Two dominant guards in Jackson Ushery and Zion Greene are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Southwest DeKalb Panthers will face off against the McDonough Warhawks at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Southwest DeKalb is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top against Ware County by a score of 60-53. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Gators are ranked 132nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Messiah Mergan continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 6-for-14 en route to 18 points and five boards. Kelvin Peek, III was another key player, as he made all 5 shots he took racking up 12 points along with five rebounds and four blocks.
Meanwhile, McDonough entered their tilt with Cedar Shoals on Wednesday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 74-64 win over the Jaguars. That's two games straight that the Warhawks have won by exactly ten points.
Southwest DeKalb's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.8 points over those games. As for McDonough, their win bumped their record up to 23-5.
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