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Buford Southwest DeKalb

Wolves

Panthers

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Buford (GA) by a score of 48-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Buford	15	7	17	9	48
Southwest DeKalb	10	10	13	12	45

Final score provided by B. Martin.

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Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Buford (24-25)

Buford has not entered stats for this game.

Southwest DeKalb (24-25)

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	15	46	33	40
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	3	0	3	0	0
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	7	2	5	40	40
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	8	3	11	27	36
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	5	2	8	25	31
10	Randall Hanks (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	11	4	6	67	75
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	3	1	4	25	38
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	8	3	6	50	67

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	7	25	28	8	19	42	8	21	38
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	3	0	2	0	3	10	30	0	1	0
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	7				3	4	75	2	5	40
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	8	2	8	25				1	3	33
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	0							0	2	0
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	5	1	4	25	0	2	0	1	4	25
10	Randall Hanks (Jr)	0	0	1	0
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	11	1	2	50	2	3	67	3	4	75
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	3	1	4	25
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	8	2	4	50				1	2	50

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	45	6	17	23	13	9	1
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	3	1	1	2	5
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	7	1	3	4	2	5	1
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	8	1	5	6	3	1
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	5	1		1		2
10	Randall Hanks (Jr)	0		1	1	1
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	11	1	6	7	1
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	3		1	1	1	1
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	8	1		1

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2	6
1	Taron Essex (Jr)		2
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	1
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)		1
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	1
13	Jourden Smoak (So)		1
22	Jackson Ushery (So)		2

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Buford nips Southwest DeKalb

January 18, 2025: Decatur, GA 30034

The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Buford Wolves (Buford, GA) and the host Southwest DeKalb Panthers (Decatur, GA), observed Buford's basketball team edge Southwest DeKalb by a score of 48-45.

The Wolves (15-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Calvary Day (Savannah, GA). The Cavaliers come into the non-league challenge with a 10-5 record. In their last challenge, Calvary Day edged Jenkins (Savannah, GA), 70-39, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the St. Pius X Catholic Golden Lions (Atlanta, GA) in a AAAA Region 5 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Southwest DeKalb will attempt to improve on its 17-2 season record. The Golden Lions come into the challenge with a 13-4 record after their 70-61 league loss to Tucker (Tucker, GA).

Buford @ SDKHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 18, 2025 @ 6p

Southwest Dekalb High School

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Buford (GA) by a score of 48-45.

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Rankings & Records

Buford (24-25)

GA	Class
32	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
24-4	12-0	9-1	9-0	6-3	.857	1.000	1,887	1,592

Southwest DeKalb (24-25)

GA	Class
39	5

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
26-4	16-2	12-2	9-2	5-0	.867	.889	1,902	1,323

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Buford	17.0	16.7	17.7	15.4	8.5	10.0	67.4
Southwest DeKalb	16.0	16.1	16.9	14.3	-	-	63.4

Team Stat Comparison

Buford		Southwest DeKalb
-	Points Per Game	63.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	29.6
-	Assists Per Game	16.6
-	Steals Per Game	10.9
-	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

Buford		Southwest DeKalb	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#22 Jackson Ushery12.8	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Aaron Burks5.5	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Thomas Glanton, III4.7	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#3 Thomas Glanton, III2.1	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III0.8	0.2

Record Breakdown

Buford (24-25)		Southwest DeKalb (24-25)
24-4	Overall	26-4
14-0	League	17-2
7-2	Non-League	5-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
9-1	Home	12-2
9-0	Away	9-2
6-3	Neutral	5-0
1-1	Playoff	1-1
22-3	In-State	23-4
2-1	Out-of-State	3-0