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The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against North Springs (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 71-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Springs	10	17	8	13	48
Southwest DeKalb	19	13	22	17	71

Final score provided by E. Brown, Jr.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

North Springs (24-25)

North Springs has not entered stats for this game.

Southwest DeKalb (24-25)

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	29	61	48	54
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	2	1	3	33	33
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	8	3	8	38	50
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	23	9	15	60	70
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	23	10	14	71	71
12	Qur'ran Weems (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	2	1	2	50	50
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	9	3	10	30	45

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	8	20	40	5	9	56	21	41	51
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	4	25
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	8	2	5	40				1	3	33
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	2							1	3	33
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	23	3	4	75	2	2	100	6	11	55
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	23				3	7	43	10	14	71
12	Qur'ran Weems (Fr)	0							0	1	0
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	9	3	8	38				0	2	0

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	71	17	16	33	20	10	4
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	2	2	1	3	7	2	1
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	2	3	1	4	3	1	1
3	T. Glanton, III (Jr)	8	1		1	2
4	K. Peek, III (Sr)	2	1	4	5
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	23	2	2	4	3	3	1
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	23	5	4	9		2	1
12	Qur'ran Weems (Fr)	0	1		1
13	Jourden Smoak (So)	2		1	1		1
22	Jackson Ushery (So)	9	2	3	5	5	1

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	7
0	Nazir Mergan (So)	2
1	Taron Essex (Jr)	1
5	Messiah Mergan (Sr)	1
11	Aaron Burks (Jr)	2
14	D. White, III (Fr)	1

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Southwest DeKalb crushes North Springs

January 9, 2025: Decatur, GA 30034

The Southwest DeKalb Panthers (Decatur, GA) basketball crushed the visiting North Springs Spartans (Atlanta, GA), 71-48 in Thursday's league bout.

The Panthers now possess a 15-1 record. They play next when they host Northview for a AAAA Region 5 bout on Tuesday, January 14. Southwest DeKalb will play a Titans team coming off a 104-53 league loss to Tucker (Tucker, GA). The Titans record now stands at 2-15.

With the loss, North Springs falls to 6-12 on the campaign. The Spartans host St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, GA) to play the Golden Lions in a AAAA Region 5 bout on Tuesday, January 14. The Golden Lions go into the bout with a record of 12-3. St. Pius X Catholic won 79-42 in their recent league bout against Northview (Johns Creek, GA)

North Springs @ SDKHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 7:30p

Southwest Dekalb High School

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against North Springs (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 71-48.

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Rankings & Records

North Springs (24-25)

GA	Class
295	39

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
10-16	8-8	5-7	5-8	0-1	.385	.500	1,485	1,523

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	Final
North Springs	11.2	13.4	12.4	12.6	57.1
Southwest DeKalb	16.0	16.1	16.9	14.3	63.4

Head-to-Head

Southwest DeKalb won on 11/19/2024

11/19 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Southwest DeKalb 9 14 23 21 67
North Springs 15 11 12 13 51

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against North Springs (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 67-51.
Box score
Southwest DeKalb won on 1/9/2025

1/9 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

North Springs 10 17 8 13 48
Southwest DeKalb 19 13 22 17 71

The North Springs (Atlanta, GA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) by a score of 71-48.
Box score

11/19 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Southwest DeKalb	9	14	23	21	67
North Springs	15	11	12	13	51

Team Stat Comparison

North Springs		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

North Springs		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

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Springs	8-7		Southwest DeKalb	15-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/24	North Springs	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 64-45	12/6/24	St. Pius X Catholic	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 54-50
1/14/25	St. Pius X Catholic	North Springs	(L) 62-52	1/30/25	Southwest DeKalb	St. Pius X Catholic	(W) 61-45
2/10/25	North Springs	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 57-54	2/13/25	St. Pius X Catholic	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 67-49
12/3/24	Marist	North Springs	(L) 75-52	12/10/24	Marist	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 54-34
1/16/25	North Springs	Marist	(L) 68-40	1/24/25	Southwest DeKalb	Marist	(W) 62-55
12/6/24	North Springs	Tucker	(L) 77-53	12/13/24	Southwest DeKalb	Tucker	(L) 59-51
2/1/25	Tucker	North Springs	(L) 62-52	1/28/25	Tucker	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 58-49
				2/14/25	Tucker	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 51-46
12/10/24	Druid Hills	North Springs	(W) 66-31	12/17/24	Druid Hills	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 56-20
1/24/25	North Springs	Druid Hills	(W) 75-47	1/31/25	Southwest DeKalb	Druid Hills	(W) 66-35
12/13/24	North Springs	Lithonia	(W) 53-42	1/15/25	Southwest DeKalb	Lithonia	(W) 55-50
1/28/25	Lithonia	North Springs	(W) 59-47	2/4/25	Lithonia	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 60-37
12/17/24	Northview	North Springs	(W) 79-48	11/22/24	Southwest DeKalb	Northview	(W) 68-32
1/31/25	North Springs	Northview	(W) 74-71	1/14/25	Northview	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 86-26
				2/10/25	Northview	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 97-56
12/20/24	North Springs	Clarkston	(W) 78-34	1/7/25	Southwest DeKalb	Clarkston	(W) 76-19
2/4/25	Clarkston	North Springs	(W) 74-48	2/7/25	Clarkston	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 94-32

Record Breakdown

North Springs (24-25)		Southwest DeKalb (24-25)
10-16	Overall	26-4
8-9	League	17-2
2-7	Non-League	5-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
8-7	Common Opponent	15-2
5-7	Home	12-2
5-8	Away	9-2
0-1	Neutral	5-0
0-0	Playoff	1-1
10-16	In-State	23-4
0-0	Out-of-State	3-0