The Decatur Bulldogs were the 62-58 winner over the Arabia Mountain Rams when they last played one another back in February of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Decatur had to suffer through a rough 72-19 loss at the hands of Arabia Mountain. While losing is never fun, Decatur can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 336th, while Arabia Mountain is ranked 98th).
Despite the loss, Decatur had strong showings from Nadiya Mohamed, who scored seven points, and Ryan Elmahdi, who scored seven points.
Decatur has fallen quite a ways from their 19-9 record last season and are now at 4-7. As for Arabia Mountain, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Decatur will take on M.L. King at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. M.L. King is out to stop a five-game streak of losses at home. As for Arabia Mountain, they will head out on the road to face off against Lithonia at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.