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Druid Hills Southwest DeKalb

Red Devils

Panthers

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Druid Hills (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 66-64.

Game Details: Southwest Dekalb High School

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Druid Hills	22	15	11	16	64
Southwest DeKalb	20	14	15	17	66

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Game Stats

Druid Hills (23-24)

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Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

Southwest DeKalb

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	24	53	45	50
0	Devon Long (Sr)	3	1	3	33	33
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	15	5	11	45	55
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	7	3	6	50	58
5	Taron Essex (So)	5	2	6	33	33
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	3	1	6	17	25
11	Aaron Burks (So)	14	4	6	67	67
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
21	Randall Hanks (So)	1
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	5	2	5	40	50
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	11	5	8	63	63

Southwest DeKalb

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	5	17	29	13	23	57	19	36	53
0	Devon Long (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	3	33
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	15	2	5	40	3	5	60	3	6	50
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	7	1	1	100				2	5	40
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	0				0	2	0
5	Taron Essex (So)	5	0	2	0	1	1	100	2	4	50
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	3	1	5	20				0	1	0
11	Aaron Burks (So)	14				6	9	67	4	6	67
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	2							1	2	50
21	Randall Hanks (So)	1				1	2	50
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	5	1	4	25				1	1	100
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	11				1	2	50	5	8	63

Southwest DeKalb

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	66	16	14	30	17	14	1
0	Devon Long (Sr)	3	1	1	2	1	3
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)	15	2	3	5	2	3
3	T. Glanton, III (So)	7		1	1	2	2
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)	0	1	1	2	4
5	Taron Essex (So)	5	3	1	4		2
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)	3		1	1	2
11	Aaron Burks (So)	14	5		5	2	2	1
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)	2	2	1	3	1
21	Randall Hanks (So)	1		2	2
22	Jackson Ushery (Fr)	5
23	Sam Turner (Jr)	11	1	3	4	3	2

Southwest DeKalb

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1	10
0	Devon Long (Sr)		1
1	Messiah Mergan (Jr)		2
4	K. Peek, III (Jr)		3
5	Taron Essex (So)		1
10	Nasir Mergan (Fr)		1
15	Azeez Bello (Sr)		1
23	Sam Turner (Jr)		1

Game Story

Georgia High School Basketball - Druid Hills can't hold off Southwest DeKalb

December 1, 2023: Decatur, GA 30034

The Druid Hills Red Devils basketball team (Atlanta, GA), was nudged 66-64 in Friday's league battle with the host Southwest DeKalb Panthers (Decatur, GA)

The Panthers now possess a 1-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Miller Grove for a AAAA Region 6 battle on Tuesday, December 5. Southwest DeKalb will battle a Wolverines team coming off a 88-57 non-league loss to Columbia (Decatur, GA). The Wolverines record now stands at 0-5.

The Red Devils (4-4) will now prepare for their battle against Duluth (Duluth, GA). The Wildcats come into the non-league battle with a 2-5 record. In their last battle, Duluth was nudged by North Gwinnett (Suwanee, GA), 53-44, in a league battle.

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Rankings & Records

Druid Hills (23-24)

GA	Class
156	20

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
15-11	10-7	10-3	3-7	2-1	.577	.588	1,868	1,642

Southwest DeKalb (23-24)

GA	Class
232	31

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
12-16	11-8	7-4	3-10	2-2	.429	.579	1,517	1,489

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Druid Hills	17.4	16.2	15.8	17.4	-	71.8
Southwest DeKalb	12.4	13.4	14.3	13.9	10.0	54.2

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Head-to-Head

Southwest DeKalb won on 12/1/2023

12/1 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Druid Hills 22 15 11 16 64
Southwest DeKalb 20 14 15 17 66

The Druid Hills (Atlanta, GA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) by a score of 66-64.
Box score
Druid Hills won on 1/25/2024

1/25 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Southwest DeKalb - - - - 54
Druid Hills - - - - 57

The Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Druid Hills (Atlanta, GA) by a score of 57-54.
Box score
Southwest DeKalb won on 2/14/2024

2/14 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Druid Hills 18 13 14 11 56
Southwest DeKalb 10 16 19 12 57

The Druid Hills (Atlanta, GA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral conference game against Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, GA) by a score of 57-56.
Box score

1/25 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Southwest DeKalb	-	-	-	-	54
Druid Hills	-	-	-	-	57

2/14 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Druid Hills	18	13	14	11	56
Southwest DeKalb	10	16	19	12	57

Team Stat Comparison

Druid Hills		Southwest DeKalb
-	Points Per Game	54.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.7
-	Assists Per Game	13.6
-	Steals Per Game	8.0
-	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Druid Hills		Southwest DeKalb	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Sam Turner10.2	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III4.9	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#10 Nasir Mergan3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#23 Sam Turner2.2	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#4 Kelvin Peek, III1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Druid Hills	9-5		Southwest DeKalb	9-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/23	Druid Hills	Stone Mountain	(W) 73-61	1/6/24	Southwest DeKalb	Stone Mountain	(W) 49-32
1/19/24	Stone Mountain	Druid Hills	(W) 89-68	2/3/24	Stone Mountain	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 47-38
12/8/23	Clarkston	Druid Hills	(W) 93-46	12/12/23	Clarkston	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 82-52
1/23/24	Druid Hills	Clarkston	(W) 84-54	1/26/24	Clarkston	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 52-18
12/12/23	Miller Grove	Druid Hills	(W) 109-46	12/5/23	Southwest DeKalb	Miller Grove	(W) 59-54
1/26/24	Druid Hills	Miller Grove	(L) 70-60	1/19/24	Miller Grove	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 57-45
12/15/23	Druid Hills	Stephenson	(W) 80-77	1/9/24	Stephenson	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 47-32
1/30/24	Stephenson	Druid Hills	(W) 52-49	2/6/24	Southwest DeKalb	Stephenson	(L) 53-51
1/6/24	Druid Hills	Hapeville Charter	(L) 77-70	1/5/24	Hapeville Charter	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 54-45
2/3/24	Hapeville Charter	Druid Hills	(W) 61-58	2/2/24	Southwest DeKalb	Hapeville Charter	(L) 62-59
				2/17/24	Hapeville Charter	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 73-47
1/9/24	Holy Innocents Episcopal	Druid Hills	(L) 83-67	1/31/24	Southwest DeKalb	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 65-51
2/6/24	Druid Hills	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 68-66	2/9/24	Holy Innocents Episcopal	Southwest DeKalb	(L) 64-46
				2/16/24	Southwest DeKalb	Holy Innocents Episcopal	(L) 63-34
2/7/24	Westminster	Druid Hills	(W) 84-61	12/14/23	Westminster	Southwest DeKalb	(W) 55-53
2/9/24	Druid Hills	Westminster	(L) 79-69	1/30/24	Southwest DeKalb	Westminster	(L) 55-42

Record Breakdown

Druid Hills (23-24)		Southwest DeKalb (23-24)
15-11	Overall	12-16
10-7	League	11-8
5-3	Non-League	1-5
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
9-5	Common Opponent	9-7
10-3	Home	7-4
3-7	Away	3-10
2-1	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-1
15-11	In-State	12-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1