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Herrin Meridian

Tigers

Bobcats

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home tournament game against Herrin (IL) by a score of 71-67.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Herrin	-	-	-	-	67
Meridian	-	-	-	-	71

Final score provided by S. Corrections.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (24-25)

Herrin

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	67	26	55	47	52
1	J. Staple jr. (Sr)	2	0	0
11	Chance Estes (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0
15	M. Billingsley (Sr)	7	3	11	27	27
21	Kyrese Lukens (Sr)	18	7	16	44	53
24	J. Faulkenberry (So)	6	3	3	100	100
32	J.j. Gwaltney (Fr)	7	3	5	60	70
33	Grady Cox (Sr)	18	7	12	58	63
35	Rajion Price (Sr)	8	3	6	50	50

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	27	54	50	55
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	10	5	14	36	36
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	18	8	10	80	80
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	8	3	4	75	75
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	17	5	15	33	40
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	1	0	1	0	0
11	Max Russell (Jr)	17	6	10	60	75

Herrin

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	67	5	20	25	10	19	53	21	35	60
1	J. Staple jr. (Sr)	2	0	0	0	2	6	33	0	0	0
11	Chance Estes (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	3	33	0	2	0
15	M. Billingsley (Sr)	7	0	7	0	1	2	50	3	4	75
21	Kyrese Lukens (Sr)	18	3	9	33	1	1	100	4	7	57
24	J. Faulkenberry (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
32	J.j. Gwaltney (Fr)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	2	100
33	Grady Cox (Sr)	18	1	1	100	3	3	100	6	11	55
35	Rajion Price (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	4	50	3	6	50

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	5	21	24	12	21	57	22	33	67
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	11	45
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	18	0	2	0	2	4	50	8	8	100
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	4	50	3	4	75
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	17	2	8	25	5	7	71	3	7	43
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	1	0	1	0	1	4	25	0	0	0
11	Max Russell (Jr)	17	3	7	43	2	2	100	3	3	100

Herrin

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	67	17	19	36	17	9	1	23	19
0	Carter McCree (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1	J. Staple jr. (Sr)	2	1	3	4	5	1	1	9	1
11	Chance Estes (Sr)	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
15	M. Billingsley (Sr)	7	1	5	6	6	3	0	2	1
21	Kyrese Lukens (Sr)	18	2	4	6	3	2	0	4	2
24	J. Faulkenberry (So)	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	2
32	J.j. Gwaltney (Fr)	7	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	4
33	Grady Cox (Sr)	18	5	4	9	2	1	0	3	5
35	Rajion Price (Sr)	8	5	0	5	0	0	0	2	2

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	71	8	14	22	14	13	20	18
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	10	0	3	3	1	1	3	5
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	18	1	1	2	1	3	2	0
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	8	1	1	2	2	2	5	4
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	17	3	5	8	9	3	4	1
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1
10	Fanelle Woodson (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
11	Max Russell (Jr)	17	1	2	3	1	2	2	2
30	Dionte Reed (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1

Herrin

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.74	0.39	0.47	0.05
1	J. Staple jr. (Sr)	0.56	0.11	1.00	1.00
15	M. Billingsley (Sr)	3.00	1.50	3.00	0.00
21	Kyrese Lukens (Sr)	0.75	0.50	1.00	0.00
24	J. Faulkenberry (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
32	J.j. Gwaltney (Fr)	0.00	2.00	0.50	0.00
33	Grady Cox (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.20	0.00

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.70	0.65	0.72
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	0.33	0.33	0.20
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	0.50	1.50	3.00
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	0.40	0.40	0.50
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	2.25	0.75	3.00
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00
11	Max Russell (Jr)	0.50	1.00	1.00

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Herrin can't hold off Meridian

January 24, 2025: Mounds, IL 62964

The Meridian Bobcats nipped the visiting Herrin Tigers basketball squad by a final score of 71-67 in Friday's non-league outing.

Next, the Bobcats face the Benton Rangers (Benton, IL) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, January 25. Meridian will attempt to upgrade on its 17-5 season record. The Rangers enter the outing with a 18-1 record after their 52-42 non-league win over Carterville (Carterville, IL).

The Tigers (17-4) will now prepare for their outing against Carterville (Carterville, IL). The Lions enter the non-league outing with a 9-9 record. In their last outing, Carterville was nipped by Benton (Benton, IL), 52-42, in a non-league outing.

Herrin @ Meridian Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 24, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home tournament game against Herrin (IL) by a score of 71-67.

Rankings & Records

Herrin (24-25)

IL	Class
107	34

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
24-8	7-1	7-3	6-4	11-1	.750	.875	1,840	1,613

Meridian (24-25)

IL	Class
176	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
26-9	8-0	13-0	8-3	5-6	.743	1.000	2,499	1,981

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Herrin	14.7	11.3	15.4	13.6	7.0	57.5
Meridian	19.7	18.3	16.8	17.7	-	71.4

Team Stat Comparison

Herrin		Meridian
57.3	Points Per Game	67.2
25.8	Rebounds Per Game	29.6
8.8	Assists Per Game	12.7
7.3	Steals Per Game	12.1
2.5	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Herrin		Meridian	National Avg.
#21 Kyrese Lukens17.9	Points Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid19.2	4.9
#33 Grady Cox8.6	Rebounds Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid11.7	2.6
#21 Kyrese Lukens3.1	Assists Per Game	#2 Shamar Easley2.8	1.0
#1 Jared Staple jr.2.3	Steals Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid2.7	0.8
#33 Grady Cox1.3	Blocks Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Herrin	6-3		Meridian	4-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/20/24	Herrin	Murphysboro	(W) 52-45	12/14/24	Murphysboro	Meridian	(L) 72-61
2/7/25	Murphysboro	Herrin	(L) 48-40	12/30/24	Meridian	Murphysboro	(L) 53-50
12/21/24	Freeburg	Herrin	(W) 62-54	1/18/25	Freeburg	Meridian	(W) 61-46
12/26/24	Carrier Mills-Stonefort	Herrin	(W) 85-18	11/30/24	Meridian	Carrier Mills-Stonefort	(W) 98-39
1/14/25	Herrin	Pinckneyville	(L) 73-59	12/28/24	Meridian	Pinckneyville	(L) 77-49
1/18/25	Massac County	Herrin	(W) 61-49	11/26/24	Meridian	Massac County	(W) 75-53
2/11/25	Herrin	Massac County	(W) 75-70
2/4/25	Vienna	Herrin	(W) 53-50	11/29/24	Meridian	Vienna	(L) 71-65
				1/28/25	Vienna	Meridian	(W) 74-53
2/28/25	Herrin	Centralia	(L) 61-43	2/15/25	Meridian	Centralia	(L) 69-60

Record Breakdown

Herrin (24-25)		Meridian (24-25)
24-8	Overall	26-9
7-1	League	8-0
7-4	Non-League	7-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-3	Common Opponent	4-5
7-3	Home	13-0
6-4	Away	8-3
11-1	Neutral	5-6
1-1	Playoff	3-1
24-8	In-State	23-9
0-0	Out-of-State	3-0