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Portage Merrillville

Indians

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Portage (IN) by a score of 61-59.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Portage	-	-	-	-	59
Merrillville	-	-	-	-	61

Final score provided by C. Parkhurst.

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Game Stats

Merrillville (23-24)

Portage

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	176	59	21	50	42	49
0	Carter Kobe (Fr)	4	0	0	2	0	0
2	Jaysean King (Sr)	24	6	2	5	40	60
3	O'mari Evans (Jr)	30	20	7	13	54	73
5	Daylon Powell (Jr)	6	0	0	1	0	0
14	Sam Wellman (Jr)	18	0	0	1	0	0
15	Michael Wellman (Jr)	34	14	4	10	40	40
20	Garrett Clark (Jr)	30	12	5	9	56	56
24	Jaelyn Johnson (Sr)	30	7	3	9	33	33

Merrillville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	26	44	59	65
0	Aidan Dilosa (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
1	Preston Saia (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
2	Jaeden Williams (Sr)	11	4	8	50	56
5	Kelvion Brown	4	2	3	67	67
10	Bryce Peters	13	5	9	56	61
32	Keonte Mckinney (Sr)	6	3	5	60	60
34	K. Mitchell	20	9	13	69	77

Portage

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	176	59	7	14	50	10	13	77	14	36	39
0	Carter Kobe (Fr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
2	Jaysean King (Sr)	24	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	O'mari Evans (Jr)	30	20	5	9	56	1	1	100	2	4	50
5	Daylon Powell (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Sam Wellman (Jr)	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Michael Wellman (Jr)	34	14	0	1	0	6	6	100	4	9	44
20	Garrett Clark (Jr)	30	12	0	0	0	2	2	100	5	9	56
24	Jaelyn Johnson (Sr)	30	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	9	33

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	5	12	42	4	4	100	21	32	66
0	Aidan Dilosa (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Preston Saia (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
2	Jaeden Williams (Sr)	11	1	3	33	2	2	100	3	5	60
5	Kelvion Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
10	Bryce Peters	13	1	3	33	2	2	100	4	6	67
32	Keonte Mckinney (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
34	K. Mitchell	20	2	3	67	0	0	0	7	10	70

Portage

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	176	59	15	17	32	11	3	4	12	11
0	Carter Kobe (Fr)	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	Jaysean King (Sr)	24	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
3	O'mari Evans (Jr)	30	20	0	5	5	1	1	1	3	2
5	Daylon Powell (Jr)	6	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
14	Sam Wellman (Jr)	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1
15	Michael Wellman (Jr)	34	14	4	4	8	2	1	0	0	4
20	Garrett Clark (Jr)	30	12	3	1	4	3	1	0	3	1
24	Jaelyn Johnson (Sr)	30	7	6	4	10	0	0	3	2	3

Merrillville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Ast
	Team Totals	61	7
0	Aidan Dilosa (Jr)	3
1	Preston Saia (Sr)	4
2	Jaeden Williams (Sr)	11	7
5	Kelvion Brown	4
10	Bryce Peters	13
32	Keonte Mckinney (Sr)	6
34	K. Mitchell	20

Portage

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.92	0.25	0.27	0.36
2	Jaysean King (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	O'mari Evans (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.50
5	Daylon Powell (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Sam Wellman (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	Michael Wellman (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0.25	0.00
20	Garrett Clark (Jr)	1.00	0.33	1.00	0.00
24	Jaelyn Johnson (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00

Misc Totals

Merrillville has not entered any misc totals stats.

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Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Merrillville edges Portage

January 19, 2024: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN) basketball nipped the visiting Portage Indians (Portage, IN), 61-59 in Friday's league test.

The Pirates (9-4) will now prepare for their test against Harrison (West Lafayette, IN). The Raiders go into the non-league test with a 6-8 record. In their last test, Harrison was tipped by Anderson (Anderson, IN), 54-52, in a league test.

The Indians now own a 7-6 record. They play next when they host Lake Central for a Duneland test on Tuesday, January 23. Portage will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 63-58 league win over Valparaiso (Valparaiso, IN). The Indians record now stands at 13-0.

Check In
0 - 0 The scorer has checked in. Portage 0, Merrillville 0

Posted @ 8:12p
Game Attendance
Attendance At least 1,000

Posted @ 8:12p
Commentary
Tip off in 10 mins.

Posted @ 8:12p
0 - 0

Game Start
Portage1st Quarter
Portage won the tip off.

