It was a Groundhog Day win that Grundy hopes will mean at least three -- if not six -- more weeks of basketball.
  For Graham, it was more like a famous movie theme.  
  Jimmy Ashby and Joseph Stephens had double-doubles and the Golden Wave clinched no worse than a tie for the Southwest District regular season title with a 78-66 win over Graham Friday night.
  It was the 10th straight win for Grundy (15-4, 6-0), which avenged one of its four losses with a 59-54 non-district triumph Tuesday at Abingdon. One more district win, or a Richlands loss, gives the Wave the SWD crown outright, and the Region IV playoff berth that comes with it.
  Grundy closes out the regular season at home this week against SWD rivals Tazewell (Wednesday) and Richlands (Friday). A district crown means the Wave would host the SWD tournament next week.
  The Wave wasted a 14-2 start and fell behind twice before scoring 41 points in the final 9:52 in Friday’s win.
  “We forced a lot of long passes,” Grundy coach Greg Rife said. “We need to learn you can’t go for blood every time. I told them to settle down. You can’t fast break off every rebound.”
  Cody Billiter scored 23 points, while Ashby (22 points, 20 rebounds, five blocks) and Stephens (16, 11, 3) dominated inside for Grundy. Kevin Thompson led three double figure scorers for Graham (4-15, 2-5) with 23 points.
  Grundy turned the game around late in the third quarter with a 15-0 run that turned a 41-37 deficit into a 52-41 lead. It was the second time that the G-Men blew a late lead against Grundy. After the game Graham coach Glynn Carlock, Jr., sounded like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day.”
  “It was the same scenario as it was in game one with them,” Carlock said. “We have a (third) quarter lead, and in a one-minute span we go from up (four) to down three.
  “That’s been our Achilles Heel all season, giving up a long run and not being able to answer it on the offensive end.”

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  Graham held Grundy to single digits in each quarter, including a single point in the third period, as the G-Girls stopped Grundy, 38-21, in a low-scoring SWD contest on a snowy Friday night in Bluefield.
  The win helped Graham (11-7, 6-1 SWD) remain in a virtual tie with Carroll County for first place in the Southwest District.
  In non-district girls basketball action Tuesday (Jan. 30), Grundy dropped an 86-52 contest at Abingdon.
  Graham built a modest 19-11 halftime lead and took a 25-12 lead into the fourth quarter Friday.   
  Samantha Rice scored a game-high 12 points for Grundy.
  Stephanie Smith was the lone double figure scorer for the G-Girls with 10 points.
  In Tuesday’s contest, Kari Jackson tossed in a game-high 33 points to pace Abingdon, which outscored the Lady Wave 26-11 in the first quarter and built a 47-22 halftime lead.
  

  Twin Valley held Hurley to single digits in all four quarters as the Lady Panthers defeated the Lady Rebels, 47-23, in Black Diamond District girls basketball action Friday night at Hurley High School.
  Samantha Vandyke hit three three-pointers and scored 11 of her 14 points in the first quarter for Twin Valley (8-11, 3-4 BDD). Kim Street added 13 points for the Lady Panthers.
  Celisha Allen (9 points) and Sarah Justus (8) combined for 17 of Hurley’s 23 points. Justus had five steals for the Lady Rebels.
  The Lady Panthers opened the game with a 13-1 run and never trailed. Twin Valley led 28-11 at halftime and opened the second half with a 9-0 run to build a 37-11 advantage.
  Twin Valley played much of the