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Mt. Zion Temple

Eagles

Tigers

The Temple (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Mt. Zion (GA) by a score of 63-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mt. Zion	-	-	-	-	61
Temple	-	-	-	-	63

Final score provided by L. Davis.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mt. Zion (24-25)

Mt. Zion

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	174	61	25	60	42	43
2	Jerry Terrell	35	4	2	3	67	67
3	Payton Waters (Sr)	28	22	9	17	53	56
4	Austin Waters (Sr)	30	6	2	5	40	40
5	Randy Alday (Sr)	24	4	2	3	67	67
12	corvin palmer (Sr)	34	11	4	16	25	25
23	Xavier Buckner (Jr)	23	14	6	16	38	38

Mt. Zion

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	174	61	1	8	13	10	18	56	24	52	46
2	Jerry Terrell	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
3	Payton Waters (Sr)	28	22	1	1	100	3	7	43	8	16	50
4	Austin Waters (Sr)	30	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	5	40
5	Randy Alday (Sr)	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
12	corvin palmer (Sr)	34	11	0	3	0	3	4	75	4	13	31
23	Xavier Buckner (Jr)	23	14	0	4	0	2	3	67	6	12	50

Mt. Zion

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	174	61	11	20	31	8	16	4	22	19
2	Jerry Terrell	35	4	1	7	8	1	3	0	4	3
3	Payton Waters (Sr)	28	22	2	3	5	2	7	1	2	3
4	Austin Waters (Sr)	30	6	1	2	3	2	1	0	5	3
5	Randy Alday (Sr)	24	4	5	3	8	0	0	2	1	3
12	corvin palmer (Sr)	34	11	0	2	2	1	3	0	5	3
23	Xavier Buckner (Jr)	23	14	2	3	5	2	2	1	5	4

Mt. Zion

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.36	0.73	0.84	0.21	1	19
2	Jerry Terrell	0.25	0.75	1.00	0.00	0	3
3	Payton Waters (Sr)	1.00	3.50	2.33	0.33	0	4
4	Austin Waters (Sr)	0.40	0.20	0.33	0.00	0	2
5	Randy Alday (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.67	0	2
12	corvin palmer (Sr)	0.20	0.60	1.00	0.00	0	2
23	Xavier Buckner (Jr)	0.40	0.40	0.50	0.25	1	6

Temple (24-25)

Temple has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Mt. Zion can't get by Temple

January 3, 2025: Temple, GA 30179

The Mt. Zion Eagles basketball squad (Mt. Zion, GA), was nudged 63-61 in Friday's non-league battle with the host Temple Tigers (Temple, GA)

With the victory, Temple advances its record to 10-3 on the year. The Tigers host Bowdon (Bowdon, GA) to meet the Red Devils in a non-league battle on Saturday, January 4. The Red Devils enter the battle with a record of 4-4. Bowdon won 73-43 in their recent non-league battle against Haralson County (Tallapoosa, GA)

The Eagles now own a 7-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Douglas County for a non-league battle on Saturday, January 4. Mt. Zion will meet a Tigers squad coming off a 63-52 non-league loss to Theodore (Theodore, AL). The Tigers record now stands at 4-7.

Mt. Zion @ Temple Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 3, 2025 @ 6p

The Temple (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Mt. Zion (GA) by a score of 63-61.

Rankings & Records

Mt. Zion (24-25)

GA	Class
253	14

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
20-9	9-3	10-2	6-5	4-2	.690	.750	1,969	1,681

Temple (24-25)

GA	Class
144	12

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
22-7	11-1	11-2	7-2	4-3	.759	.917	1,918	1,522

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mt. Zion	14.8	17.0	16.2	17.4	67.9
Temple	12.3	19.9	19.4	11.7	66.1

Head-to-Head

Temple won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 8:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Mt. Zion - - - - 54
Temple - - - - 68

The Mt. Zion (GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Temple (GA) by a score of 68-54.
Box score
Temple won on 1/3/2025

1/3 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Mt. Zion - - - - 61
Temple - - - - 63

The Mt. Zion (GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Temple (GA) by a score of 63-61.
Box score

12/20 @ 8:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mt. Zion	-	-	-	-	54
Temple	-	-	-	-	68

Team Stat Comparison

Mt. Zion		Temple
67.3	Points Per Game	-
33.8	Rebounds Per Game	-
13.9	Assists Per Game	-
11.0	Steals Per Game	-
4.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Mt. Zion		Temple	National Avg.
#23 Xavier Buckner18.1	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#5 Randy Alday6.3	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#23 Xavier Buckner3.6	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#23 Xavier Buckner2.7	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#5 Randy Alday2.5	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mt. Zion	6-2		Temple	6-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/24	Mt. Zion	Armuchee	(W) 85-60	11/26/24	Temple	Armuchee	(W) 80-28
12/30/24	Armuchee	Mt. Zion	(W) 89-61
11/26/24	Bremen	Mt. Zion	(W) 83-40	12/13/24	Bremen	Temple	(W) 83-38
				1/28/25	Temple	Bremen	(W) 78-49
12/14/24	Haralson County	Mt. Zion	(W) 90-56	1/16/25	Haralson County	Temple	(W) 74-40
1/25/25	Mt. Zion	Haralson County	(W) 79-48	2/4/25	Temple	Haralson County	(W) 72-33
12/21/24	Mt. Zion	Central	(L) 63-57	12/3/24	Central	Temple	(L) 79-44
1/28/25	Mt. Zion	Bowdon	(L) 77-49	1/4/25	Bowdon	Temple	(W) 68-53
2/8/25	Bowdon	Mt. Zion	(W) 74-49

Record Breakdown

Mt. Zion (24-25)		Temple (24-25)
20-9	Overall	22-7
12-3	League	12-2
6-3	Non-League	4-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
6-2	Common Opponent	6-1
10-2	Home	11-2
6-5	Away	7-2
4-2	Neutral	4-3
1-1	Playoff	2-1
20-9	In-State	22-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0