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Chester Meridian

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The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home tournament game against Chester (IL) by a score of 61-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Chester	11	12	15	13	51
Meridian	11	12	20	18	61

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Game Stats

Chester (23-24)

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Meridian (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	24	61	39	45
1	J. Ranson (So)	27	10	15	67	87
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	4	2	2	100	100
12	LaTarus Johnson (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	7	3	12	25	29
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	9	4	13	31	31
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	12	5	13	38	38
44	Zion Stoner (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	7	24	29	6	12	50	17	37	46
1	J. Ranson (So)	27	6	7	86	1	2	50	4	8	50
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	2				2	2	100	0	1	0
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	4				0	1	0	2	2	100
12	LaTarus Johnson (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	7	1	8	13	0	1	0	2	4	50
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	9	0	5	0	1	1	100	4	8	50
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	12	0	2	0	2	5	40	5	11	45
44	Zion Stoner (So)	0							0	1	0

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	61	11	16	27	13	13	2	11	16
1	J. Ranson (So)	27	1	2	3	3			2	2
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	2	1	1	2	3	4		1	2
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0				1	3
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	4	1	1	2	1	2		2
12	LaTarus Johnson (Fr)	0		2	2	2				2
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	7	2	3	5	2	3	1	1	2
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	9	1	3	4	1	1		2	4
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	12	4	3	7				2	3
44	Zion Stoner (So)	0	1	1	2			1	1	1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.18	1.18	0.81	0.13
1	J. Ranson (So)	1.50
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	3.00	4.00	2.00
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	0.50	1.00
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	2.00	3.00	1.50	0.50
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.25
44	Zion Stoner (So)				1.00

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Meridian thwarts Chester

December 27, 2023: Mounds, IL 62964

The Meridian Bobcats (Mounds, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Chester Yellowjackets (Chester, IL), 61-51 in Wednesday's non-league test.

The Bobcats (7-3) will now prepare for their test against Richland County (Olney, IL). The Tigers go into the non-league test with a 10-2 record. In their last test, Richland County notched a victory over Roxana (Roxana, IL), 49-24, in a non-league test.

The Yellowjackets now own a 3-9 record. They play next when they host Roxana for a non-league test on Thursday, December 28. Chester will encounter a Shells squad coming off a 49-24 non-league loss to Richland County (Olney, IL). The Shells record now stands at 5-7.

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Chester
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Rankings & Records

Chester (23-24)

IL	Class
382	108

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-18	3-7	5-6	1-11	6-1	.400	.300	1,372	1,449

Meridian (23-24)

IL	Class
214	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
29-9	8-0	12-1	8-6	9-2	.763	1.000	2,536	2,022

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Chester	10.4	12.0	10.8	13.4	8.0	45.7
Meridian	16.9	15.2	19.9	15.7	-	66.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Chester		Meridian
-	Points Per Game	59.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.1
-	Assists Per Game	10.4
-	Steals Per Game	12.4
-	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Chester		Meridian	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#40 Antonio Flenoid Jr.17.0	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#40 Antonio Flenoid Jr.7.7	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#1 Javionne Ranson3.2	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#20 Will Thurston2.1	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#20 Will Thurston0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Chester	2-4		Meridian	5-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/23	Chester	Cairo	(W) 68-53	1/25/24	Meridian	Cairo	(W) 85-45
12/5/23	Carlyle	Chester	(L) 45-42	12/28/23	Meridian	Carlyle	(W) 75-48
1/30/24	Chester	Carlyle	(L) 44-33
12/9/23	Christ Our Rock Lutheran	Chester	(W) 60-47	3/4/24	Meridian	Christ Our Rock Lutheran	(W) 60-53
12/22/23	Carterville	Chester	(L) 53-42	1/15/24	Meridian	Carterville	(W) 52-47
1/11/24	Gibault Catholic	Chester	(L) 47-40	3/1/24	Gibault Catholic	Meridian	(W) 50-41

Record Breakdown

Chester (23-24)		Meridian (23-24)
12-18	Overall	29-9
3-7	League	8-0
4-5	Non-League	9-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-4	Common Opponent	5-0
5-6	Home	12-1
1-11	Away	8-6
6-1	Neutral	9-2
0-1	Playoff	6-1
11-18	In-State	25-8
1-0	Out-of-State	4-1

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Illinois High School Basketball - Meridian thwarts Chester

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