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The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Westminster (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 55-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Westminster	14	10	13	16	53
Southwest DeKalb	12	11	21	11	55

Final score provided by E. Brown, Jr.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Westminster (23-24)

Westminster has not entered stats for this game.

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	18	48	38	49
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	12	4	11	36	50
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Taron Essex (So)	3	1	6	17	25
11	Aaron Burks (So)	6	2	6	33	33
12	Harlim Perine (So)	12	3	5	60	90
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	3	1	4	25	25
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	14	5	7	71	100
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	3	1	6	17	17

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	11	25	44	8	11	73	7	23	30
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	12	3	7	43	1	2	50	1	4	25
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	0							0	1	0
5	Taron Essex (So)	3	1	6	17
11	Aaron Burks (So)	6				2	2	100	2	6	33
12	Harlim Perine (So)	12	3	5	60	3	3	100
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	4	25
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	14	4	6	67				1	1	100
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	3				1	2	50	1	6	17

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	55	13	17	30	16	9	6
0	Devon Long (Sr)			1	1
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	2
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	12		6	6	6	1
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	0	1		1	1
5	Taron Essex (So)	3	1	4	5	3		1
11	Aaron Burks (So)	6	5	2	7		2	4
12	Harlim Perine (So)	12	2	2	4	1		1
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	3	2	0	2	5	4
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	14					1
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	3	2	2	4		1

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1	7
11	Aaron Burks (So)		3
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)		1
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	1	2
23	Sam Turner (Jr)		1

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Southwest DeKalb nudges Westminster

December 14, 2023: Decatur, GA 30034

In Thursday's league outing, the Southwest DeKalb Panthers (Decatur, GA) basketball squad nipped the visiting Westminster Wildcats (Atlanta, GA), by a margin of 55-53.

The Panthers (4-4) will now prepare for their outing against Buford (Buford, GA). The Wolves go into the non-league outing with a 7-1 record. In their last outing, Buford got by Starr's Mill (Fayetteville, GA), 73-54, in a non-league outing.

The Wildcats now own a 5-4 record. They play next when they travel to Frederica Academy for a non-league outing on Saturday, December 16. Westminster will clash with a squad coming off a 83-40 non-league win over Robert Toombs Christian Academy (Lyons, GA). The record now stands at 3-0.

Westminster @ SDKHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 14, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Westminster (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 55-53.

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Rankings & Records

Westminster (23-24)

GA	Class
108	12

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
21-10	12-5	11-0	7-10	3-0	.677	.706	1,966	1,606

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
Westminster	13.1	14.9	13.1	15.6	-	63.4
Southwest DeKalb	12.4	13.4	14.3	13.9	10.0	54.2

Head-to-Head

Southwest DeKalb won on 12/14/2023

12/14 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Westminster 14 10 13 16 53
Southwest DeKalb 12 11 21 11 55

The Westminster (Atlanta, GA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) by a score of 55-53.
Box score
Westminster won on 1/30/2024

1/30 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Southwest DeKalb 7 9 13 13 42
Westminster 9 17 18 11 55

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Westminster (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 55-42.
Box score

1/30 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Southwest DeKalb	7	9	13	13	42
Westminster	9	17	18	11	55

Team Stat Comparison

Westminster		Southwest DeKalb
-	Points Per Game	54.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.7
-	Assists Per Game	13.6
-	Steals Per Game	8.0
-	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Westminster		Southwest DeKalb	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Sam Turner10.2	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III4.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#10 Nasir Mergan3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Sam Turner2.2	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Westminster	13-4		Southwest DeKalb	10-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/23	Clarkston	Westminster	(W) 69-31	12/12/23	Clarkston	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 82-52
1/20/24	Westminster	Clarkston	(W) 80-55	1/26/24	Clarkston	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 52-18
12/5/23	Westminster	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 64-47	1/31/24	Southwest DeKalb	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 65-51
1/19/24	Holy Innocents Episcopal	Westminster	(W) 70-63	2/9/24	Holy Innocents Episcopal	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 64-46
2/17/24	Westminster	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 64-53	2/16/24	Southwest DeKalb	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 63-34
12/8/23	Hapeville Charter	Westminster	(W) 67-50	1/5/24	Hapeville Charter	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 54-45
1/23/24	Westminster	Hapeville Charter	(L) 61-53	2/2/24	Southwest DeKalb	Hapeville Charter	(L) 62-59
2/16/24	Hapeville Charter	Westminster	(W) 65-45	2/17/24	Hapeville Charter	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 73-47
1/5/24	Stone Mountain	Westminster	(W) 64-39	1/6/24	Southwest DeKalb	Stone Mountain	(W) 49-32
2/2/24	Westminster	Stone Mountain	(W) 81-31	2/3/24	Stone Mountain	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 47-38
2/13/24	Stone Mountain	Westminster	(W) 73-39
1/6/24	Stephenson	Westminster	(W) 80-43	1/9/24	Stephenson	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 47-32
2/3/24	Westminster	Stephenson	(W) 66-57	2/6/24	Southwest DeKalb	Stephenson	(L) 53-51
1/9/24	Miller Grove	Westminster	(W) 67-45	12/5/23	Southwest DeKalb	Miller Grove	(W) 59-54
2/6/24	Westminster	Miller Grove	(W) 64-58	1/19/24	Miller Grove	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 57-45
2/7/24	Westminster	Druid Hills	(L) 84-61	12/1/23	Druid Hills	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 66-64
2/9/24	Druid Hills	Westminster	(W) 79-69	1/25/24	Southwest DeKalb	Druid Hills	(L) 57-54
				2/14/24	Druid Hills	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 57-56

Record Breakdown

Westminster (23-24)		Southwest DeKalb (23-24)
21-10	Overall	12-16
14-5	League	11-8
4-4	Non-League	1-5
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
13-4	Common Opponent	10-7
11-0	Home	7-4
7-10	Away	3-10
3-0	Neutral	2-2
2-1	Playoff	0-1
21-10	In-State	12-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1