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Meridian Cairo

Bobcats

Pilots

The Cairo (IL) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral non-conference game against Meridian (Mounds, IL) by a score of 85-45.

Game Details: Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indy Varsity Only

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	22	19	27	17	85
Cairo	11	9	17	8	45

Final score provided by S. ADAMS.

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Game Stats

Meridian (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	85	35	98	36	37
1	J. Ranson (So)	10	3	6	50	50
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	13	5	6	83	83
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	5	2	13	15	19
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	7	3	14	21	25
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	12	5	15	33	33
34	C. Woodson (So)	3	1	8	13	19
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	22	11	15	73	73
42	A. Swansey Jr. (Fr)	2	0	3	0	0
44	Zion Stoner (So)	5	2	8	25	25
52	Dionte Reed (So)	6	3	7	43	43

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	85	3	21	14	12	16	75	32	77	42
1	J. Ranson (So)	10	0	1	0	4	4	100	3	5	60
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	0							0	1	0
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0							0	2	0
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	13	0	0	0	3	3	100	5	6	83
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	5	1	5	20				1	8	13
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	7	1	5	20				2	9	22
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	12	0	2	0	2	6	33	5	13	38
34	C. Woodson (So)	3	1	4	25				0	4	0
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	22							11	15	73
42	A. Swansey Jr. (Fr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
44	Zion Stoner (So)	5	0	3	0	1	1	100	2	5	40
52	Dionte Reed (So)	6							3	7	43

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	85	19	31	50	9	19	1	16	17
1	J. Ranson (So)	10		1	1	1	1		1	1
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	0	1		1	1	2		1	1
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	0	1	2	3	1			1
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	13	3	6	9	2			4	3
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	5	1	2	3	2	4	1	2	1
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)	7		2	2		6		1
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	12	4	4	8	1	2		1	4
34	C. Woodson (So)	3		2	2				2	2
40	A. Flenoid Jr. (Fr)	22	5	6	11				2	2
42	A. Swansey Jr. (Fr)	2		4	4		2			2
44	Zion Stoner (So)	5		1	1	1
52	Dionte Reed (So)	6	4	1	5		2		1	1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.56	1.19	1.12	0.06
1	J. Ranson (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00
2	Shamar Easley (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00
4	G. Johnson Jr. (Fr)	1.00
10	F. Woodson Jr. (Jr)	0.50
20	Will Thurston (Sr)	1.00	2.00	4.00	1.00
22	Cole Kaufman (Sr)		6.00
32	Jai'Deon Reed (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.50
42	A. Swansey Jr. (Fr)			1.00
52	Dionte Reed (So)		2.00	2.00

Cairo (23-24)

Cairo has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Meridian crushes Cairo

January 25, 2024: Mounds, IL 62964

Meridian Bobcats (Mounds, IL) backers were in high spirits Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad bounce the visiting Cairo Pilots (Cairo, IL), 85-45 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Meridian upgrades its record to 16-7 on the season. The Bobcats travel to Harrisburg (Harrisburg, IL) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league bout on Saturday, January 27. The Bulldogs go into the bout with a record of 13-12. Harrisburg won 63-54 in their recent non-league bout against Hamilton County (McLeansboro, IL)

Next up, the Pilots play the Massac County Patriots (Metropolis, IL) in a non-league bout, on Saturday, January 27. Cairo will attempt to upgrade on its 7-14 season record.

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

Cairo (23-24)

IL	Class
589	147

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
8-20	1-5	4-5	3-10	.286	1,578	2,025

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	16.9	15.2	19.9	15.7	66.7
Cairo	10.9	13.0	16.9	12.6	56.4

Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		Cairo
59.4	Points Per Game	45.9
28.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.4	Assists Per Game	-
12.4	Steals Per Game	-
1.8	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Meridian		Cairo	National Avg.
#40 Antonio Flenoid Jr.17.0	Points Per Game	#1 Jeserick Pilgram 17.5	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	5-2		Cairo	4-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Meridian	Massac County	(L) 69-50	1/27/24	Massac County	Cairo	(L) 76-40
12/8/23	Meridian	Goreville	(L) 67-56	2/22/24	Cairo	Goreville	(L) 97-56
12/14/23	Meridian	Egyptian	(W) 72-44	1/23/24	Cairo	Egyptian	(W) 91-58
12/27/23	Chester	Meridian	(W) 61-51	11/29/23	Chester	Cairo	(L) 68-53
1/4/24	Meridian	Elverado	(W) 78-35	12/27/23	Elverado	Cairo	(W) 75-50
				1/6/24	Cairo	Elverado	(W) 65-49
2/1/24	Meridian	Cobden	(W) 75-32	2/19/24	Cobden	Cairo	(W) 84-56
2/13/24	Meridian	Madison	(W) 59-39	11/21/23	Cairo	Madison	(L) 113-43
				2/9/24	Madison	Cairo	(L) 86-67

Record Breakdown

Meridian (23-24)		Cairo (23-24)
29-9	Overall	8-20
8-0	League	0-0
9-2	Non-League	4-12
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-2	Common Opponent	4-5
12-1	Home	1-5
8-6	Away	4-5
9-2	Neutral	3-10
6-1	Playoff	0-1
25-8	In-State	7-16
4-1	Out-of-State	1-4