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Meridian Herrin

Bobcats

Tigers

The Herrin (IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home tournament game against Meridian (Mounds, IL) by a score of 64-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	-	-	-	-	52
Herrin	-	-	-	-	64

Final score provided by S. Shurtz.

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Game Stats

Meridian (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	19	67	28	31
1	J. Ranson (So)	13	3	9	33	33
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	4	2	7	29	29
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	10	4	14	29	36
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	3	1	18	6	8
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	12	5	8	63	63
52	Dionte Reed (So)	3	1	1	100	100

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	3	15	20	11	21	52	16	52	31
1	J. Ranson (So)	13	0	1	0	7	12	58	3	8	38
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	6	33
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	3				1	2	50	1	2	50
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	10	2	4	50	0	1	0	2	10	20
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	3	1	7	14				0	11	0
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	4							2	6	33
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	12	0	1	0	2	2	100	5	7	71
52	Dionte Reed (So)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	11	15	26	6	9	1	9	17
1	J. Ranson (So)	13	1	2	3		2		2
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	4	3	1	4	5	4		3	1
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0					1
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	3		1	1					2
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	10		2	2	1	1		1	4
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	3	1	1	2
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	4	2	2	4				2	4
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	12	3	5	8		1	1		5
52	Dionte Reed (So)	3	1	1	2				1	1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.67	1.00	0.53	0.06	1
1	J. Ranson (So)		1.00
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	1.67	1.33	4.00
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.25
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)					1
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)			0.20	0.20

Herrin (23-24)

Herrin has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Herrin thwarts Meridian

January 20, 2024: Herrin, IL 62948

The Herrin Tigers (Herrin, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Meridian Bobcats (Mounds, IL), 64-52 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Tigers (15-6) will now prepare for their test against Carterville (Carterville, IL). The Lions go into the Southern Illinois River-to-River - Ohio test with a 11-9 record. In their last test, Carterville notched a victory over Vandalia (Vandalia, IL), 48-46, in a non-league test.

The Bobcats now own a 14-6 record. They play next when they host Century for a South Egyptian test on Monday, January 22. Meridian will encounter a Centurions squad coming off a 70-32 non-league loss to St. Mary (Paducah, KY). The Centurions record now stands at 15-9.

Rankings & Records

Meridian (23-24)

IL	Class
214	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
29-9	8-0	12-1	8-6	9-2	.763	1.000	2,536	2,022

Herrin (23-24)

IL	Class
116	34

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-9	5-3	9-2	4-4	8-3	.700	.625	1,575	1,396

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Meridian	16.9	15.2	19.9	15.7	-	-	66.7
Herrin	14.1	12.3	14.1	12.9	3.0	11.0	52.5

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Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		Herrin
59.4	Points Per Game	-
28.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.4	Assists Per Game	-
12.4	Steals Per Game	-
1.8	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Meridian		Herrin	National Avg.
#40 Antonio Flenoid Jr.17.0	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#40 Antonio Flenoid Jr.7.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#1 Javionne Ranson3.2	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#20 Will Thurston2.1	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#20 Will Thurston0.6	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	2-1		Herrin	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Meridian	Massac County	(L) 69-50	12/19/23	Herrin	Massac County	(L) 50-47
				12/28/23	Herrin	Massac County	(W) 56-51
				2/6/24	Massac County	Herrin	(L) 68-46
1/15/24	Meridian	Carterville	(W) 52-47	12/8/23	Herrin	Carterville	(L) 48-44
				1/26/24	Carterville	Herrin	(W) 55-40
1/27/24	Meridian	Harrisburg	(W) 69-63	1/12/24	Harrisburg	Herrin	(W) 54-43
				2/15/24	Herrin	Harrisburg	(W) 63-60

Record Breakdown

Meridian (23-24)		Herrin (23-24)
29-9	Overall	21-9
8-0	League	5-3
9-2	Non-League	6-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-1	Common Opponent	4-3
12-1	Home	9-2
8-6	Away	4-4
9-2	Neutral	8-3
6-1	Playoff	0-1
25-8	In-State	20-9
4-1	Out-of-State	1-0