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The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Johnson (Savannah, GA) by a score of 56-55.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Johnson	14	10	11	21	56
Southwest DeKalb	5	17	12	21	55

Final score provided by E. Brown, Jr.

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Game Stats

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

Johnson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	22	52	42	45
0	J. Quarterman (Sr)	29	11	26	42	48
1	Kadin Davis (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
4	Cormari Jones (Sr)	1	0	5	0	0
14	F. Kirkwood (Jr)	16	6	10	60	60
23	Jahdon Polite (Sr)	8	4	6	67	67

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	19	49	39	44
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	12	4	9	44	56
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	15	5	9	56	67
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	13	6	10	60	60
5	Taron Essex (So)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Aaron Burks (So)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Harlim Perine (So)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	8	2	10	20	25
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	7	2	5	40	40

Johnson

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	3	6	50	9	10	90	19	46	41
0	J. Quarterman (Sr)	29	3	6	50	4	4	100	8	20	40
1	Kadin Davis (Jr)	2							1	5	20
4	Cormari Jones (Sr)	1				1	2	50	0	5	0
14	F. Kirkwood (Jr)	16				4	4	100	6	10	60
23	Jahdon Polite (Sr)	8							4	6	67

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	5	21	24	12	22	55	14	28	50
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	12	2	5	40	2	6	33	2	4	50
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	15	2	4	50	3	5	60	3	5	60
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	13				1	1	100	6	10	60
5	Taron Essex (So)	0	0	1	0
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	0	0	2	0
11	Aaron Burks (So)	0							0	2	0
12	Harlim Perine (So)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	8	1	8	13	3	4	75	1	2	50
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	7				3	4	75	2	5	40

Johnson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	56	4	29	11	6	1
0	J. Quarterman (Sr)	29		5	1		1
1	Kadin Davis (Jr)	2		2
3	Quentin James (So)			1
4	Cormari Jones (Sr)	1	4	4	8	4
14	F. Kirkwood (Jr)	16		8	2	1
23	Jahdon Polite (Sr)	8		6		1
32	Shatiq Parker (Jr)			3

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	55	12	14	26	15	6	2
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	12	2		2	4
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	15		4	4	3	1
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	13	4	3	7	1	1	2
5	Taron Essex (So)	0		2	2	2	1
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	0				1
11	Aaron Burks (So)	0	1	1	2
12	Harlim Perine (So)	0	1	1	2	1	1
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	8	2		2	2	1
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	7	2	2	4	1	1
24	S. Johnson (So)			1	1

Misc Totals

Johnson has not entered any misc totals stats.

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	6
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	2
5	Taron Essex (So)	2
12	Harlim Perine (So)	1
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	1

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Southwest DeKalb nipped by Johnson

November 11, 2023: Decatur, GA 30034

The Johnson Atomsmashers tipped the host Southwest DeKalb Panthers basketball team by a final score of 57-56 in Saturday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Atomsmashers face the Dougherty Trojans (Albany, GA) in a non-league game, on Saturday, November 18. Johnson will attempt to move on its 1-0 season record. The Trojans enter the game with a 0-1 record after their 51-46 non-league loss to Westover (Albany, GA).

With the defeat, Southwest DeKalb moves to 0-2 on the year. The Panthers travel to M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) to face the Lions in a non-league game on Friday, November 17. The Lions enter the game with a record of 1-0.

Players of the Game

Johnson (23-24)

Congratulations to #0 Joshua Quarterman for being selected the Johnson Basketball Player of the Game.

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

Southwest DeKalb has not selected any Players of the Game.

Johnson @ SDKHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023 @ 9p

SWD Showdown Showcase

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Johnson (Savannah, GA) by a score of 56-55.

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Rankings & Records

Johnson (23-24)

GA	Class
105	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
20-12	10-4	10-2	5-6	5-4	.625	.714	1,847	1,705

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
Johnson	12.5	11.9	15.9	18.8	-	57.7
Southwest DeKalb	12.4	13.4	14.3	13.9	10.0	54.2

Team Stat Comparison

Johnson		Southwest DeKalb
57.2	Points Per Game	54.2
24.6	Rebounds Per Game	28.7
11.0	Assists Per Game	13.6
8.8	Steals Per Game	8.0
0.8	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Johnson		Southwest DeKalb	National Avg.
#0 Joshua Quarterman18.6	Points Per Game	#23 Sam Turner10.2	4.9
#14 Favion Kirkwood 5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III4.9	2.6
#4 Cormari Jones4.0	Assists Per Game	#10 Nasir Mergan3.1	1.0
#4 Cormari Jones3.4	Steals Per Game	#23 Sam Turner2.2	0.8
#0 Joshua Quarterman0.6	Blocks Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III1.0	0.3

Record Breakdown

Johnson (23-24)		Southwest DeKalb (23-24)
20-12	Overall	12-16
11-5	League	11-8
5-6	Non-League	1-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
10-2	Home	7-4
5-6	Away	3-10
5-4	Neutral	2-2
4-1	Playoff	0-1
18-11	In-State	12-15
2-1	Out-of-State	0-1