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Mt. Zion M.L. King

Bulldogs

Lions M

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Mt. Zion (Jonesboro, GA) by a score of 81-73.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mt. Zion	-	-	-	-	73
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	81

Final score provided by N. Harris.

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Game Stats

M.L. King (23-24)

Mt. Zion

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	149	73	24	45	53	60
1	Devante Burgest (Sr)	26	11	4	7	57	71
2	Tyler Pennell (Sr)	17	2	1	4	25	25
5	Jaki Bell (Sr)	26	32	10	15	67	73
10	Maxwell Henry (So)	9	7	3	5	60	60
14	Jacques Grimes (So)	25	9	3	6	50	58
15	Conner Hills (Jr)	17	3	1	4	25	25
0/4	Ja'Shy Mackey (Jr)	29	9	2	4	50	63

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	81	27	64	42	48
0	C. Everhart III (Fr)	4	2	4	50	50
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	13	5	13	38	38
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	6	2	4	50	50
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	35	9	22	41	55
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	7	2	6	33	42
11	S. Jackson (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	10	4	10	40	40
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
33	R. K collins (Jr)	4	2	2	100	100

Mt. Zion

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	149	73	6	14	43	20	26	77	18	31	58
1	Devante Burgest (Sr)	26	11	2	4	50	1	2	50	2	3	67
2	Tyler Pennell (Sr)	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	Jaki Bell (Sr)	26	32	2	2	100	10	13	77	8	13	62
10	Maxwell Henry (So)	9	7	0	1	0	1	1	100	3	4	75
14	Jacques Grimes (So)	25	9	1	1	100	2	2	100	2	5	40
15	Conner Hills (Jr)	17	3	0	3	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
0/4	Ja'Shy Mackey (Jr)	29	9	1	2	50	5	6	83	1	2	50

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	81	7	27	26	20	24	83	20	37	54
0	C. Everhart III (Fr)	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	13	0	6	0	3	5	60	5	7	71
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	6				2	2	100	2	4	50
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	35	6	13	46	11	12	92	3	9	33
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	7	1	5	20	2	2	100	1	1	100
11	S. Jackson (Jr)	0	0	2	0
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	10				2	3	67	4	10	40
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	2							1	1	100
33	R. K collins (Jr)	4							2	2	100

Mt. Zion

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	149	73	3	14	17	9	12	1	21	16
1	Devante Burgest (Sr)	26	11	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	3
2	Tyler Pennell (Sr)	17	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	4
5	Jaki Bell (Sr)	26	32	2	3	5	1	3	0	2	1
10	Maxwell Henry (So)	9	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2
14	Jacques Grimes (So)	25	9	0	4	4	1	2	0	6	0
15	Conner Hills (Jr)	17	3	0	3	3	0	2	0	4	3
0/4	Ja'Shy Mackey (Jr)	29	9	0	1	1	4	3	0	3	3

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	81	14	16	30	18	14	13	14
0	C. Everhart III (Fr)	4				1	1	1
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	13	4		4	2	3	3	1
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	6	1	4	5	4	3	2	5
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	35	2	3	5	2	1	3
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	7	2	3	5	7	4	2	2
5	J. Simmons (Sr)							1	1
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	10	4	5	9	2	2	1	2
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	2		1	1				3
33	R. K collins (Jr)	4	1		1

Mt. Zion

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.43	0.57	0.75	0.06	11
1	Devante Burgest (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
2	Tyler Pennell (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.25	0
5	Jaki Bell (Sr)	0.50	1.50	3.00	0.00	1
10	Maxwell Henry (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
14	Jacques Grimes (So)	0.17	0.33	2.00	0.00	2
15	Conner Hills (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.67	0.00	3
0/4	Ja'Shy Mackey (Jr)	1.33	1.00	1.00	0.00	2

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	1.39	1.08	1.00
0	C. Everhart III (Fr)	1.00	1.00
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	0.67	1.00	3.00
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	2.00	1.50	0.60
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	0.67	0.33
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	3.50	2.00	2.00
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	2.00	2.00	1.00

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - M.L. King thwarts Mt. Zion

November 11, 2023: Jonesboro, GA 30236

The M.L. King Lions (Lithonia, GA) basketball knocked off the host Mt. Zion Bulldogs (Jonesboro, GA), 81-73 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Lions (1-0) will now prepare for their test against Northview (Johns Creek, GA). The Titans go into the non-league test with a 0-2 record. In their last test, Northview went down by River Ridge (Woodstock, GA), 87-30, in a non-league test.

The Bulldogs now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they travel to Riverdale for a non-league test on Tuesday, November 14. Mt. Zion will encounter a Raiders squad coming off a 66-46 non-league win over Drew (Riverdale, GA). The Raiders record now stands at 1-0.

Players of the Game

Mt. Zion (23-24)

Mt. Zion has not selected any Players of the Game.

M.L. King (23-24)

Congratulations to #4 Devin Bowers for being selected the M.L. King Basketball Player of the Game.

Mt. Zion vs M.L. King Basketball Game Info

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023 @ 11:30a

"Battle On The Mountain" Showcase - Stephenson HS

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Mt. Zion (Jonesboro, GA) by a score of 81-73.

Rankings & Records

Mt. Zion (23-24)

GA	Class
370	51

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
6-19	3-11	1-6	5-11	0-2	.240	.214	1,459	1,757

M.L. King (23-24)

GA	Class
143	23

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	6-4	5-3	9-5	4-3	.621	.600	1,721	1,690

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mt. Zion	10.3	9.3	15.7	19.3	58.4
M.L. King	14.1	12.0	15.8	16.3	59.3

Team Stat Comparison

Mt. Zion		M.L. King
57.4	Points Per Game	58.9
22.0	Rebounds Per Game	34.3
8.1	Assists Per Game	13.2
5.7	Steals Per Game	8.9
3.4	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Mt. Zion		M.L. King	National Avg.
#5 Jaki Bell18.7	Points Per Game	#2 Kennedy Ruzvidzo jr.17.6	4.9
#2 Tyler Pennell4.7	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Quamon Ellison6.7	2.6
#3 Ronnie Terry1.7	Assists Per Game	#5 Shondell Heath3.1	1.0
#5 Jaki Bell1.5	Steals Per Game	#2 Kennedy Ruzvidzo jr.2.2	0.8
#2 Tyler Pennell1.5	Blocks Per Game	#1 Jaliel Mcfadden1.1	0.3

Record Breakdown

Mt. Zion (23-24)		M M.L. King (23-24)
6-19	Overall	18-11
3-12	League	7-6
2-6	Non-League	10-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
1-6	Home	5-3
5-11	Away	9-5
0-2	Neutral	4-3
0-0	Playoff	0-1
5-18	In-State	18-11
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0