Basketball Recap: Decatur Sets Scoring Season-High Against Dunwoody

Bulldogs

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Dunwoody	76
12/10/24 vs Chamblee	66
12/17/24 vs Arabia Mountain	65
11/19/24 @ Peachtree Ridge	65
12/07/24 vs Cambridge	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Decatur). They took down the Dunwoody Wildcats 76-58 on Tuesday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Wildcats are ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Decatur's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jason Welborn led the charge by going 7 of 11 en route to 17 points and seven rebounds. Welborn is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 17 or more in the last five games he's played. Another player making a difference was Bryce Howson, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten assists.

Decatur was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Emerson Mitchell, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 12 points in addition to five assists and three steals. Brennan Smith was another key player, putting up 13 points.

Decatur has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.1 points per game. As for Dunwoody, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-11.

Decatur didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 95-89 loss against Tri-Cities on the 17th. As for Dunwoody, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 63-60 defeat against Chamblee on the 17th.