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The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home playoff game against Ware County (Waycross, GA) by a score of 60-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ware County	16	8	16	13	53
Southwest DeKalb	20	14	13	13	60

Final score provided by L. Williams.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ware County (24-25)

Ware County has not entered stats for this game.

Southwest DeKalb (24-25)

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	22	53	42	49
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	4	2	4	50	50
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	4	1	7	14	21
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	12	5	5	100	100
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	18	6	14	43	54
10	Randall Hanks (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	0	0	2	0	0
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	16	5	11	45	64

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	8	25	32	8	16	50	14	28	50
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	67
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	2							1	3	33
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	4	1	5	20	1	2	50	0	2	0
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	12				2	4	50	5	5	100
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	18	3	7	43	3	4	75	3	7	43
10	Randall Hanks (Jr)	0	0	1	0
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	4				0	2	0	2	6	33
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	16	4	10	40	2	2	100	1	1	100

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	60	9	25	34	19	5	4
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	4		2	2	3	1
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	2	1	2	3	1
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	4	1	3	4	10
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	12		5	5		1	4
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	18	3	2	5	4	2
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	4	4	4	8
12	Qur'ran Weems (Fr)			1	1	1
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	0		4	4
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	16		2	2		1

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	10
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	3
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	2
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	2
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	1
12	Qur'ran Weems (Fr)	1
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	1

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Ware County can't hold off Southwest DeKalb

February 19, 2025: Decatur, GA 30034

Southwest DeKalb Panthers (Decatur, GA) supporters left the game satisfied Wednesday as they witnessed their basketball squad nudge the visiting Ware County Gators (Waycross, GA), 60-53 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Southwest DeKalb advances its record to 26-3 on the year. The Panthers travel to McDonough (McDonough, GA) to face the Warhawks in a non-league match on Saturday, February 22. The Warhawks enter the match with a record of 23-5. McDonough won 74-64 in their recent non-league match against Cedar Shoals (Athens, GA)

The Gators now own a 19-8 record.

Ware County @ SDKHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 19, 2025 @ 6p

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home playoff game against Ware County (Waycross, GA) by a score of 60-53.

This game is a part of the "2025 Georgia Boys State Basketball Tournament: GHSA - AAAA".

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Rankings & Records

Ware County (24-25)

GA	Class
133	23

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-8	8-2	13-0	6-6	0-2	.704	.800	1,841	1,399

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	Final
Ware County	16.4	16.8	17.6	16.3	7.0	68.2
Southwest DeKalb	16.0	16.1	16.9	14.3	-	63.4

Team Stat Comparison

Ware County		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

Ware County		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

Ware County (24-25)		Southwest DeKalb (24-25)
19-8	Overall	26-4
9-3	League	17-2
10-3	Non-League	5-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
13-0	Home	12-2
6-6	Away	9-2
0-2	Neutral	5-0
0-1	Playoff	1-1
19-6	In-State	23-4
0-2	Out-of-State	3-0