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Meridian Carterville

Bobcats

Lions

The Carterville (IL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's neutral tournament game against Meridian (Mounds, IL) by a score of 52-47.

Game Details: Benton Invitational Tournament

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	11	14	17	10	52
Carterville	8	14	2	23	47

Final score provided by S. ADAMS.

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Game Stats

Meridian (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	21	60	35	38
1	J. Ranson (So)	13	6	13	46	50
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	2
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	9	3	4	75	88
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	8	3	15	20	27
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	4	2	10	20	20
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	4	1	8	13	13
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	12	6	9	67	67
52	Dionte Reed (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	4	14	29	6	13	46	17	46	37
1	J. Ranson (So)	13	1	2	50	0	1	0	5	11	45
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	2				2	4	50
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	9	1	1	100	2	2	100	2	3	67
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	8	2	7	29				1	8	13
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	4	0	3	0				2	7	29
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	4	0	1	0	2	4	50	1	7	14
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	12				0	2	0	6	9	67
52	Dionte Reed (So)	0							0	1	0

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	10	17	27	7	15	1	12	14
1	J. Ranson (So)	13		3	3	2				3
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	2		4	4	2	2		1	3
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	9				1	3
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)						1			1
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	8		3	3	1	2		2	1
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	4	2	3	5	1	2	1	1
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	4	6	2	8		2		5	2
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	12	2	2	4		3		3	2
52	Dionte Reed (So)	0								2

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.58	1.25	1.07	0.07
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	2.00	2.00	0.67
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)			1.00
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	0.50	1.00	2.00
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	1.00	2.00
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)		0.40	1.00
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)		1.00	1.50

Carterville (23-24)

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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Carterville can't hold off Meridian

January 15, 2024: Carterville, IL 62918

The Meridian Bobcats basketball team scored 52 points and restricted the host Carterville Lions to 47 in the Bobcats non-league victory on Monday.

The Bobcats now sport a 13-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Benton for a non-league contest on Friday, January 19. Meridian will battle a Rangers team coming off a 64-60 league win over Pinckneyville (Pinckneyville, IL). The Rangers record now stands at 16-3.

The Lions (9-9) will now prepare for their contest against Herrin (Herrin, IL). The Tigers come into the Southern Illinois River-to-River - Ohio contest with a 14-5 record. In their last contest, Herrin edged Hamilton County (McLeansboro, IL), 55-35, in a non-league contest.

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Rankings & Records

Meridian (23-24)

IL	Class
214	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
29-9	8-0	12-1	8-6	9-2	.763	1.000	2,536	2,022

Carterville (23-24)

IL	Class
191	39

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-12	6-2	9-2	7-5	4-5	.625	.750	1,649	1,525

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Meridian	16.9	15.2	19.9	15.7	-	66.7
Carterville	12.9	12.9	12.0	11.6	39.0	51.5

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Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		Carterville
59.4	Points Per Game	-
28.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.4	Assists Per Game	-
12.4	Steals Per Game	-
1.8	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Meridian		Carterville	National Avg.
#40 Antonio Flenoid Jr.17.0	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#40 Antonio Flenoid Jr.7.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#1 Javionne Ranson3.2	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#20 Will Thurston2.1	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#20 Will Thurston0.6	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	3-6		Carterville	7-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Meridian	Massac County	(L) 69-50	1/5/24	Massac County	Carterville	(L) 56-48
				2/9/24	Carterville	Massac County	(W) 62-52
11/22/23	Meridian	Vienna	(L) 83-56	12/5/23	Carterville	Vienna	(W) 63-59
1/23/24	Meridian	Vienna	(L) 66-60	12/28/23	Carterville	Vienna	(L) 70-62
11/25/23	Meridian	Carrier Mills-Stonefort	(W) 76-49	12/26/23	Carrier Mills-Stonefort	Carterville	(W) 59-22
12/8/23	Meridian	Goreville	(L) 67-56	12/15/23	Carterville	Goreville	(L) 63-57
12/27/23	Chester	Meridian	(W) 61-51	12/22/23	Carterville	Chester	(W) 53-42
1/19/24	Meridian	Benton	(L) 78-49	1/27/24	Carterville	Benton	(L) 50-38
				2/23/24	Carterville	Benton	(L) 64-48
1/20/24	Meridian	Herrin	(L) 64-52	12/8/23	Herrin	Carterville	(W) 48-44
				1/26/24	Carterville	Herrin	(L) 55-40
1/27/24	Meridian	Harrisburg	(W) 69-63	12/19/23	Harrisburg	Carterville	(W) 57-40
				12/27/23	Harrisburg	Carterville	(L) 52-44
				2/6/24	Carterville	Harrisburg	(W) 49-44

Record Breakdown

Meridian (23-24)		Carterville (23-24)
29-9	Overall	20-12
8-0	League	6-2
9-2	Non-League	7-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-6	Common Opponent	7-7
12-1	Home	9-2
8-6	Away	7-5
9-2	Neutral	4-5
6-1	Playoff	2-1
25-8	In-State	20-12
4-1	Out-of-State	0-0