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Midtown M.L. King

Knights

Lions

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Midtown (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 74-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Midtown	-	-	-	-	74
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	49

Final score provided by N. Harris.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

M.L. King (24-25)

Midtown

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	26	49	53	61
2	Cam Austin (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
5	Shayne Walters (Sr)	7	2	4	50	50
10	Elonzo Milla (Sr)	6	3	6	50	50
11	Dhati Lewis (Sr)	16	5	7	71	93
13	Noel Abraham (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
14	Zuri Mesquitte (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
15	Haiden Evans (Sr)	6	2	2	100	150
21	Grady Richman (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Galen Roberts (So)	8	2	6	33	33
23	Darrion Hadley (Jr)	11	5	10	50	50
24	Julian Horton (Jr)	8	3	3	100	133
25	Theo Latting (So)	3	1	2	50	75
30	Caruso Edwards (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	49	15	54	28	31
0	C. Everhart iii (So)	11	4	11	36	41
1	S. Jackson (Sr)	3	1	5	20	30
2	E. Gourdine (Jr)	14	3	9	33	33
4	Caleb Winfrey (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Malachi Rue (Sr)	6	2	7	29	29
10	R. K collins (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
11	Jashawn Pope (Sr)	5	2	6	33	33
12	Tre’ Smith (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
21	Jeffrey Hayes (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
23	Dylan Jackson (Fr)	5	1	6	17	25
33	Mario Walker (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Midtown

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	8	12	67	11	20	55	18	37	49
2	Cam Austin (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
5	Shayne Walters (Sr)	7	0	1	0	3	4	75	2	3	67
10	Elonzo Milla (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	50
11	Dhati Lewis (Sr)	16	3	4	75	3	4	75	2	3	67
13	Noel Abraham (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
14	Zuri Mesquitte (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
15	Haiden Evans (Sr)	6	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Grady Richman (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Galen Roberts (So)	8	0	0	0	4	6	67	2	6	33
23	Darrion Hadley (Jr)	11	0	2	0	1	2	50	5	8	63
24	Julian Horton (Jr)	8	2	2	100	0	0	0	1	1	100
25	Theo Latting (So)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Caruso Edwards (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	49	4	21	19	15	27	56	11	33	33
0	C. Everhart iii (So)	11	1	6	17	2	4	50	3	5	60
1	S. Jackson (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	4	0	0	3	0
2	E. Gourdine (Jr)	14	0	3	0	8	13	62	3	6	50
4	Caleb Winfrey (Jr)	0	0	1	0
5	Malachi Rue (Sr)	6	0	3	0	2	2	100	2	4	50
10	R. K collins (Sr)	2							1	2	50
11	Jashawn Pope (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	5	40
12	Tre’ Smith (Sr)	0							0	4	0
21	Jeffrey Hayes (Sr)	3	1	1	100
23	Dylan Jackson (Fr)	5	1	4	25	2	2	100	0	2	0
33	Mario Walker (So)	0							0	2	0

Midtown

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	71	4	30	34	18	10	21
2	Cam Austin (Jr)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
5	Shayne Walters (Sr)	7	0	2	2	3	2	3
10	Elonzo Milla (Sr)	6	0	1	1	0	0	3
11	Dhati Lewis (Sr)	16	1	4	5	1	2	1
13	Noel Abraham (Jr)	2	0	3	3	1	1	1
14	Zuri Mesquitte (Sr)	2	0	4	4	5	1	2
15	Haiden Evans (Sr)	6	0	0	0	2	1	1
21	Grady Richman (Jr)	0	0	3	3	0	0	1
22	Galen Roberts (So)	8	0	8	8	0	1	2
23	Darrion Hadley (Jr)	11	2	4	6	1	1	0
24	Julian Horton (Jr)	8	1	0	1	3	0	3
25	Theo Latting (So)	3	0	1	1	1	0	2
30	Caruso Edwards (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	49	10	22	32	5	5	4	14	18
0	C. Everhart iii (So)	11		4	4	1		1	2	4
1	S. Jackson (Sr)	3	1	3	4				3
2	E. Gourdine (Jr)	14	1	1	2		1		1	1
4	Caleb Winfrey (Jr)	0		1	1	1				1
5	Malachi Rue (Sr)	6	2	1	3		2	1	1	4
10	R. K collins (Sr)	2	1		1					2
11	Jashawn Pope (Sr)	5	3	5	8	1	1	1	5	3
12	Tre’ Smith (Sr)	0		2	2					2
21	Jeffrey Hayes (Sr)	3
23	Dylan Jackson (Fr)	5		2	2	1	1	1	1	1
32	Elias Sullivan (Sr)			2	2	1			1
33	Mario Walker (So)	0	2	1	3

Midtown

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.86	0.48	17
2	Cam Austin (Jr)	1.00	0.00	3
5	Shayne Walters (Sr)	1.00	0.67	3
10	Elonzo Milla (Sr)	0.00	0.00	1
11	Dhati Lewis (Sr)	1.00	2.00	1
13	Noel Abraham (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0
14	Zuri Mesquitte (Sr)	2.50	0.50	3
15	Haiden Evans (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0
22	Galen Roberts (So)	0.00	0.50	0
23	Darrion Hadley (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1
24	Julian Horton (Jr)	1.00	0.00	3
25	Theo Latting (So)	0.50	0.00	1
30	Caruso Edwards (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.36	0.36	0.28	0.22
0	C. Everhart iii (So)	0.50			0.25
2	E. Gourdine (Jr)		1.00	1.00
5	Malachi Rue (Sr)		2.00	0.50	0.25
11	Jashawn Pope (Sr)	0.20	0.20	0.33	0.33
23	Dylan Jackson (Fr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
32	Elias Sullivan (Sr)	1.00

