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Southwest DeKalb M.L. King

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The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) by a score of 73-72.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Southwest DeKalb	13	18	26	15	72
M.L. King	23	17	15	18	73

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M.L. King (23-24)

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	20	55	36	40
0	Devon Long (Sr)	3	1	1	100	100
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	2	1	8	13	13
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	16	4	10	40	45
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	7	2	3	67	67
5	Taron Essex (So)	1	0	1	0	0
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	4	2	5	40	40
11	Aaron Burks (So)	6	3	3	100	100
12	Harlim Perine (So)	0	0	2	0	0
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	22	3	11	27	41
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	6	3	9	33	33

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	23	53	43	50
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	19	6	11	55	59
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	6	2	4	50	63
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	25	7	21	33	43
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	5	2	5	40	40
5	J. Simmons (Sr)	5	1	2	50	75
11	S. Jackson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	8	3	5	60	60
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	3	1	1	100	100
33	R. K collins (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	4	19	21	28	38	74	16	36	44
0	Devon Long (Sr)	3				1	3	33	1	1	100
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	2	0	3	0				1	5	20
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	16	1	4	25	7	12	58	3	6	50
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	7				3	4	75	2	3	67
5	Taron Essex (So)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	4	0	1	0				2	4	50
11	Aaron Burks (So)	6							3	3	100
12	Harlim Perine (So)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	4				2	2	100	1	2	50
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	22	3	9	33	13	13	100	0	2	0
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	6							3	9	33

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	7	17	41	20	35	57	16	36	44
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	19	1	2	50	6	10	60	5	9	56
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	6	1	2	50	1	6	17	1	2	50
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	25	4	10	40	7	9	78	3	11	27
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
5	J. Simmons (Sr)	5	1	2	50	2	2	100
11	S. Jackson (Jr)	0							0	1	0
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	8				2	4	50	3	5	60
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
33	R. K collins (Jr)	2							1	3	33

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	72	12	15	28	11	10	1
0	Devon Long (Sr)	3		3	3	2	1
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	2	2	2	4	2		1
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	16		1	1	4
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	7	3	4	7
5	Taron Essex (So)	1	2	2	4	1	1
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	4	1		1	1	2
11	Aaron Burks (So)	6		1	1
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	4	2	1	3		2
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	22	1	1	2
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	6	1		1	1	3

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	73	11	19	30	14	8	4	13	20
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	19	1	3	4	2	4	1	2	3
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	6	1	6	7	5	1	3	5	4
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	25	2	4	6	4	1		3	5
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	5		1	1	2			2	4
5	J. Simmons (Sr)	5		1	1		2		1	1
11	S. Jackson (Jr)	0	1		1					1
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	8	5	2	7	1				2
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	3		2	2
33	R. K collins (Jr)	2	1		1

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1	3
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)		1
3	T. Glanton, III (So)		1
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)		1
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	1

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.08	0.62	0.40	0.20
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	1.00	2.00	1.33	0.33
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	1.00	0.20	0.25	0.75
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	1.33	0.33	0.20
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	1.00
5	J. Simmons (Sr)		2.00	2.00

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Southwest DeKalb nipped by M.L. King

November 17, 2023: Lithonia, GA 30038

In Friday's non-league match, the host M.L. King Lions basketball team scored a tight 73-72 triumph over the Southwest DeKalb Panthers.

In their next game, the Lions face the Osborne Cardinals (Marietta, GA) in a non-league match, on Saturday, November 18. M.L. King will attempt to move on its 3-0 season record. The Cardinals enter the match with a 0-1 record after their 55-45 non-league loss to Newton (Covington, GA).

With the defeat, Southwest DeKalb moves to 0-2 on the year. The Panthers host Druid Hills (Atlanta, GA) to face the Red Devils in a AAAA Region 6 match on Friday, December 1. The Red Devils enter the match with a record of 3-1.

Players of the Game

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

Southwest DeKalb has not selected any Players of the Game.

M.L. King (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 Jaleon Johnson for being selected the M.L. King Basketball Player of the Game.

SDKHS @ M.L. King Basketball Game Info

Fri., Nov. 17, 2023 @ 6p

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The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) by a score of 73-72.

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Rankings & Records

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

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	OT1	Final
Southwest DeKalb	12.4	13.4	14.3	13.9	10.0	54.2
M.L. King	14.1	12.0	15.8	16.3	-	59.3

Team Stat Comparison

Southwest DeKalb		M.L. King
54.2	Points Per Game	58.9
28.7	Rebounds Per Game	34.3
13.6	Assists Per Game	13.2
8.0	Steals Per Game	8.9
2.8	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Southwest DeKalb		M.L. King	National Avg.
#23 Sam Turner10.2	Points Per Game	#2 Kennedy Ruzvidzo jr.17.6	4.9
#4 Kelvin Peek, III4.9	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Quamon Ellison6.7	2.6
#10 Nasir Mergan3.1	Assists Per Game	#5 Shondell Heath3.1	1.0
#23 Sam Turner2.2	Steals Per Game	#2 Kennedy Ruzvidzo jr.2.2	0.8
#4 Kelvin Peek, III1.0	Blocks Per Game	#1 Jaliel Mcfadden1.1	0.3

Record Breakdown

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)		M.L. King (23-24)
12-16	Overall	18-11
11-8	League	7-6
1-5	Non-League	10-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
7-4	Home	5-3
3-10	Away	9-5
2-2	Neutral	4-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-15	In-State	18-11
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0