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Lithonia M.L. King

Bulldogs

Lions

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Lithonia (GA) by a score of 67-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lithonia	-	-	-	-	67
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	48

Final score provided by G. Boatwright.

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Game Stats

M.L. King (21-22)

Lithonia

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	67	27	60	45	48
0	Keshawn McCoy (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
2	Patrice Ponda (Sr)	5	2	3	67	67
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	12	5	7	71	71
4	S. Scott II (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	15	5	10	50	55
15	Josh Daniels (Jr)	10	4	12	33	42
21	Caleb Taylor (Jr)	7	3	7	43	50
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)	4	2	7	29	29
24	Chase Lawrence (Jr)	8	3	7	43	43

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	16	49	33	37
0	Devin Bowers (So)	0	0	5	0	0
0	C. Goodson (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	9	3	13	23	27
5	TJ Petty (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
11	Josh Brown (Jr)	5	2	5	40	50
20	Noah Brown (So)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Shamel Heath (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0
23	Phoenix Addae (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
32	C. Harris (Sr)	1

Lithonia

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	67	4	19	21	9	14	64	23	41	56
0	Keshawn McCoy (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	4	50
2	Patrice Ponda (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	1	100	2	3	67
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	12	0	0	0	2	3	67	5	7	71
4	S. Scott II (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	15	1	4	25	4	4	100	4	6	67
15	Josh Daniels (Jr)	10	2	7	29	0	0	0	2	5	40
21	Caleb Taylor (Jr)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	4	50
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	29
24	Chase Lawrence (Jr)	8	0	3	0	2	2	100	3	4	75

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	4	16	25	12	19	63	12	33	36
0	Devin Bowers (So)	0	0	3	0				0	2	0
0	C. Goodson (Jr)	2				2	2	100	0	1	0
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	9	1	6	17	2	3	67	2	7	29
5	TJ Petty (Jr)	2							1	1	100
11	Josh Brown (Jr)	5	1	1	100	0	1	0	1	4	25
20	Noah Brown (So)	0				0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Shamel Heath (Sr)	2				2	4	50	0	1	0
23	Phoenix Addae (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	5	40
32	C. Harris (Sr)	1				1	2	50

Lithonia

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	67	42	14	8	5	16
0	Keshawn McCoy (Sr)	4	9	1	0	1	1
2	Patrice Ponda (Sr)	5	3	0	1	0	0
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	12	10	5	1	0	5
4	S. Scott II (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	15	3	1	0	2	2
10	Darrius Garrett (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	2
15	Josh Daniels (Jr)	10	4	3	2	0	1
21	Caleb Taylor (Jr)	7	5	2	0	0	3
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)	4	6	0	1	2	0
24	Chase Lawrence (Jr)	8	1	1	3	0	1

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	48	17	10	13	3	14
0	Devin Bowers (So)	0	3	1	3		3
0	C. Goodson (Jr)	2
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	9	3	2	3		3
5	TJ Petty (Jr)	2
11	Josh Brown (Jr)	5	5	3	2		2
20	Noah Brown (So)	0	2				1
21	Shamel Heath (Sr)	2	2	1	1
23	Phoenix Addae (Sr)	4		1			2
32	C. Harris (Sr)	1	1				1

Lithonia

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.88	0.50	8.00	5.00
0	Keshawn McCoy (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
2	Patrice Ponda (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
3	K. Merrett (Sr)	1.00	0.20	1.00	0.00
5	Chase Champion (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	2.00
10	Darrius Garrett (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	Josh Daniels (Jr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
21	Caleb Taylor (Jr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Elijah Williams (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
24	Chase Lawrence (Jr)	1.00	3.00	3.00	0.00

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.71	0.93
0	Devin Bowers (So)	0.33	1.00
2	Kaleb Brown (Sr)	0.67	1.00
11	Josh Brown (Jr)	1.50	1.00
23	Phoenix Addae (Sr)	0.50

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - M.L. King succumbs to Lithonia

December 10, 2021: Lithonia, GA 30038

The Lithonia Bulldogs topped the host M.L. King Lions basketball team by a final score of 65-48 in Friday's league game.

In their next game, the Bulldogs face the Decatur Bulldogs (Decatur, GA) in a AAAAA Region 5 game, on Tuesday, December 14. Lithonia will attempt to move on its 5-2 season record. The Bulldogs enter the game with a 3-4 record after their 56-51 league loss to Northview (Johns Creek, GA).

