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M.L. King Southwest DeKalb

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The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 53-34.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	34
Southwest DeKalb	-	-	-	-	53

Final score provided by N. Harris.

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Game Stats

Southwest DeKalb (22-23)

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	34	10	43	23	24
0	C. Goodson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	K. Ruzvidzo (Jr)	11	5	9	56	56
3	Jaleon Johnson (Jr)	0	0	6	0	0
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)	12	3	10	30	35
10	R. Ali-dupree (So)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)	9	1	7	14	14
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
33	R. Keller-collins (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	20	57	35	39
0	Savion Mathis (Sr)	14	6	11	55	55
1	Xzaviah Taylor (Sr)	8	2	9	22	22
3	Messiah Mergan (So)	9	3	9	33	50
4	Chazz Boyce (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
5	Keaton Tait (Sr)	8	4	7	57	57
10	Joshua Clemons (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
11	Kaidyn Montfort (Sr)	5	2	6	33	33
12	Isaiah Taylor (Sr)	3	1	5	20	20
14	Jordan Holland (Fr)	1
15	Jalen Boles (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
20	T. Glanton, III (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Devon Long (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Sam Turner (So)	0	0	1	0	0

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	34	1	14	7	13	18	72	9	29	31
0	C. Goodson (Sr)	0	0	1	0
2	K. Ruzvidzo (Jr)	11	0	2	0	1	3	33	5	7	71
3	Jaleon Johnson (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	5	0
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)	12	1	4	25	5	6	83	2	6	33
10	R. Ali-dupree (So)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)	9	0	1	0	7	8	88	1	6	17
12	C. Jones (Sr)	0				0	1	0
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
33	R. Keller-collins (So)	0							0	1	0

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	4	18	22	9	14	64	16	39	41
0	Savion Mathis (Sr)	14	0	1	0	2	2	100	6	10	60
1	Xzaviah Taylor (Sr)	8	0	1	0	4	6	67	2	8	25
3	Messiah Mergan (So)	9	3	6	50				0	3	0
4	Chazz Boyce (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	2	0
5	Keaton Tait (Sr)	8	0	1	0				4	6	67
10	Joshua Clemons (Sr)	2							1	2	50
11	Kaidyn Montfort (Sr)	5	0	3	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
12	Isaiah Taylor (Sr)	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
14	Jordan Holland (Fr)	1				1	2	50
15	Jalen Boles (Sr)	3	1	1	100
20	T. Glanton, III (Fr)	0							0	1	0
21	Devon Long (Jr)	0	0	1	0
23	Sam Turner (So)	0							0	1	0

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	34	11	12	23	2	9	10	16	15
2	K. Ruzvidzo (Jr)	11	4	2	6	2	2	4	2	3
3	Jaleon Johnson (Jr)	0		2	2				2
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)	12					1		5
10	R. Ali-dupree (So)	0	1		1				1	2
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)	9	1	1	2		5		6	3
12	C. Jones (Sr)	0					1
21	Taybreon Petty (Sr)							1		1
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)	2	4	6	10			5		3

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	53	14	20	34	13	11	4
0	Savion Mathis (Sr)	14	2	6	8	4	2
1	Xzaviah Taylor (Sr)	8	1	5	6	4	1
3	Messiah Mergan (So)	9	3		3	1	1	1
5	Keaton Tait (Sr)	8	2	4	6			1
10	Joshua Clemons (Sr)	2
11	Kaidyn Montfort (Sr)	5	2	2	4	1	4
12	Isaiah Taylor (Sr)	3	2	2	4	2	2	2
13	Jonathan Turner (Sr)			1	1
14	Jordan Holland (Fr)	1	2		2
15	Jalen Boles (Sr)	3				1
23	Sam Turner (So)	0					1

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.13	0.56	0.60	0.67
2	K. Ruzvidzo (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.67	1.33
4	Devin Bowers (Jr)		0.20
11	Joshua Brown (Sr)		0.83	1.67
21	Taybreon Petty (Sr)				1.00
23	Zion Vassall (Sr)				1.67

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1	9
0	Savion Mathis (Sr)		3
1	Xzaviah Taylor (Sr)		2
5	Keaton Tait (Sr)		1
10	Joshua Clemons (Sr)		1
12	Isaiah Taylor (Sr)		1
13	Jonathan Turner (Sr)	1	1

Game Story

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

November 19, 2022: Decatur, GA 30034

The M.L. King Lions basketball team (Lithonia, GA), dropped 53-34 in Saturday's non-league battle with the host Southwest DeKalb Panthers (Decatur, GA)

The Panthers now sport a 1-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Eagle's Landing for a non-league battle on Saturday, November 26. Southwest DeKalb will battle a Eagles team coming off a 70-48 non-league win over North Gwinnett (Suwanee, GA). The Eagles record now stands at 2-0.

The Lions (2-2) will now prepare for their battle against Druid Hills (Atlanta, GA). The Red Devils come into the non-league battle with a 2-0 record.

Players of the Game

M.L. King (22-23)

Congratulations to #2 Kennedy Ruzvidzo for being selected the M.L. King Basketball Player of the Game.

Southwest DeKalb (22-23)

Southwest DeKalb has not selected any Players of the Game.

M.L. King @ SDKHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Nov. 19, 2022 @ 6p

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 53-34.

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Rankings & Records

M.L. King (22-23)

GA	Class
390	49

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
6-20	1-9	4-6	1-9	1-5	.231	.100	1,367	1,582

Southwest DeKalb (22-23)

GA	Class
39	5

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
25-3	18-0	10-2	9-1	6-0	.893	1.000	1,574	1,128

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
M.L. King	12.8	15.5	16.5	13.5	-	52.6
Southwest DeKalb	12.7	13.0	15.3	13.6	10.0	56.2

Team Stat Comparison

M.L. King		Southwest DeKalb
49.4	Points Per Game	56.2
30.1	Rebounds Per Game	29.0
8.5	Assists Per Game	14.1
8.0	Steals Per Game	10.0
4.3	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

M.L. King		Southwest DeKalb	National Avg.
#4 Devin Bowers13.0	Points Per Game	#1 Xzaviah Taylor9.7	4.9
#23 Zion Vassall9.7	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Xzaviah Taylor6.4	2.6
#4 Devin Bowers2.3	Assists Per Game	#1 Xzaviah Taylor4.3	1.0
#5 Shon'dell Heath1.9	Steals Per Game	#1 Xzaviah Taylor2.3	0.8
#23 Zion Vassall1.8	Blocks Per Game	#0 Savion Mathis0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
M.L. King	1-1		Southwest DeKalb	6-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/15/22	Stone Mountain	M.L. King	(W) 54-38	1/7/23	Stone Mountain	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 68-18
				2/4/23	Southwest DeKalb	Stone Mountain	(W) 65-40
				2/15/23	Stone Mountain	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 71-41
11/25/22	M.L. King	Druid Hills	(L) 72-48	12/2/22	Southwest DeKalb	Druid Hills	(W) 45-38
				1/17/23	Druid Hills	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 41-33
				2/17/23	Druid Hills	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 42-34

Record Breakdown

M M.L. King (22-23)		Southwest DeKalb (22-23)
6-20	Overall	25-3
1-10	League	19-0
5-8	Non-League	3-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	6-0
4-6	Home	10-2
1-9	Away	9-1
1-5	Neutral	6-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
6-20	In-State	24-3
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0