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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Salt Lake Academy (Herriman, UT) by a score of 25-17.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Salt Lake Academy	10	8	0	7	25
MPA	5	4	5	3	17

Final score provided by K. Harris.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Salt Lake Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Salt Lake Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	25	8
10	Aisha Carreon (Sr)	12	3
21	Addison Patrick (Jr)	7	2
42	Lovely Cisneros (Fr)	6	3

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	17	7	47	15	16
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	2	1	7	14	14
1	Ella Jay (So)	4	2	4	50	50
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	7	2	15	13	17
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	4	2	9	22	22
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0

Salt Lake Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	25	2	7	17	41	6
10	Aisha Carreon (Sr)	12	2	4	4	100	1
21	Addison Patrick (Jr)	7		3	11	27	2
42	Lovely Cisneros (Fr)	6		0	2	0	3

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	17	1	11	9	2	6	33	6	36	17
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	17
1	Ella Jay (So)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	7	1	6	17	2	4	50	1	9	11
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	9	22
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Salt Lake Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	25
10	Aisha Carreon (Sr)	12
21	Addison Patrick (Jr)	7
42	Lovely Cisneros (Fr)	6

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	17	4	19	23	3	6	5	5	13
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	2	1	5	6	0	0	0	1	1
1	Ella Jay (So)	4	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	7	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	5
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	4	0	5	5	2	3	4	2	4
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Misc Totals

Salt Lake Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Merit Preparatory Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.60	1.20	0.46	0.39
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.00
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.20	0.20
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	1.00	1.50	0.75	1.00

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy knocked off by Salt Lake Academy

January 7, 2025: Springville, UT 84663

In Tuesday's league test, the Salt Lake Academy Griffins (Herriman, UT) basketball squad knocked off the host Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT), by a score of 25-15.

Next, the Griffins encounter the Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams Marauders (Lehi, UT) in a 2A Region 16 test, on Friday, January 10. Salt Lake Academy will attempt to improve on its 3-3 season record. The Marauders come into the test with a 1-11 record after their 24-19 league win over American Prep WV (West Valley City, UT).

The Knights (1-4) will now prepare for their test against American Leadership Academy (Spanish Fork, UT). The Eagles come into the non-league test with a 9-3 record. In their last test, American Leadership Academy beat Maeser Prep Academy (Lindon, UT), 39-15, in a league test.

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

Two early mid-range jumpers from Lovely Cisneros led to an early lead.

Second Quarter

Overall, defensive rebounding, deflections, defensive energy and timely buckets from Aisha Carreon and Addison Patrick helped extend the lead.

Third Quarter

Despite not finding the basket on the offense side, SLA's defensive energy effort remained high.

Fourth Quarter

SLA staved off the Third Quarter by attacking the hoop in the Fourth Quarter and getting to the free-throw line.

Players of the Game

Salt Lake Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #10 Aisha Carreon for being selected the Salt Lake Academy Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

SLA @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 7, 2025 @ 5:30p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Salt Lake Academy (Herriman, UT) by a score of 25-17.

Rankings & Records

Salt Lake Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
129	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
7-8	5-3	3-1	4-4	0-3	.467	.625	464	544

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
134	24

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
5-10	5-6	4-6	1-4	.333	.455	423	586

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Salt Lake Academy	8.1	8.8	6.9	5.1	30.9
Merit Preparatory Academy	6.9	7.8	8.4	6.4	28.2

Team Stat Comparison

Salt Lake Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy
30.9	Points Per Game	27.9
2.7	Rebounds Per Game	29.1
0.1	Assists Per Game	4.7
2.0	Steals Per Game	11.5
0.2	Blocks Per Game	4.9

Team Leaders

Salt Lake Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#21 Addison Patrick12.2	Points Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz11.5	4.1
#10 Aisha Carreon1.2	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Kya Snyder9.8	2.8
#31 Jenieser Gittins andrade0.1	Assists Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz1.6	0.9
#10 Aisha Carreon0.7	Steals Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz4.3	1.1
#10 Aisha Carreon0.1	Blocks Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz3.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Salt Lake Academy	6-4		Merit Preparatory Academy	5-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Salt Lake Academy	Wasatch Academy	(W) 30-7	1/22/25	Wasatch Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 61-27
1/15/25	Wasatch Academy	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 40-10	1/27/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Wasatch Academy	(W) 29-16
12/20/24	Grand County	Salt Lake Academy	(L) 53-28	2/11/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Grand County	(L) 88-31
12/21/24	Salt Lake Academy	Pinnacle	(W) 45-41	11/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 36-29
1/10/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 62-22	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 26-13
1/14/25	Salt Lake Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 31-8	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 35-23
				2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 31-18
1/17/25	American Prep WV	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 41-16	12/20/24	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 33-23
				1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 37-18
1/21/25	Salt Lake Academy	Rockwell	(L) 48-25	1/31/25	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 55-35
2/4/25	Vanguard Academy	Salt Lake Academy	(L) 31-25	1/21/25	Vanguard Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 56-32
2/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 57-25	12/18/24	Intermountain Christian	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 54-22
				1/24/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 51-14

Record Breakdown

Salt Lake Academy (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
7-8	Overall	5-10
5-3	League	5-6
1-1	Non-League	0-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-4	Common Opponent	5-8
3-1	Home	4-6
4-4	Away	1-4
0-3	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
7-8	In-State	5-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0