With the defeat, M.L. King moves to 1-6 on the year. The Lions host St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, GA) to face the Golden Lions in a AAAAA Region 5 game on Tuesday, December 14. The Golden Lions enter the game with a record of 6-1. St. Pius X Catholic won 51-41 in their recent non-league game against Blessed Trinity (Roswell, GA)

Players of the Game

Lithonia (21-22)

Lithonia has not selected any Players of the Game.

M.L. King (21-22)

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

Rankings & Records

Lithonia (21-22)

GA	Class
87	10

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
21-9	12-4	9-1	9-5	3-3	.700	.750	1,585	1,313

M.L. King (21-22)

GA	Class
425	51

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
5-21	2-14	3-9	2-8	0-4	.192	.125	1,298	1,713

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Lithonia	10.0	7.1	12.0	9.7	69.0	52.8
M.L. King	9.1	8.7	12.0	13.6	-	49.9

Head-to-Head

Lithonia won on 12/10/2021

12/10 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lithonia - - - - 67
M.L. King - - - - 48

The Lithonia (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 67-48.
Box score
Lithonia won on 1/25/2022

1/25 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

M.L. King - - - - 32
Lithonia - - - - 60

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Lithonia (GA) by a score of 60-32.
Box score

1/25 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	32
Lithonia	-	-	-	-	60

Team Stat Comparison

Lithonia		M.L. King
47.1	Points Per Game	44.8
25.9	Rebounds Per Game	22.5
10.3	Assists Per Game	6.2
8.7	Steals Per Game	6.2
2.0	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Lithonia		M.L. King	National Avg.
#5 Chase Champion13.7	Points Per Game	#2 Kaleb Brown7.0	4.9
#3 Kendrick Merrett6.1	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Phoenix Addae4.4	2.6
#3 Kendrick Merrett4.0	Assists Per Game	#2 Kaleb Brown1.7	1.0
#3 Kendrick Merrett1.9	Steals Per Game	#30 Shondell Heath2.2	0.8
#23 Elijah Williams1.4	Blocks Per Game	#12 Zion Vassal0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lithonia	12-5		M.L. King	3-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/21	Lithonia	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 51-49	12/14/21	St. Pius X Catholic	M.L. King	(L) 89-42
1/14/22	St. Pius X Catholic	Lithonia	(L) 46-40	1/28/22	M.L. King	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 92-38
2/19/22	Lithonia	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 62-46	2/16/22	M.L. King	St. Pius X Catholic	(L) 81-38
12/3/21	Chamblee	Lithonia	(W) 48-34	12/17/21	Chamblee	M.L. King	(L) 75-61
1/18/22	Lithonia	Chamblee	(W) 51-35	2/1/22	M.L. King	Chamblee	(W) 62-53
2/16/22	Chamblee	Lithonia	(W) 43-39
12/7/21	Lithonia	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 69-41	12/18/21	Southwest DeKalb	M.L. King	(L) 76-35
1/21/22	Southwest DeKalb	Lithonia	(W) 44-32	1/14/22	Southwest DeKalb	M.L. King	(L) 75-37
2/18/22	Lithonia	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 39-28
12/14/21	Decatur	Lithonia	(W) 53-47	1/11/22	M.L. King	Decatur	(L) 56-30
1/28/22	Lithonia	Decatur	(L) 40-38	2/11/22	Decatur	M.L. King	(L) 69-43
12/17/21	Lithonia	Clarkston	(W) 65-23	1/7/22	M.L. King	Clarkston	(L) 71-66
2/1/22	Clarkston	Lithonia	(W) 46-39	2/8/22	Clarkston	M.L. King	(W) 63-51
				2/14/22	Clarkston	M.L. King	(W) 58-52
1/4/22	Lithonia	Stone Mountain	(W) 77-48	12/3/21	Stone Mountain	M.L. King	(L) 55-53
2/4/22	Stone Mountain	Lithonia	(W) 71-39	1/18/22	Stone Mountain	M.L. King	(L) 53-47
1/11/22	Northview	Lithonia	(W) 45-40	1/4/22	M.L. King	Northview	(L) 63-52
2/11/22	Lithonia	Northview	(W) 33-30	2/4/22	Northview	M.L. King	(L) 68-54

Record Breakdown

Lithonia (21-22)		M.L. King (21-22)
21-9	Overall	5-21
14-4	League	3-14
3-0	Non-League	2-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
12-5	Common Opponent	3-13
9-1	Home	3-9
9-5	Away	2-8
3-3	Neutral	0-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
21-8	In-State	5-21
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0