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The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against New Faith Christian Academy (Riverdale, GA) by a score of 67-57.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
NFCA	19	10	13	25	67
M.L. King	12	12	15	18	57

Final score provided by N. Harris.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

New Faith Christian Academy (23-24)

M.L. King (23-24)

New Faith Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	194	67	28	57	49	55
0	Davion Jackson (Sr)	32	12	5	7	71	86
1	". Valrie (Sr)	20	3	1	3	33	33
3	Omar Thiam (Jr)	28	12	4	8	50	69
5	Elijah Caine (Sr)	26	12	5	8	63	63
10	Darius Young (Sr)	26	13	6	11	55	59
12	Jamil Aleem (Sr)	28	13	6	13	46	50
14	Eric Smith III (Sr)	24	0	0	4	0	0
22	T. Davis jr (Sr)	5
25	Daveon Johnson (Sr)	5	2	1	3	33	33

M.L. King

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	21	63	33	37
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	19	7	18	39	42
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	11	4	15	27	33
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	3	1	7	14	21
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	5	2	7	29	29
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	15	6	14	43	43

New Faith Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	194	67	7	18	39	4	11	36	21	39	54
0	Davion Jackson (Sr)	32	12	2	2	100				3	5	60
1	". Valrie (Sr)	20	3				1	3	33	1	3	33
3	Omar Thiam (Jr)	28	12	3	7	43	1	1	100	1	1	100
5	Elijah Caine (Sr)	26	12				2	3	67	5	8	63
10	Darius Young (Sr)	26	13	1	3	33				5	8	63
12	Jamil Aleem (Sr)	28	13	1	4	25	0	4	0	5	9	56
14	Eric Smith III (Sr)	24	0	0	1	0				0	3	0
22	T. Davis jr (Sr)	5
25	Daveon Johnson (Sr)	5	2	0	1	0				1	2	50

M.L. King

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	4	13	31	11	18	61	17	50	34
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	19	1	4	25	4	7	57	6	14	43
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	4				2	6	33	1	2	50
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	11	2	5	40	1	1	100	2	10	20
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	3	1	4	25				0	3	0
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	5				1	1	100	2	7	29
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	15				3	3	100	6	14	43

New Faith Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	194	67	19	16	35	25	15	3	21	16
0	Davion Jackson (Sr)	32	12	2		2	5	5		2	1
1	". Valrie (Sr)	20	3	2		2	7	2		3	1
3	Omar Thiam (Jr)	28	12	1		1	3	2		1
5	Elijah Caine (Sr)	26	12	4	7	11	5	1	2	2	4
10	Darius Young (Sr)	26	13	2	3	5	2	1	1	2	4
12	Jamil Aleem (Sr)	28	13	1	1	2	3	2		4
14	Eric Smith III (Sr)	24	0	3	4	7		2			1
22	T. Davis jr (Sr)	5		3		3				3	3
25	Daveon Johnson (Sr)	5	2	1	1	2				4	2

M.L. King

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	57	13	17	30	14	10	1	13	14
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)	19	3	3	6		3		3	1
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	4	5	3	8	3			4	2
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	11	1	2	3	5			3	5
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	3				3	5		2	3
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	5	1	4	5	3	2		1	1
23	Noah Brown (Sr)	15	3	5	8			1		2

New Faith Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.19	0.71	0.94	0.19	1
0	Davion Jackson (Sr)	2.50	2.50	5.00
1	". Valrie (Sr)	2.33	0.67	2.00
3	Omar Thiam (Jr)	3.00	2.00
5	Elijah Caine (Sr)	2.50	0.50	0.25	0.50
10	Darius Young (Sr)	1.00	0.50	0.25	0.25	1
12	Jamil Aleem (Sr)	0.75	0.50
14	Eric Smith III (Sr)			2.00

M.L. King

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	TF
	Team Totals	1.08	0.77	0.71	0.07	2
2	K. Ruzvidzo jr. (Sr)		1.00	3.00
3	Jaleon Johnson (Sr)	0.75
4	Devin Bowers (Sr)	1.67				2
5	Shondell Heath (Sr)	1.50	2.50	1.67
22	Quamon Ellison (Sr)	3.00	2.00	2.00
23	Noah Brown (Sr)				0.50

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - M.L. King topped by New Faith Christian Academy

December 30, 2023: Riverdale, GA 30296

The New Faith Christian Academy Titans basketball team scored 67 points and restricted the visiting M.L. King Lions to 57 in the Titans non-league victory on Saturday.

The Titans now sport a 16-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Heirway Christian Academy for a Freelance contest on Friday, January 5. New Faith Christian Academy will battle a Eagles team coming off a 50-40 non-league win over Brandon Academy (Brandon, FL). The Eagles record now stands at 6-6.

The Lions (12-3) will now prepare for their contest against Tucker (Tucker, GA). The Tigers come into the AAAAA Region 4 contest with a 9-4 record. In their last contest, Tucker prevailed over Osborne (Marietta, GA), 66-52, in a non-league contest.

Players of the Game

New Faith Christian Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #10 Darius Young for being selected the New Faith Christian Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

M.L. King (23-24)

M.L. King has not selected any Players of the Game.

NFCA vs M.L. King Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 30, 2023 @ 3p

Heard County Holiday Classic

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference game against New Faith Christian Academy (Riverdale, GA) by a score of 67-57.

Rankings & Records

New Faith Christian Academy (23-24)

GA
87

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
25-7	5-1	7-0	6-3	12-4	.781	.833	2,328	1,813

M.L. King (23-24)

GA	Class
143	23

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-11	6-4	5-3	9-5	4-3	.621	.600	1,721	1,690

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
New Faith Christian Academy	15.8	18.3	18.3	19.0	21.0	72.8
M.L. King	14.1	12.0	15.8	16.3	-	59.3

Team Stat Comparison

New Faith Christian Academy		M.L. King
48.1	Points Per Game	58.9
21.9	Rebounds Per Game	34.3
11.6	Assists Per Game	13.2
8.8	Steals Per Game	8.9
2.7	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

New Faith Christian Academy		M.L. King	National Avg.
#0 Davion Jackson 14.6	Points Per Game	#2 Kennedy Ruzvidzo jr.17.6	4.9
#5 Elijah Caine10.9	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Quamon Ellison6.7	2.6
#1 "Tank" Mykel Valrie7.3	Assists Per Game	#5 Shondell Heath3.1	1.0
#0 Davion Jackson 4.9	Steals Per Game	#2 Kennedy Ruzvidzo jr.2.2	0.8
#4 Angelo Mckennon2.5	Blocks Per Game	#1 Jaliel Mcfadden1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Faith Christian Academy	1-0		M.L. King	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/28/23	Callaway	New Faith Christian Academy	(W) 65-62		12/29/23	Callaway	M.L. King	(W) 45-37

Record Breakdown

New Faith Christian Academy (23-24)		M.L. King (23-24)
25-7	Overall	18-11
5-1	League	7-6
10-3	Non-League	10-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
7-0	Home	5-3
6-3	Away	9-5
12-4	Neutral	4-3
0-0	Playoff	0-1
15-2	In-State	18-11
9-5	Out-of-State	0-0