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Meridian Goreville

Bobcats

Blackcats

The Goreville (IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Meridian (Mounds, IL) by a score of 67-56.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	12	17	15	12	56
Goreville	17	17	19	14	67

Final score provided by N. Przybylski.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	22	57	39	42
1	J. Ranson (So)	3	1	1	100	100
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	4	2	2	100	100
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
12	LaTarus Johnson (Fr)	2	1	7	14	14
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	21	8	15	53	63
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	8	4	13	31	31
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	9	4	13	31	35
50	Aundrevion Hyte (Fr)	6	1
52	Dionte Reed (So)	2	1	2	50	50

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	4	19	21	7	17	41	18	38	47
1	J. Ranson (So)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	4							2	2	100
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	3	0
12	LaTarus Johnson (Fr)	2	0	2	0				1	5	20
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	21	3	9	33	2	6	33	5	6	83
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	8	0	4	0				4	9	44
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	9	1	3	33	0	3	0	3	10	30
50	Aundrevion Hyte (Fr)	6				4	6	67	1
52	Dionte Reed (So)	2							1	2	50

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	55	10	16	26	12	16	2	19	24
1	J. Ranson (So)	3		2	2	7	1		6	4
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)			1	1		2		1
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	4	1	1	2	3	2		2	3
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	0	1		1		2		2	3
12	LaTarus Johnson (Fr)	2	1	3	4	1			1	3
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	21	5	4	9		7		4	1
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	8	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	3
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	9		2	2			1	1	2
50	Aundrevion Hyte (Fr)	6	1		1		1			4
52	Dionte Reed (So)	2		1	1					1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.63	0.84	0.67	0.08	1
1	J. Ranson (So)	1.17	0.17	0.25
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)		2.00
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	1.50	1.00	0.67		1
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)		1.00	0.67
12	LaTarus Johnson (Fr)	1.00
20	Will Thurston (Sr)		1.75	7.00
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0.33
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)				0.50
50	Aundrevion Hyte (Fr)			0.25

Goreville (23-24)

Goreville has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Meridian knocked off by Goreville

December 8, 2023: Goreville, IL 62939

The Goreville Blackcats basketball team scored 67 points and held the visiting Meridian Bobcats to 56 in the Blackcats non-league triumph on Friday.

The Blackcats now sport a 7-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Carterville for a non-league contest on Friday, December 15. Goreville will battle a Lions team coming off a 57-44 non-league loss to Pinckneyville (Pinckneyville, IL). The Lions record now stands at 4-2.

The Bobcats (4-3) will now prepare for their contest against Agape Christian (Energy, IL). The Knights enter the South Egyptian contest with a 2-1 record. In their last contest, Agape Christian ran past Joppa-Maple Grove (Joppa, IL), 62-44, in a league contest.

Meridian @ Goreville Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 8, 2023 @ 6p

The Goreville (IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Meridian (Mounds, IL) by a score of 67-56.

Rankings & Records

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

Goreville (23-24)

IL	Class
133	6

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
31-4	11-1	13-1	9-1	9-2	.886	.917	2,494	1,810

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	16.9	15.2	19.9	15.7	66.7
Goreville	17.8	18.9	21.3	17.8	71.3

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	10-3		Goreville	8-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/23	Meridian	Vienna	(L) 83-56	1/6/24	Vienna	Goreville	(W) 74-67
1/23/24	Meridian	Vienna	(L) 66-60	1/19/24	Goreville	Vienna	(L) 69-58
				2/10/24	Goreville	Vienna	(L) 68-66
12/28/23	Meridian	Carlyle	(W) 75-48	2/3/24	Goreville	Carlyle	(W) 66-53
1/13/24	Meridian	Waltonville	(W) 86-78	12/28/23	Goreville	Waltonville	(W) 65-59
2/27/24	Meridian	Waltonville	(W) 52-45
1/15/24	Meridian	Carterville	(W) 52-47	12/15/23	Carterville	Goreville	(W) 63-57
1/19/24	Meridian	Benton	(L) 78-49	12/2/23	Benton	Goreville	(L) 58-51
1/25/24	Meridian	Cairo	(W) 85-45	2/22/24	Cairo	Goreville	(W) 97-56
1/27/24	Meridian	Harrisburg	(W) 69-63	11/28/23	Goreville	Harrisburg	(W) 74-64
1/29/24	Dongola	Meridian	(W) 83-40	2/19/24	Dongola	Goreville	(W) 100-34
2/8/24	Hardin County	Meridian	(W) 84-56	12/1/23	Hardin County	Goreville	(W) 88-65
2/23/24	Hardin County	Meridian	(W) 79-48
3/1/24	Gibault Catholic	Meridian	(W) 50-41	2/28/24	Goreville	Gibault Catholic	(L) 51-44

Record Breakdown

Meridian (23-24)		Goreville (23-24)
29-9	Overall	31-4
8-0	League	11-1
9-2	Non-League	11-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
10-3	Common Opponent	8-4
12-1	Home	13-1
8-6	Away	9-1
9-2	Neutral	9-2
6-1	Playoff	3-1
25-8	In-State	29-4
4-1	Out-of-State	2-0