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Merrillville Valparaiso

Pirates

Vikings

The Valparaiso (IN) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 77-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merrillville	-	-	-	-	62
Valparaiso	-	-	-	-	77

Final score provided by N. Ralph.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Valparaiso (24-25)

Merrillville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	20	50	40	47
0	Cam Jones (Fr)	5	1	4	25	38
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
3	B. Robinson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	11	5	14	36	36
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	21	6	13	46	58
23	Josiah Jones (Jr)	10	4	7	57	64
33	Larry Williams (Sr)	8	3	5	60	80

Valparaiso

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	77	24	48	50	57
2	Kj Avery (Jr)	18	4	10	40	45
4	Michael Reeves (Jr)	6	2	4	50	75
10	Trenten Kimes (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
13	Caden Crowell (Sr)	21	8	14	57	64
14	Jin Bloom (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Jonny Klumpe (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Julian Stokes (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100
32	LaVon Redmond (Jr)	17	4	5	80	90
33	Maddux Wagner (So)	8	3	6	50	58
34	Isaiah Keene (Sr)	1
42	C. McConnachie (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	7	13	54	12	14	86	13	37	35
0	Cam Jones (Fr)	5	1	2	50	2	2	100	0	2	0
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
3	B. Robinson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	11	0	0	0	1	2	50	5	14	36
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	21	3	5	60	6	7	86	3	8	38
23	Josiah Jones (Jr)	10	1	2	50	1	1	100	3	5	60
33	Larry Williams (Sr)	8	2	3	67	0	0	0	1	2	50

Valparaiso

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	77	7	13	54	22	29	76	17	35	49
2	Kj Avery (Jr)	18	1	2	50	9	10	90	3	8	38
4	Michael Reeves (Jr)	6	2	4	50
10	Trenten Kimes (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	3	33
13	Caden Crowell (Sr)	21	2	4	50	3	4	75	6	10	60
14	Jin Bloom (Sr)	0							0	1	0
20	Jonny Klumpe (Jr)	0							0	1	0
23	Julian Stokes (Sr)	4							2	2	100
32	LaVon Redmond (Jr)	17	1	1	100	8	9	89	3	4	75
33	Maddux Wagner (So)	8	1	1	100	1	2	50	2	5	40
34	Isaiah Keene (Sr)	1				1	4	25
42	C. McConnachie (Jr)	0							0	1	0

Merrillville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	4	11	15	6	6	4	14	24
0	Cam Jones (Fr)	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
3	B. Robinson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	3
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	11	1	3	4	0	3	0	2	3
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	21	0	3	3	0	2	2	6	5
23	Josiah Jones (Jr)	10	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	2
24	Amari Murphy (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Larry Williams (Sr)	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
50	Jabari Anderson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1

Valparaiso

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	77	31	17	1	15
2	Kj Avery (Jr)	18	3	2		4
4	Michael Reeves (Jr)	6	3	4		2
10	Trenten Kimes (Sr)	2	4	2		3
13	Caden Crowell (Sr)	21	4	3		2
14	Jin Bloom (Sr)	0			1
21	Tommy Pastoret (So)					1
23	Julian Stokes (Sr)	4	2			1
32	LaVon Redmond (Jr)	17	3	5		1
33	Maddux Wagner (So)	8	9	1		1
34	Isaiah Keene (Sr)	1	1
42	C. McConnachie (Jr)	0	2

Merrillville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.43	0.43	0.25	0.17	16
0	Cam Jones (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
3	B. Robinson (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	0.00	1.50	1.00	0.00	4
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	0.00	0.33	0.40	0.40	2
23	Josiah Jones (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
33	Larry Williams (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
50	Jabari Anderson (Jr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0

Valparaiso

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.13	0.07
2	Kj Avery (Jr)	0.50
4	Michael Reeves (Jr)	2.00
10	Trenten Kimes (Sr)	0.67
13	Caden Crowell (Sr)	1.50
32	LaVon Redmond (Jr)	5.00
33	Maddux Wagner (So)	1.00

Merrillville's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Merrillville beaten by Valparaiso

January 31, 2025: Valparaiso, IN 46385

The Valparaiso Vikings were victorious over the visiting Merrillville Pirates basketball squad by a final score of 77-62 in Friday's league outing.

