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The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Miller Grove (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 57-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Miller Grove	5	12	14	14	45
Southwest DeKalb	20	14	8	15	57

Final score provided by E. Brown, Jr.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Miller Grove (23-24)

Miller Grove has not entered stats for this game.

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	20	42	48	60
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	21	6	10	60	85
5	Taron Essex (So)	3	1	3	33	50
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
11	Aaron Burks (So)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Harlim Perine (So)	4	2	4	50	50
14	Brandon Gunn (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	12	4	8	50	69
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	12	6	11	55	55

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	10	20	50	7	13	54	10	22	45
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	21	5	9	56	4	4	100	1	1	100
5	Taron Essex (So)	3	1	2	50				0	1	0
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
11	Aaron Burks (So)	0							0	1	0
12	Harlim Perine (So)	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
14	Brandon Gunn (Jr)	3	1	1	100
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	2				2	4	50	0	1	0
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	12	3	5	60	1	1	100	1	3	33
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	12				0	4	0	6	11	55

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	57	6	23	29	19	4	2
0	Devon Long (Sr)		1		1	1
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	21		7	7			1
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)			3	3	3
5	Taron Essex (So)	3	2	1	3	1
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	0		2	2	12	1
11	Aaron Burks (So)	0		2	2
12	Harlim Perine (So)	4		5	5
14	Brandon Gunn (Jr)	3
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1	2	1
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	12	1	1	2
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	12	1	1	2	1	1

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	5
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	1
12	Harlim Perine (So)	2
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	1
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	1

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Miller Grove thwarted by Southwest DeKalb

January 19, 2024: Decatur, GA 30034

The Miller Grove Wolverines basketball team (Lithonia, GA), dropped 57-45 in Friday's league battle with the host Southwest DeKalb Panthers (Decatur, GA)

The Panthers now possess a 7-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Druid Hills for a AAAA Region 6 battle on Thursday, January 25.

The Wolverines (1-15) will now prepare for their battle against Stone Mountain (Stone Mountain, GA). The Pirates come into the AAAA Region 6 battle with a 3-12 record. In their last battle, Stone Mountain dropped by Holy Innocents Episcopal (Atlanta, GA), 68-35, in a league battle.

Miller Grove @ SDKHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 19, 2024 @ 7:30p

Southwest Dekalb High School

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Miller Grove (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 57-45.

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Rankings & Records

Miller Grove (23-24)

GA	Class
362	50

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
5-21	4-13	4-8	1-10	0-3	.192	.235	1,316	1,694

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

GA	Class
232	31

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
12-16	11-8	7-4	3-10	2-2	.429	.579	1,517	1,489

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Miller Grove	9.2	10.4	13.1	12.2	5.0	50.6
Southwest DeKalb	12.4	13.4	14.3	13.9	10.0	54.2

Head-to-Head

Southwest DeKalb won on 12/5/2023

12/5 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Southwest DeKalb 15 13 15 6 10 59
Miller Grove 14 7 15 13 5 54

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Miller Grove (Lithonia, GA) in overtime by a score of 59-54.
Box score
Southwest DeKalb won on 1/19/2024

1/19 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Miller Grove 5 12 14 14 45
Southwest DeKalb 20 14 8 15 57

The Miller Grove (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) by a score of 57-45.
Box score

12/5 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Southwest DeKalb	15	13	15	6	10	59
Miller Grove	14	7	15	13	5	54

Team Stat Comparison

Miller Grove		Southwest DeKalb
-	Points Per Game	54.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.7
-	Assists Per Game	13.6
-	Steals Per Game	8.0
-	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Miller Grove		Southwest DeKalb	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Sam Turner10.2	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III4.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#10 Nasir Mergan3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Sam Turner2.2	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Miller Grove	5-12		Southwest DeKalb	9-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/28/23	Miller Grove	Columbia	(L) 88-57	1/15/24	Columbia	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 67-59
12/8/23	Stone Mountain	Miller Grove	(L) 48-47	1/6/24	Southwest DeKalb	Stone Mountain	(W) 49-32
1/23/24	Miller Grove	Stone Mountain	(L) 64-50	2/3/24	Stone Mountain	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 47-38
12/12/23	Miller Grove	Druid Hills	(L) 109-46	12/1/23	Druid Hills	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 66-64
1/26/24	Druid Hills	Miller Grove	(W) 70-60	1/25/24	Southwest DeKalb	Druid Hills	(L) 57-54
				2/14/24	Druid Hills	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 57-56
12/15/23	Miller Grove	Hapeville Charter	(L) 62-61	1/5/24	Hapeville Charter	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 54-45
1/30/24	Hapeville Charter	Miller Grove	(L) 70-67	2/2/24	Southwest DeKalb	Hapeville Charter	(L) 62-59
				2/17/24	Hapeville Charter	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 73-47
1/5/24	Holy Innocents Episcopal	Miller Grove	(L) 72-33	1/31/24	Southwest DeKalb	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 65-51
2/2/24	Miller Grove	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 72-49	2/9/24	Holy Innocents Episcopal	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 64-46
2/14/24	Miller Grove	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 77-40	2/16/24	Southwest DeKalb	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 63-34
1/6/24	Clarkston	Miller Grove	(W) 47-39	12/12/23	Clarkston	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 82-52
2/3/24	Miller Grove	Clarkston	(W) 61-52	1/26/24	Clarkston	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 52-18
2/12/24	Clarkston	Miller Grove	(W) 57-47
1/9/24	Miller Grove	Westminster	(L) 67-45	12/14/23	Westminster	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 55-53
2/6/24	Westminster	Miller Grove	(L) 64-58	1/30/24	Southwest DeKalb	Westminster	(L) 55-42
1/27/24	Miller Grove	Stephenson	(L) 58-56	1/9/24	Stephenson	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 47-32
2/9/24	Stephenson	Miller Grove	(W) 56-51	2/6/24	Southwest DeKalb	Stephenson	(L) 53-51

Record Breakdown

Miller Grove (23-24)		Southwest DeKalb (23-24)
5-21	Overall	12-16
5-13	League	11-8
0-6	Non-League	1-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
5-12	Common Opponent	9-9
4-8	Home	7-4
1-10	Away	3-10
0-3	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-1
5-21	In-State	12-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1