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Cobden Meridian

Appleknockers

Bobcats

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Cobden (IL) by a score of 65-59.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cobden	12	24	17	6	59
Meridian	13	17	22	13	65

Final score provided by E. Griffin.

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Game Stats

Cobden (17-18)

Cobden has not entered stats for this game.

Meridian (17-18)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	24	48	50	60
15	Ja'Quan Jones (Sr)	20	9	15	60	67
20	Darnell Lowe (Sr)	9	3	6	50	50
22	Norris Young (Jr)	4	1	4	25	38
23	D. Nicholson (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
25	Demond Vasser (Sr)	6	3	5	60	60
32	Eddie Robertson (Jr)	25	8	15	53	77

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	10	17	59	7	19	37	14	31	45
15	Ja'Quan Jones (Sr)	20	2	4	50				7	11	64
20	Darnell Lowe (Sr)	9				3	7	43	3	6	50
22	Norris Young (Jr)	4	1	2	50	1	2	50	0	2	0
23	D. Nicholson (Sr)	1				1	6	17	0	3	0
25	Demond Vasser (Sr)	6				0	2	0	3	5	60
32	Eddie Robertson (Jr)	25	7	11	64	2	2	100	1	4	25

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	65	7	20	27	10	3	2	5
15	Ja'Quan Jones (Sr)	20	1	1	2	3	1		1
20	Darnell Lowe (Sr)	9	2	5	7	4	1		2
22	Norris Young (Jr)	4				1
23	D. Nicholson (Sr)	1	2	7	9	1		1	1
25	Demond Vasser (Sr)	6	1	5	6			1
32	Eddie Robertson (Jr)	25	1	2	3	1	1		1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	0.60	2	6
15	Ja'Quan Jones (Sr)	3.00	1.00		1
20	Darnell Lowe (Sr)	2.00	0.50	1	2
23	D. Nicholson (Sr)	1.00		1	1
25	Demond Vasser (Sr)				1
32	Eddie Robertson (Jr)	1.00	1.00		1

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Cobden nipped by Meridian

December 8, 2017: Mounds, IL 62964

The Meridian Bobcats tipped the visiting Cobden Appleknockers basketball team by a final score of 65-59 in Friday's league game.

In their next game, the Bobcats face the Harrisburg Bulldogs (Harrisburg, IL) in a non-league game, on Saturday, December 9. Meridian will attempt to move on its 4-4 season record. The Bulldogs enter the game with a 6-1 record after their 87-56 league win over Frankfort (West Frankfort, IL).

With the defeat, Cobden moves to 4-3 on the year. The Appleknockers host Anna-Jonesboro (Anna, IL) to face the Wildcats in a non-league game on Saturday, December 9. The Wildcats enter the game with a record of 5-1. Anna-Jonesboro lost 61-36 in their recent league game against Nashville (Nashville, IL)

Players of the Game

Cobden (17-18)

Cobden has not selected any Players of the Game.

Meridian (17-18)

Congratulations to #32 Eddie Robertson for being selected the Meridian Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Cobden (17-18)

National	IL	Class
11,288	455	69

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-11	6-2	5-3	4-4	7-4	.593	.750	1,758	1,598

Meridian (17-18)

National	IL	Class
6,300	264	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-13	8-0	7-3	4-3	8-7	.594	1.000	2,094	1,853

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Cobden	15.4	17.9	17.0	15.8	-	-	65.1
Meridian	16.7	16.0	16.4	15.6	7.0	7.0	65.4

Team Stat Comparison

Cobden		Meridian
-	Points Per Game	65.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.1
-	Assists Per Game	11.0
-	Steals Per Game	5.3
-	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

Cobden		Meridian	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#32 Eddie Robertson14.1	5.0
-	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Demareon Nicholson8.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#20 Darnell Lowe2.9	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#15 Ja'Quan Jones1.4	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#25 Demond Vasser0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Cobden	7-5		Meridian	11-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/17	Century	Cobden	(W) 65-45	12/5/17	Century	Meridian	(W) 80-63
2/2/18	Cobden	Century	(W) 73-66
12/1/17	Cobden	Dongola	(W) 78-52	12/12/17	Meridian	Dongola	(W) 96-40
12/5/17	Cobden	Joppa-Maple Grove	(W) 84-62	1/26/18	Meridian	Joppa-Maple Grove	(W) 82-54
12/12/17	Shawnee	Cobden	(W) 93-47	2/9/18	Meridian	Shawnee	(W) 113-45
12/15/17	Elverado	Cobden	(W) 48-43	2/2/18	Elverado	Meridian	(W) 79-48
12/19/17	Cobden	Goreville	(L) 71-68	2/23/18	Goreville	Meridian	(L) 67-60
12/27/17	Cobden	Sesser-Valier	(L) 77-62	1/15/18	Sesser-Valier	Meridian	(W) 77-58
1/6/18	Gateway Legacy Christian Academy	Cobden	(L) 59-43	12/16/17	Gateway Legacy Christian Academy	Meridian	(W) 51-42
1/13/18	Saxony Lutheran	Cobden	(L) 55-49	12/28/17	Saxony Lutheran	Meridian	(L) 57-54
				1/30/18	Saxony Lutheran	Meridian	(W) 53-45
1/23/18	Agape Christian	Cobden	(W) 76-51	12/1/17	Meridian	Agape Christian	(W) 107-63
2/9/18	Egyptian	Cobden	(L) 69-66	2/16/18	Egyptian	Meridian	(W) 67-49
				2/21/18	Egyptian	Meridian	(W) 84-59

Record Breakdown

Cobden (17-18)		Meridian (17-18)
16-11	Overall	19-13
6-2	League	8-0
2-5	Non-League	4-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
7-5	Common Opponent	11-2
5-3	Home	7-3
4-4	Away	4-3
7-4	Neutral	8-7
0-0	Playoff	1-1
15-9	In-State	16-10
1-2	Out-of-State	3-3