyn Coleman 3, Kate Nicholson 3, Sarenity Miller 2, Emily Hernandez 2.