Posted @ 8:20p
2 - 0

Score Alert
Portage1st Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 2, Merrillville 0

Posted @ 8:22p
2 - 2

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 2, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:22p
4 - 2

Score Alert
Portage1st Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 4, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:23p
5 - 2

Score Alert
Portage1st Quarter
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 5, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:23p
8 - 2

Score Alert
Portage1st Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 8, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:27p
8 - 5

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 8, Merrillville 5

Posted @ 8:27p
8 - 7

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 8, Merrillville 7

Posted @ 8:27p
8 - 8

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 8, Merrillville 8

Posted @ 8:27p
9 - 8

Score Alert
Portage1st Quarter
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 9, Merrillville 8

Posted @ 8:27p
9 - 8

Timeout Alert
Portage1st Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Timeout Portage. Portage 9, Merrillville 8

Posted @ 8:27p
9 - 11

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 9, Merrillville 11

Posted @ 8:31p
9 - 13

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 9, Merrillville 13

Posted @ 8:31p
12 - 13

Score Alert
Portage1st Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 12, Merrillville 13

Posted @ 8:31p
12 - 14

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 12, Merrillville 14

Posted @ 8:31p
12 - 15

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 12, Merrillville 15

Posted @ 8:31p
12 - 17

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 12, Merrillville 17

Posted @ 8:33p
12 - 17

End of 1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
Portage 12, Merrillville 17

Posted @ 8:33p
12 - 20

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 12, Merrillville 20

Posted @ 8:43p
14 - 20

Score Alert
Portage2nd Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 14, Merrillville 20

Posted @ 8:43p
17 - 20

Score Alert
Portage2nd Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 17, Merrillville 20

Posted @ 8:43p
19 - 20

Score Alert
Portage2nd Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 19, Merrillville 20

Posted @ 8:43p
22 - 20

Score Alert
Portage2nd Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 22, Merrillville 20

Posted @ 8:43p
22 - 23

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 22, Merrillville 23

Posted @ 8:43p
22 - 25

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 22, Merrillville 25

Posted @ 8:43p
22 - 26

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 22, Merrillville 26

Posted @ 8:43p
22 - 26

Timeout Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter ~3 minutes to go
Timeout Merrillville. Portage 22, Merrillville 26

Posted @ 8:43p
23 - 26

Score Alert
Portage2nd Quarter
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 23, Merrillville 26

Posted @ 8:44p
23 - 28

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 23, Merrillville 28

Posted @ 8:46p
23 - 31

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 23, Merrillville 31

Posted @ 8:49p
26 - 31

Score Alert
Portage2nd Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 26, Merrillville 31

Posted @ 8:49p
28 - 31

Score Alert
Portage2nd Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 28, Merrillville 31

Posted @ 8:49p
28 - 31

Halftime
Halftime
Portage 28, Merrillville 31

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Posted @ 8:49p
28 - 31

Start of 3rd Quarter
Portage3rd Quarter
Portage's ball.

Posted @ 8:59p
28 - 34

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 28, Merrillville 34

Posted @ 9:02p
28 - 35

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 28, Merrillville 35

Posted @ 9:02p
29 - 35

Score Alert
Portage3rd Quarter
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 29, Merrillville 35

Posted @ 9:02p
29 - 37

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 29, Merrillville 37

Posted @ 9:06p
32 - 37

Score Alert
Portage3rd Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 32, Merrillville 37

Posted @ 9:06p
35 - 37

Score Alert
Portage3rd Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 35, Merrillville 37

Posted @ 9:06p
37 - 37

Score Alert
Portage3rd Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 37, Merrillville 37

Posted @ 9:06p
37 - 40

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 37, Merrillville 40

Posted @ 9:08p
37 - 41

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 37, Merrillville 41

Posted @ 9:08p
37 - 44

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 37, Merrillville 44

Posted @ 9:14p
37 - 46

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 37, Merrillville 46

Posted @ 9:14p
39 - 46

Score Alert
Portage3rd Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 39, Merrillville 46

Posted @ 9:15p
39 - 46

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Portage 39, Merrillville 46

Posted @ 9:15p
39 - 49

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 39, Merrillville 49

Posted @ 9:21p
39 - 51

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 39, Merrillville 51

Posted @ 9:21p
39 - 52

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 39, Merrillville 52

Posted @ 9:21p
42 - 52

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 42, Merrillville 52

Posted @ 9:21p
44 - 52

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 44, Merrillville 52

Posted @ 9:21p
46 - 52

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 46, Merrillville 52

Posted @ 9:21p
48 - 52

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 48, Merrillville 52

Posted @ 9:22p
48 - 52

Timeout Alert
Portage4th Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Timeout Portage. Portage 48, Merrillville 52

Posted @ 9:22p
51 - 52

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 51, Merrillville 52

Posted @ 9:30p
51 - 55

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Portage 51, Merrillville 55

Posted @ 9:30p
53 - 55

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 53, Merrillville 55

Posted @ 9:30p
53 - 56

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 53, Merrillville 56

Posted @ 9:30p
54 - 56

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 54, Merrillville 56

Posted @ 9:31p
Game Delayed
4th Quarter
The game has been delayed. Injury. Player in major pain

Posted @ 9:31p
55 - 56

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 55, Merrillville 56

Posted @ 9:31p
55 - 57

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - makes a Free Throw. Portage 55, Merrillville 57

