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M.L. King Decatur

Lions

Bulldogs

The Decatur (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 50-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	44
Decatur	-	-	-	-	50

Final score provided by N. Harris.

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Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

M.L. King (22-23)

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	17	50	34	35
2	K. Ruzvidzo (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
3	Jaleon Johnson (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)	10	3	14	21	21
5	Shon'dell Heath (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)	12	4	9	44	44
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)	13	6	16	38	38

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	1	11	9	9	11	82	16	39	41
2	K. Ruzvidzo (Jr)	2	0	3	0				1	2	50
3	Jaleon Johnson (Jr)	5	1	2	50				1	2	50
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)	10	0	4	0	4	4	100	3	10	30
5	Shon'dell Heath (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)	12	0	1	0	4	5	80	4	8	50
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)	13				1	2	50	6	16	38

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	4	20	24	7	5	3	13	7
2	K. Ruzvidzo (Jr)	2		1	1				1
3	Jaleon Johnson (Jr)	5		3	3	1			2	2
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)	10		5	5	1	1		3	1
5	Shon'dell Heath (Jr)	2				1	4		2	2
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)	12		4	4	1		1	4
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)	13	4	5	9	2		2	1	2
32	Noah Brown (Fr)			2	2	1

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.54	0.39	0.71	0.43
3	Jaleon Johnson (Jr)	0.50
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)	0.33	0.33	1.00
5	Shon'dell Heath (Jr)	0.50	2.00	2.00
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)	0.25
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)	2.00			1.00

Decatur (22-23)

Decatur has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - M.L. King can't hold off Decatur

January 13, 2023: Decatur, GA 30030

The Decatur Bulldogs basketball team scored 50 points and restricted the visiting M.L. King Lions to 44 in the Bulldogs league victory on Friday.

The Bulldogs now sport a 9-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Whitefield Academy for a non-league contest on Saturday, January 14. Decatur will battle a WolfPack team coming off a 78-40 league loss to Mount Pisgah Christian (Johns Creek, GA). The WolfPack record now stands at 1-18.

The Lions (3-15) will now prepare for their contest against Northgate (Newnan, GA). The Vikings come into the non-league contest with a 4-14 record. In their last contest, Northgate was nudged by Newnan (Newnan, GA), 53-52, in a non-league contest.

M.L. King @ Decatur Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 13, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Decatur (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 50-44.

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Rankings & Records

M.L. King (22-23)

GA	Class
390	49

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
6-20	1-9	4-6	1-9	1-5	.231	.100	1,367	1,582

Decatur (22-23)

GA	Class
108	15

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-10	7-3	7-5	5-3	6-2	.643	.700	1,581	1,502

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
M.L. King	12.8	15.5	16.5	13.5	52.6
Decatur	13.3	11.7	16.7	14.7	56.5

Head-to-Head

Decatur won on 1/13/2023

1/13 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

M.L. King - - - - 44
Decatur - - - - 50

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Decatur (GA) by a score of 50-44.
Box score
Decatur won on 2/3/2023

2/3 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Decatur - - - - 60
M.L. King - - - - 46

The Decatur (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 60-46.
Box score

2/3 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Decatur	-	-	-	-	60
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	46

Team Stat Comparison

M.L. King		Decatur
49.4	Points Per Game	-
30.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
8.5	Assists Per Game	-
8.0	Steals Per Game	-
4.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

M.L. King		Decatur	National Avg.
#4 Devin Bowers13.0	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#23 Zion Vassall9.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#4 Devin Bowers2.3	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#5 Shon'dell Heath1.9	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#23 Zion Vassall1.8	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
M.L. King	1-8		Decatur	7-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/22	M.L. King	Arabia Mountain	(L) 62-54	1/10/23	Arabia Mountain	Decatur	(W) 53-42
1/27/23	Arabia Mountain	M.L. King	(L) 57-55	1/31/23	Decatur	Arabia Mountain	(W) 60-51
12/13/22	Lithonia	M.L. King	(L) 59-40	1/6/23	Decatur	Lithonia	(L) 53-51
1/24/23	M.L. King	Lithonia	(L) 51-44	1/20/23	Lithonia	Decatur	(W) 67-66
2/13/23	Lithonia	M.L. King	(L) 54-51	2/15/23	Decatur	Lithonia	(W) 43-36
1/6/23	M.L. King	Tucker	(L) 81-58	12/9/22	Decatur	Tucker	(L) 62-59
1/20/23	Tucker	M.L. King	(L) 73-54	1/27/23	Tucker	Decatur	(L) 62-46
				2/17/23	Decatur	Tucker	(W) 69-64
1/10/23	M.L. King	Chamblee	(L) 67-55	12/13/22	Decatur	Chamblee	(W) 70-64
1/31/23	Chamblee	M.L. King	(W) 77-73	1/24/23	Chamblee	Decatur	(W) 58-44

Record Breakdown

M.L. King (22-23)		Decatur (22-23)
6-20	Overall	18-10
1-10	League	8-3
5-8	Non-League	4-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
1-8	Common Opponent	7-3
4-6	Home	7-5
1-9	Away	5-3
1-5	Neutral	6-2
0-0	Playoff	1-2
6-20	In-State	16-10
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0