Next, the Vikings face the Munster Mustangs (Munster, IN) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, February 1. Valparaiso will attempt to upgrade on its 6-12 season record. The Mustangs enter the outing with a 9-5 record after their 67-52 league win over Hobart (Hobart, IN).

The Pirates (3-14) will now prepare for their outing against Lake Central (St. John, IN). The Indians enter the Duneland outing with a 5-10 record. In their last outing, Lake Central ran past Chesterton (Chesterton, IN), 60-50, in a league outing.

Merrillville @ Valparaiso Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 7p

The Valparaiso (IN) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 77-62.

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Rankings & Records

Merrillville (24-25)

IN	Class
202	72

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-19	0-8	3-7	2-10	2-2	.269	.000	1,414	1,685

Valparaiso (24-25)

IN	Class
142	58

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
10-15	2-5	3-6	6-5	1-4	.400	.286	1,253	1,351

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merrillville	11.8	11.8	14.8	14.3	54.4
Valparaiso	10.8	12.1	12.8	14.8	50.1

Head-to-Head

Valparaiso won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Merrillville - - - - 62
Valparaiso - - - - 77

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Valparaiso (IN) by a score of 77-62.
Box score
Merrillville won on 3/4/2025

3/4 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Merrillville - - - - 45
Valparaiso - - - - 42

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral playoff game against Valparaiso (IN) by a score of 45-42.
Box score

3/4 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merrillville	-	-	-	-	45
Valparaiso	-	-	-	-	42

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Valparaiso
50.0	Points Per Game	49.8
20.7	Rebounds Per Game	24.9
8.8	Assists Per Game	10.4
7.9	Steals Per Game	3.6
2.1	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Valparaiso	National Avg.
#14 Charles Hardiman15.5	Points Per Game	#13 Caden Crowell12.7	4.9
#5 Kelvion Brown5.3	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Caden Crowell4.8	2.6
#5 Kelvion Brown1.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Kj Avery2.8	1.0
#14 Charles Hardiman2.0	Steals Per Game	#23 Julian Stokes0.9	0.8
#14 Charles Hardiman0.7	Blocks Per Game	#33 Maddux Wagner0.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	4-13		Valparaiso	6-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/17/24	Hammond Bishop Noll	Merrillville	(W) 62-57	12/21/24	Hammond Bishop Noll	Valparaiso	(W) 53-43
12/20/24	Merrillville	East Chicago Central	(L) 75-65	12/6/24	Valparaiso	East Chicago Central	(L) 65-41
12/27/24	Merrillville	Hanover Central	(W) 60-52	12/13/24	Valparaiso	Hanover Central	(W) 57-44
12/28/24	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 64-40	1/10/25	Portage	Valparaiso	(L) 54-30
1/24/25	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 60-31
3/8/25	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 83-62
1/2/25	South Bend Washington	Merrillville	(L) 77-54	1/18/25	Valparaiso	South Bend Washington	(L) 71-66
1/11/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 47-39	2/21/25	Chesterton	Valparaiso	(L) 62-52
1/14/25	Merrillville	Lowell	(L) 65-53	1/28/25	Valparaiso	Lowell	(W) 56-38
1/17/25	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 74-37	2/14/25	Valparaiso	Crown Point	(L) 63-47
1/18/25	Merrillville	Munster	(L) 64-50	2/1/25	Valparaiso	Munster	(W) 57-53
2/6/25	Merrillville	Lake Central	(L) 77-58	1/24/25	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(L) 58-55
2/14/25	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 62-55	2/6/25	Valparaiso	La Porte	(W) 58-50
2/21/25	Michigan City	Merrillville	(L) 67-59	1/17/25	Valparaiso	Michigan City	(L) 42-41
2/22/25	Hobart	Merrillville	(W) 70-62	2/11/25	Valparaiso	Hobart	(W) 70-34
3/7/25	Merrillville	Hobart	(W) 58-46
2/28/25	Penn	Merrillville	(L) 48-47	1/11/25	Valparaiso	Penn	(L) 65-36

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (24-25)		Valparaiso (24-25)
7-19	Overall	10-15
0-8	League	2-5
5-9	Non-League	7-7
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-13	Common Opponent	6-8
3-7	Home	3-6
2-10	Away	6-5
2-2	Neutral	1-4
2-1	Playoff	0-1
7-19	In-State	10-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0