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M.L. King Lithonia

Lions

Bulldogs

The Lithonia (GA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 60-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	32
Lithonia	-	-	-	-	60

Final score provided by L. Daniel.

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Game Stats

Lithonia (21-22)

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	28	11	42	26	26
0	Devin Bowers (So)	6	2	4	50	50
0	C. Goodson (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	4	1	12	8	8
10	K. Ruzvidzo (So)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Josh Brown (Jr)	7	3	6	50	50
12	Zion Vassal (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
20	Noah Brown (So)	2	1	3	33	33
22	Gavin Benard (So)	2	1	1	100	100
23	Phoenix Addae (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
30	Shondell Heath (So)	2	1	3	33	33

Lithonia

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	23	60	38	43
2	Patrice Ponda (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
4	S. Scott II (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	10	4	15	27	33
10	Darrius Garrett (Sr)	6	2	4	50	63
15	Josh Daniels (Jr)	13	6	10	60	60
21	Caleb Taylor (Jr)	21	7	14	50	57
22	Joseph Anthony (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
	Kai McAfee (So)	4	2	3	67	67
	Marcus Calhoun (So)	1	0	1	0	0

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	28	6	15	40	11	42	26
0	Devin Bowers (So)	6	2	2	100	2	4	50
0	C. Goodson (Jr)	1	1	2	50	0	1	0
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	4	2	7	29	1	12	8
10	K. Ruzvidzo (So)	0				0	2	0
11	Josh Brown (Jr)	7	1	3	33	3	6	50
12	Zion Vassal (Jr)	2				1	4	25
20	Noah Brown (So)	2				1	3	33
22	Gavin Benard (So)	2	0	1	0	1	1	100
23	Phoenix Addae (Sr)	2				1	6	17
30	Shondell Heath (So)	2				1	3	33

Lithonia

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	5	16	31	9	17	53	18	44	41
2	Patrice Ponda (Sr)	1				1	4	25	0	1	0
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	4	50
4	S. Scott II (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	10	2	5	40				2	10	20
10	Darrius Garrett (Sr)	6	1	1	100	1	4	25	1	3	33
15	Josh Daniels (Jr)	13	0	2	0	1	1	100	6	8	75
21	Caleb Taylor (Jr)	21	2	5	40	5	6	83	5	9	56
22	Joseph Anthony (Sr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)	0							0	3	0
	Kai McAfee (So)	4							2	3	67
	Marcus Calhoun (So)	1				1	2	50	0	1	0

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	28	15	2	1	3	26
0	Devin Bowers (So)	6	1	1	1		5
0	C. Goodson (Jr)	1					2
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	4	3	1			3
5	TJ Petty (Jr)		1
10	K. Ruzvidzo (So)	0	1				2
11	Josh Brown (Jr)	7					2
12	Zion Vassal (Jr)	2	2			1	1
20	Noah Brown (So)	2
22	Gavin Benard (So)	2	2				5
23	Phoenix Addae (Sr)	2	3			2
30	Shondell Heath (So)	2	1				4
32	C. Harris (Sr)		1				2

Lithonia

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	60	41	14	18	3	15
0	Keshawn McCoy (Sr)		6		1
1	Cortez Vaughn (So)			2	1
2	Patrice Ponda (Sr)	1	3				1
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	4	4	10	4		3
4	S. Scott II (Sr)	0	1		1		2
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	10	5	1	3	2	2
10	Darrius Garrett (Sr)	6	3		3		3
15	Josh Daniels (Jr)	13	1		3
21	Caleb Taylor (Jr)	21	2
22	Joseph Anthony (Sr)	0	2	1
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)	0	12		1	1	2
	Kai McAfee (So)	4			1		1
	Marcus Calhoun (So)	1	2				1

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.08	0.04
0	Devin Bowers (So)	0.20	0.20
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	0.33

Lithonia

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.93	1.20
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	3.33	1.33
4	S. Scott II (Sr)		0.50
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	0.50	1.50
10	Darrius Garrett (Sr)		1.00
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)		0.50
	Kai McAfee (So)		1.00

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - M.L. King overwhelmed by Lithonia

January 25, 2022: Lithonia, GA 30058

The M.L. King Lions basketball team (Lithonia, GA), was overwhelmed 60-32 in Tuesday's league battle with the host Lithonia Bulldogs (Lithonia, GA)

The Bulldogs now possess a 15-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Decatur for a AAAAA Region 5 battle on Friday, January 28. Lithonia will confront a Bulldogs team coming off a 42-41 league loss to Northview (Johns Creek, GA). The Bulldogs record now stands at 9-7.

