Basketball Recap: Southwest Dekalb Skates Past Northview with Ease

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southwest DeKalb). They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat the Northview Titans 78-19. With the Panthers ahead 45-9 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Leading Southwest DeKalb to victory were Thomas Glanton, III and Jackson Ushery. Glanton, III shot 71% from the field on his way to 21 points and four steals, while Ushery went 8-for-13 to rack up 21 points and four steals. Glanton, III is on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 45% in the last five games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Randall Hanks, who posted nine points.

Panthers

Assists

11/20/25 vs Northview	26
11/18/25 vs North Springs	13
11/13/25 vs Arabia Mountain	15
11/08/25 vs Union Grove	23
02/22/25 @ McDonough	14
+ 13 more games

Southwest DeKalb was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.

Southwest DeKalb pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their offensive performance: the team's won by an average of 32.6 points thus far. As for Northview, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.

Coming up, Southwest DeKalb will face off against Dobyns-Bennett at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Northview, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Lithonia at 7:30 p.m. on December 2.