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Decatur M.L. King

Bulldogs

Lions

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Decatur (GA) by a score of 83-21.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Decatur	-	-	-	-	83
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	21

Final score provided by V. Gatling.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Decatur (22-23)

Decatur

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	83	33	69	48	51
0	Dejah Morgan (Fr)	13	6	11	55	55
2	Ta'lor Owens (Fr)	10	3	4	75	75
5	Ryen Evans (Sr)	25	11	19	58	63
12	Kira Czech (Sr)	8	3	10	30	40
14	Bailey Butler (Fr)	13	5	8	63	69
24	Marlo Simms (Sr)	14	5	12	42	42
33	Ava Bearden (Fr)	0	0	5	0	0

Decatur

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	83	5	23	22	12	20	60	28	46	61
0	Dejah Morgan (Fr)	13	0	2	0	1	3	33	6	9	67
2	Ta'lor Owens (Fr)	10				4	6	67	3	4	75
5	Ryen Evans (Sr)	25	2	7	29	1	3	33	9	12	75
12	Kira Czech (Sr)	8	2	9	22				1	1	100
14	Bailey Butler (Fr)	13	1	2	50	2	2	100	4	6	67
24	Marlo Simms (Sr)	14				4	6	67	5	12	42
33	Ava Bearden (Fr)	0	0	3	0				0	2	0

Decatur

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	83	40	18	26	5
0	Dejah Morgan (Fr)	13	11	6	7
2	Ta'lor Owens (Fr)	10	5	2	1	1
5	Ryen Evans (Sr)	25	2	3	7
12	Kira Czech (Sr)	8	1	1	2
14	Bailey Butler (Fr)	13	6	2	2
20	Jasmine Peters (So)		3	1	1
23	Estella Shelton (Fr)		1			1
24	Marlo Simms (Sr)	14	9	2	3	3
33	Ava Bearden (Fr)	0	2	1	3

M.L. King (22-23)

M.L. King has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Decatur overwhelms M.L. King

February 3, 2023: Lithonia, GA 30038

Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Decatur Bulldogs (Decatur, GA) and the host M.L. King Lions (Lithonia, GA), saw Decatur's basketball squad wallop M.L. King by a tally of 83-21.

With the victory, Decatur improves its record to 16-8 on the campaign.

Next up, the Lions confront the Drew (Riverdale, GA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 4. M.L. King will attempt to improve on its 1-22 season record. The come into the challenge with a 8-14 record after their 49-26 league loss to McIntosh (Peachtree City, GA).

Players of the Game

Decatur (22-23)

Congratulations to #5 Ryen Evans for being selected the Decatur Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

M.L. King (22-23)

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

Decatur @ M.L. King Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 3, 2023 @ 6p

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Decatur (GA) by a score of 83-21.

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Rankings & Records

Decatur (22-23)

GA	Class
158	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-9	8-2	8-3	6-1	5-5	.679	.800	1,624	1,167

M.L. King (22-23)

GA	Class
510	53

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
1-24	0-10	1-9	0-11	0-4	.040	.000	517	1,485

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Decatur	13.0	13.7	13.8	11.8	58.0
M.L. King	6.0	5.0	7.0	6.7	20.7

Head-to-Head

Decatur won on 1/13/2023

1/13 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

M.L. King - - - - 13
Decatur - - - - 80

The M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Decatur (GA) by a score of 80-13.
Box score
Decatur won on 2/3/2023

2/3 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Decatur - - - - 83
M.L. King - - - - 21

The Decatur (GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against M.L. King (Lithonia, GA) by a score of 83-21.
Box score

1/13 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
M.L. King	-	-	-	-	13
Decatur	-	-	-	-	80

Team Stat Comparison

Decatur		M.L. King
57.8	Points Per Game	18.9
29.8	Rebounds Per Game	27.3
11.7	Assists Per Game	2.1
11.7	Steals Per Game	7.0
3.7	Blocks Per Game	5.2

Team Leaders

Decatur		M.L. King	National Avg.
#3 Cornelia Ellington19.6	Points Per Game	#5 Asia Bell10.4	4.1
#24 Marlo Simms11.3	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Asia Bell13.9	2.8
#3 Cornelia Ellington5.1	Assists Per Game	#1 Lulu Whiteside1.1	0.9
#3 Cornelia Ellington4.0	Steals Per Game	#1 Lulu Whiteside3.7	1.1
#24 Marlo Simms3.0	Blocks Per Game	#22 Jamieon Hayes3.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Decatur	11-2		M.L. King	0-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/12/22	Lithonia	Decatur	(W) 58-26	12/13/22	Lithonia	M.L. King	(L) 66-18
1/6/23	Decatur	Lithonia	(W) 58-35	1/24/23	M.L. King	Lithonia	(L) 46-11
1/20/23	Lithonia	Decatur	(W) 75-25
12/9/22	Decatur	Tucker	(W) 67-8	1/6/23	M.L. King	Tucker	(L) 37-25
1/27/23	Tucker	Decatur	(W) 71-37	1/20/23	M.L. King	Tucker	(L) 48-22
12/13/22	Decatur	Chamblee	(W) 74-47	1/10/23	M.L. King	Chamblee	(L) 96-10
1/24/23	Chamblee	Decatur	(W) 78-31	1/31/23	Chamblee	M.L. King	(L) 87-25
2/15/23	Chamblee	Decatur	(W) 70-50	2/13/23	M.L. King	Chamblee	(L) 1-0 (F)
1/10/23	Arabia Mountain	Decatur	(L) 56-49	12/9/22	M.L. King	Arabia Mountain	(L) 91-11
1/31/23	Decatur	Arabia Mountain	(L) 66-48	1/27/23	Arabia Mountain	M.L. King	(L) 100-21
2/17/23	Decatur	Arabia Mountain	(W) 62-58
1/16/23	Decatur	New Faith Christian Academy	(W) 61-43	11/11/22	M.L. King	New Faith Christian Academy	(L) 74-7
2/22/23	Northgate	Decatur	(W) 76-29	1/17/23	M.L. King	Northgate	(L) 56-3

Record Breakdown

Decatur (22-23)		M.L. King (22-23)
19-9	Overall	1-24
10-2	League	0-11
7-3	Non-League	1-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
11-2	Common Opponent	0-11
8-3	Home	1-9
6-1	Away	0-11
5-5	Neutral	0-4
1-1	Playoff	0-0
18-9	In-State	1-24
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0