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Murphysboro Meridian

Red Devils

Bobcats

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Murphysboro (IL) by a score of 72-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphysboro	-	-	-	-	72
Meridian	-	-	-	-	61

Final score provided by J. Fowler.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Murphysboro (24-25)

Murphysboro has not entered stats for this game.

Meridian (24-25)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	21	56	38	41
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	1	0	7	0	0
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	23	7	11	64	64
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	21	8	11	73	91
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	0	0	4	0	0
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	12	4	15	27	27
11	Max Russell (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
30	Dionte Reed (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	4	19	21	15	22	68	17	37	46
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	1	0	3	0	1	2	50	0	4	0
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	23	0	1	0	9	11	82	7	10	70
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	21	4	6	67	1	1	100	4	5	80
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	12	0	5	0	4	8	50	4	10	40
11	Max Russell (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	Dionte Reed (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	61	6	10	16	3	9	6	18
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	23	0	2	2	2	2	0	4
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	4	1	2	3	0	1	1	2
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	21	0	1	1	0	1	2	2
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	12	5	2	7	0	4	2	5
11	Max Russell (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.50	1.50	0.50
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	2.00	2.00	0.50
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.50
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	0.00	2.00	0.80
11	Max Russell (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Murphysboro victorious over Meridian

December 14, 2024: Murphysboro, IL 62966

In Saturday's non-league contest, the host Murphysboro Red Devils basketball team scored a good 72-61 triumph over the Meridian Bobcats.

The Red Devils (6-0) will now prepare for their contest against Herrin (Herrin, IL). The Tigers go into the Southern Illinois River-to-River - Ohio contest with a 6-1 record.

In their next game, the Bobcats battle the Shawnee Redskins (Wolf Lake, IL) in a South Egyptian contest, on Monday, December 16. Meridian will attempt to better on its 5-3 season record. The Redskins go into the contest with a 1-8 record after their 49-28 non-league loss to Elverado (Elkville, IL).

Murphysboro vs Meridian Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 14, 2024 @ 3:30p

Illinois Get Down(Carbondale,IL)

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Murphysboro (IL) by a score of 72-61.

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Rankings & Records

Murphysboro (24-25)

IL	Class
115	22

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
23-6	6-2	6-2	6-0	11-4	.793	.750	1,652	1,250

Meridian (24-25)

IL	Class
176	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
26-9	8-0	13-0	8-3	5-6	.743	1.000	2,499	1,981

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphysboro	12.0	12.5	11.6	14.7	57.0
Meridian	19.7	18.3	16.8	17.7	71.4

Head-to-Head

Murphysboro won on 12/14/2024

12/14 @ 3:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Murphysboro - - - - 72
Meridian - - - - 61

The Murphysboro (IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Meridian (Mounds, IL) by a score of 72-61.
Box score
Murphysboro won on 12/30/2024

12/30 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Meridian - - - - 50
Murphysboro - - - - 53

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's neutral tournament game against Murphysboro (IL) by a score of 53-50.
Box score

12/30 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	-	-	-	-	50
Murphysboro	-	-	-	-	53

Team Stat Comparison

Murphysboro		Meridian
-	Points Per Game	67.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	29.6
-	Assists Per Game	12.7
-	Steals Per Game	12.1
-	Blocks Per Game	1.3

Team Leaders

Murphysboro		Meridian	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid19.2	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid11.7	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#2 Shamar Easley2.8	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid2.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#5 AJ Flenoid0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murphysboro	5-4		Meridian	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Murphysboro	Massac County	(W) 45-40	11/26/24	Meridian	Massac County	(W) 75-53
1/31/25	Massac County	Murphysboro	(W) 54-43
2/26/25	Massac County	Murphysboro	(L) 59-52
12/20/24	Herrin	Murphysboro	(L) 52-45	1/24/25	Herrin	Meridian	(W) 71-67
2/7/25	Murphysboro	Herrin	(W) 48-40
12/28/24	Benton	Murphysboro	(L) 41-33	1/25/25	Meridian	Benton	(W) 75-65
1/22/25	Freeburg	Murphysboro	(W) 48-37	1/18/25	Freeburg	Meridian	(W) 61-46
1/25/25	Pinckneyville	Murphysboro	(L) 58-49	12/28/24	Meridian	Pinckneyville	(L) 77-49
2/4/25	Murphysboro	Eldorado	(W) 73-29	11/25/24	Meridian	Eldorado	(W) 82-33

Record Breakdown

Murphysboro (24-25)		Meridian (24-25)
23-6	Overall	26-9
6-2	League	8-0
7-1	Non-League	7-5
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
5-4	Common Opponent	5-1
6-2	Home	13-0
6-0	Away	8-3
11-4	Neutral	5-6
0-1	Playoff	3-1
22-6	In-State	23-9
1-0	Out-of-State	3-0