Posted @ 9:34p
55 - 57

Timeout Alert
Portage4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Portage. Portage 55, Merrillville 57

Posted @ 9:34p
55 - 57

Timeout Alert
Portage4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Portage. Portage 55, Merrillville 57

Posted @ 9:35p
57 - 57

Score Alert
Portage4th Quarter
Portage - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 57, Merrillville 57

Posted @ 9:37p
57 - 57

End of Regulation
Overtime
Portage 57, Merrillville 57

Posted @ 9:37p
57 - 59

Score Alert
MerrillvilleOvertime
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 57, Merrillville 59

Posted @ 9:41p
58 - 59

Score Alert
PortageOvertime
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 58, Merrillville 59

Posted @ 9:42p
59 - 59

Score Alert
PortageOvertime
Portage - makes a Free Throw. Portage 59, Merrillville 59

Posted @ 9:42p
59 - 59

Timeout Alert
MerrillvilleOvertime Under a minute
Timeout Merrillville. Portage 59, Merrillville 59

Posted @ 9:47p
Commentary
Overtime
15 seconds left merrillville ball

Posted @ 9:47p
59 - 61

Score Alert
MerrillvilleOvertime
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Portage 59, Merrillville 61

Posted @ 9:52p
59 - 61

End of Game
Final
Portage 59, Merrillville 61

Posted @ 9:52p

Players of the Game

Portage (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 O'mari Evans for being selected the Portage Basketball Player of the Game.

Merrillville (23-24)

Merrillville has not selected any Players of the Game.

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Rankings & Records

Portage (23-24)

IN	Class
94	57

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-9	4-3	9-2	5-6	1-1	.625	.571	1,557	1,236

Merrillville (23-24)

IN	Class
66	44

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-8	5-2	7-2	9-3	1-3	.680	.714	1,576	1,400

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Portage	16.7	16.9	19.3	19.6	64.9
Merrillville	12.7	10.8	10.2	29.4	63.0

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Team Stat Comparison

Portage		Merrillville
64.9	Points Per Game	61.9
27.2	Rebounds Per Game	19.3
14.5	Assists Per Game	11.3
6.5	Steals Per Game	6.7
1.9	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Portage		Merrillville	National Avg.
#15 Michael Wellman13.5	Points Per Game	#34 Keyshawn Mitchell14.4	4.9
#24 Jaelyn Johnson7.2	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Keonte Mckinney4.3	2.6
#20 Garrett Clark4.3	Assists Per Game	#2 Jaeden Williams4.8	1.0
#20 Garrett Clark1.3	Steals Per Game	#10 Bryce Peters1.8	0.8
#15 Michael Wellman1.0	Blocks Per Game	#34 Keyshawn Mitchell0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Portage	8-6		Merrillville	10-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/23	Portage	Munster	(L) 48-45	1/13/24	Munster	Merrillville	(W) 67-63
12/2/23	Hobart	Portage	(W) 73-41	2/17/24	Merrillville	Hobart	(W) 69-28
12/12/23	Lowell	Portage	(W) 79-30	1/27/24	Lowell	Merrillville	(W) 66-51
12/29/23	South Bend Riley	Portage	(L) 54-47	12/2/23	Merrillville	South Bend Riley	(L) 80-70
1/5/24	Valparaiso	Portage	(L) 47-45	1/26/24	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 80-62
1/6/24	East Chicago Central	Portage	(L) 48-47	12/22/23	Merrillville	East Chicago Central	(L) 80-73
				2/28/24	Merrillville	East Chicago Central	(L) 60-55
1/23/24	Lake Central	Portage	(W) 60-47	2/1/24	Lake Central	Merrillville	(L) 64-48
1/26/24	Portage	Michigan City	(W) 60-52	2/16/24	Merrillville	Michigan City	(W) 73-68
2/1/24	Portage	Crown Point	(L) 68-39	1/16/24	Merrillville	Crown Point	(W) 60-57
2/3/24	Portage	South Bend Adams	(W) 87-71	12/29/23	South Bend Adams	Merrillville	(W) 65-52
				1/3/24	South Bend Adams	Merrillville	(W) 60-43
2/9/24	Chesterton	Portage	(W) 70-49	1/6/24	Chesterton	Merrillville	(W) 80-71
2/27/24	Portage	Chesterton	(L) 57-51
2/16/24	La Porte	Portage	(W) 77-27	2/9/24	Merrillville	La Porte	(W) 63-43
2/23/24	Hammond Morton	Portage	(W) 80-63	12/5/23	Hammond Morton	Merrillville	(W) 72-41

Record Breakdown

Portage (23-24)		Merrillville (23-24)
15-9	Overall	17-8
4-3	League	5-2
11-4	Non-League	11-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
8-6	Common Opponent	10-5
9-2	Home	7-2
5-6	Away	9-3
1-1	Neutral	1-3
0-1	Playoff	0-1
15-9	In-State	16-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0