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - M.L. King trounced by Midtown

January 17, 2025: Lithonia, GA 30038

The M.L. King Lions basketball squad (Lithonia, GA), was crushed 74-49 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Midtown Knights (Atlanta, GA)

With the victory, Midtown advances its record to 12-5 on the year. The Knights travel to Paideia (Atlanta, GA) to meet the Pythons in a non-league battle on Saturday, January 18. The Pythons enter the battle with a record of 8-7. Paideia won 69-39 in their recent league battle against The Weber School (Atlanta, GA)

The Lions now own a 6-14 record. They put it on the line next when they host Washington for a non-league battle on Monday, January 20. M.L. King will meet a Bulldogs squad coming off a 67-57 league loss to Carver (Atlanta, GA). The Bulldogs record now stands at 2-14.

Midtown @ M.L. King Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 17, 2025 @ 7p

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Midtown (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 74-49.

Rankings & Records

Midtown (24-25)

GA	Class
81	14

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	9-5	6-3	8-7	4-1	.621	.643	1,948	1,667

M.L. King (24-25)

GA	Class
310	41

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
8-18	4-10	6-6	2-9	0-3	.308	.286	1,395	1,765

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Midtown	18.6	17.0	17.4	17.3	8.0	67.2
M.L. King	14.6	10.2	12.4	12.3	-	53.7

Head-to-Head

Midtown won on 12/3/2024

12/3 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

M.L. King 6 14 17 12 49
Midtown 31 24 11 10 76

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Midtown (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 76-49.
Box score
Midtown won on 1/17/2025

1/17 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Midtown - - - - 74
M.L. King - - - - 49

The Midtown (Atlanta, GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 74-49.
Box score

12/3 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
M.L. King	6	14	17	12	49
Midtown	31	24	11	10	76

Team Stat Comparison

Midtown		M.L. King
67.3	Points Per Game	53.1
34.5	Rebounds Per Game	29.4
14.3	Assists Per Game	13.0
8.3	Steals Per Game	9.2
3.5	Blocks Per Game	3.6

Team Leaders

Midtown		M.L. King	National Avg.
#23 Darrion Hadley12.0	Points Per Game	#2 Emontae Gourdine14.0	4.9
#14 Zuri Mesquitte6.4	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Jashawn Pope6.1	2.6
#3 Luke Finley3.2	Assists Per Game	#0 Calvin Everhart iii4.0	1.0
#11 Dhati Lewis1.6	Steals Per Game	#0 Calvin Everhart iii2.0	0.8
#14 Zuri Mesquitte0.7	Blocks Per Game	#0 Calvin Everhart iii1.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Midtown	10-6		M.L. King	4-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Midtown	Mays	(L) 70-63	12/13/24	M.L. King	Mays	(L) 101-41
1/9/25	Mays	Midtown	(W) 86-69	1/31/25	Mays	M.L. King	(L) 91-77
				2/11/25	M.L. King	Mays	(L) 91-53
11/22/24	Forest Park	Midtown	(W) 90-42	1/7/25	Forest Park	M.L. King	(W) 65-55
1/14/25	Midtown	Forest Park	(W) 67-42	2/4/25	M.L. King	Forest Park	(W) 56-55
12/5/24	Midtown	Creekside	(W) 84-61	11/22/24	Creekside	M.L. King	(W) 78-55
1/24/25	Creekside	Midtown	(W) 86-45	1/14/25	M.L. King	Creekside	(L) 57-53
12/7/24	Midtown	Collins Hill	(W) 80-63	11/12/24	Collins Hill	M.L. King	(L) 93-51
12/10/24	Midtown	Jackson	(L) 76-63	11/19/24	Jackson	M.L. King	(L) 77-40
1/28/25	Jackson	Midtown	(L) 64-42	1/9/25	M.L. King	Jackson	(L) 93-27
2/14/25	Midtown	Jackson	(W) 64-62
12/13/24	Pace Academy	Midtown	(L) 77-39	12/6/24	M.L. King	Pace Academy	(L) 72-27
1/31/25	Midtown	Pace Academy	(L) 71-56	1/24/25	Pace Academy	M.L. King	(L) 77-29
2/13/25	Midtown	Pace Academy	(L) 51-32
1/7/25	Drew	Midtown	(W) 75-62	12/10/24	Drew	M.L. King	(W) 71-64
2/4/25	Midtown	Drew	(W) 80-68	1/28/25	M.L. King	Drew	(L) 69-53
2/11/25	Drew	Midtown	(W) 74-49

Record Breakdown

Midtown (24-25)		M.L. King (24-25)
18-11	Overall	8-18
10-5	League	4-11
6-4	Non-League	4-6
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
10-6	Common Opponent	4-10
6-3	Home	6-6
8-7	Away	2-9
4-1	Neutral	0-3
1-1	Playoff	0-0
18-11	In-State	8-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0