The Lions (2-16) will now prepare for their battle against St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, GA). The Golden Lions go into the AAAAA Region 5 test with a 17-3 record. In their last test, St. Pius X Catholic walloped Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA), 48-35, in a league test.

Players of the Game

M.L. King (21-22)

Congratulations to #11 Josh Brown for being selected the M.L. King Basketball Player of the Game.

Lithonia (21-22)

Lithonia has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

M.L. King (21-22)

GA	Class
425	51

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
5-21	2-14	3-9	2-8	0-4	.192	.125	1,298	1,713

Lithonia (21-22)

GA	Class
87	10

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
21-9	12-4	9-1	9-5	3-3	.700	.750	1,585	1,313

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
M.L. King	9.1	8.7	12.0	13.6	-	49.9
Lithonia	10.0	7.1	12.0	9.7	69.0	52.8

Head-to-Head

Lithonia won on 12/10/2021

12/10 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lithonia - - - - 67
M.L. King - - - - 48

The Lithonia (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 67-48.
Box score
Lithonia won on 1/25/2022

1/25 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

M.L. King - - - - 32
Lithonia - - - - 60

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Lithonia (GA) by a score of 60-32.
Box score

12/10 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lithonia	-	-	-	-	67
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	48

Team Stat Comparison

M.L. King		Lithonia
44.8	Points Per Game	47.1
22.5	Rebounds Per Game	25.9
6.2	Assists Per Game	10.3
6.2	Steals Per Game	8.7
2.0	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

M.L. King		Lithonia	National Avg.
#2 Kaleb Brown7.0	Points Per Game	#5 Chase Champion13.7	4.9
#23 Phoenix Addae4.4	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Kendrick Merrett6.1	2.6
#2 Kaleb Brown1.7	Assists Per Game	#3 Kendrick Merrett4.0	1.0
#30 Shondell Heath2.2	Steals Per Game	#3 Kendrick Merrett1.9	0.8
#12 Zion Vassal0.7	Blocks Per Game	#23 Elijah Williams1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
M.L. King	3-13		Lithonia	12-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/21	Stone Mountain	M.L. King	(L) 55-53	1/4/22	Lithonia	Stone Mountain	(W) 77-48
1/18/22	Stone Mountain	M.L. King	(L) 53-47	2/4/22	Stone Mountain	Lithonia	(W) 71-39
12/14/21	St. Pius X Catholic	M.L. King	(L) 89-42	11/30/21	Lithonia	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 51-49
1/28/22	M.L. King	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 92-38	1/14/22	St. Pius X Catholic	Lithonia	(L) 46-40
2/16/22	M.L. King	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 81-38	2/19/22	Lithonia	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 62-46
12/17/21	Chamblee	M.L. King	(L) 75-61	12/3/21	Chamblee	Lithonia	(W) 48-34
2/1/22	M.L. King	Chamblee	(W) 62-53	1/18/22	Lithonia	Chamblee	(W) 51-35
				2/16/22	Chamblee	Lithonia	(W) 43-39
12/18/21	Southwest DeKalb	M.L. King	(L) 76-35	12/7/21	Lithonia	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 69-41
1/14/22	Southwest DeKalb	M.L. King	(L) 75-37	1/21/22	Southwest DeKalb	Lithonia	(W) 44-32
				2/18/22	Lithonia	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 39-28
1/4/22	M.L. King	Northview	(L) 63-52	1/11/22	Northview	Lithonia	(W) 45-40
2/4/22	Northview	M.L. King	(L) 68-54	2/11/22	Lithonia	Northview	(W) 33-30
1/7/22	M.L. King	Clarkston	(L) 71-66	12/17/21	Lithonia	Clarkston	(W) 65-23
2/8/22	Clarkston	M.L. King	(W) 63-51	2/1/22	Clarkston	Lithonia	(W) 46-39
2/14/22	Clarkston	M.L. King	(W) 58-52
1/11/22	M.L. King	Decatur	(L) 56-30	12/14/21	Decatur	Lithonia	(W) 53-47
2/11/22	Decatur	M.L. King	(L) 69-43	1/28/22	Lithonia	Decatur	(L) 40-38

Record Breakdown

M.L. King (21-22)		Lithonia (21-22)
5-21	Overall	21-9
3-14	League	14-4
2-3	Non-League	3-0
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-13	Common Opponent	12-5
3-9	Home	9-1
2-8	Away	9-5
0-4	Neutral	3-3
0-1	Playoff	1-1
5-21	In-State	21-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1