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Meridian Murphysboro

Bobcats

Red Devils

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

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	-	-	-	-	50
Murphysboro	-	-	-	-	53

Final score provided by S. ADAMS.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (24-25)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	19	54	35	41
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	5	2	9	22	28
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	9	4	4	100	113
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	11	5	12	42	46
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	2	1	2	50	50
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	10	2	17	12	12
11	Max Russell (Jr)	13	5	8	63	81

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	6	24	25	6	10	60	13	30	43
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	5	1	7	14	0	0	0	1	2	50
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	9	1	1	100	0	0	0	3	3	100
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	11	1	7	14	0	2	0	4	5	80
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	10	0	2	0	6	8	75	2	15	13
11	Max Russell (Jr)	13	3	5	60	0	0	0	2	3	67

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	50	11	16	27	9	6	1	8	15
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1
1	Javionne Ranson (Jr)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	1	1
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	10	6	13	19	3	4	1	4	4
11	Max Russell (Jr)	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	A. Swansey Jr. (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.13	0.75	0.40	0.07
0	Latarus Johnson (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
2	Shamar Easley (Sr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	Colin Monan (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	Gregory Johnson (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	AJ Flenoid (Sr)	0.75	1.00	1.00	0.25

Murphysboro (24-25)

Murphysboro has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Meridian tipped by Murphysboro

December 30, 2024: Mounds, IL 62964

The Murphysboro Red Devils got by the host Meridian Bobcats basketball squad by a final score of 53-50 in Monday's non-league outing.

Next, the Red Devils clash with the Cairo Pilots (Cairo, IL) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, January 7. Murphysboro will attempt to upgrade on its 10-2 season record. The Pilots come into the outing with a 9-6 record after their 76-54 non-league win over Johnston City (Johnston City, IL).

The Bobcats (10-4) will now prepare for their outing against Carterville (Carterville, IL). The Lions come into the non-league outing with a 5-5 record.

Meridian vs Murphysboro Basketball Game Info

Mon., Dec. 30, 2024 @ 7p

Pinckneyville Duster Thomas Hoops Classic

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

Rankings & Records

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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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

12/14 @ 3:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Murphysboro	-	-	-	-	72
Meridian	-	-	-	-	61

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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