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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Rockwell (Eagle Mountain, UT) by a score of 55-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rockwell	17	11	12	15	55
MPA	0	5	20	10	35

Final score provided by M. Kidder.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Rockwell (24-25)

Rockwell has not entered stats for this game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	35	14	54	26	27
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	5	2	14	14	14
1	Ella Jay (So)	6	3	10	30	30
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	6	3	5	60	60
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	16	5	18	28	31
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	2	1	1	100	100

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	35	1	9	11	6	13	46	13	45	29
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	5	0	1	0	1	6	17	2	13	15
1	Ella Jay (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	30
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	60
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	16	1	8	13	5	7	71	4	10	40
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	35	8	30	38	9	16	2	30	21
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	5	2	11	13	1	0	1	4	4
1	Ella Jay (So)	6	0	0	0	2	4	1	8	2
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	6	1	0	1	3	4	0	2	1
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	3
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	8	5
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	2
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	16	3	8	11	1	5	0	2	3
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	2	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	1

Merit Preparatory Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.30	0.53	0.76	0.10
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.25
1	Ella Jay (So)	0.25	0.50	2.00	0.50
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	1.50	2.00	4.00	0.00
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.33	0.00
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0.00	0.13	0.20	0.00
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	0.50	2.50	1.67	0.00
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy trounced by Rockwell

January 31, 2025: Springville, UT 84663

The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights basketball squad (Springville, UT), was crushed 58-35 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Rockwell Marshals (Eagle Mountain, UT)

With the victory, Rockwell advances its record to 9-12 on the year. The Marshals host Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, UT) to meet the Tigers in a 2A Region 16 test on Wednesday, February 5. The Tigers come into the test with a record of 0-9.

The Knights (4-8) will now prepare for their test against Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams (Lehi, UT). The Marauders come into the 2A Region 16 test with a 1-16 record.

Rockwell @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 5:30p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Rockwell (Eagle Mountain, UT) by a score of 55-35.

Rankings & Records

Rockwell (24-25)

UT	Class
130	22

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
11-13	8-1	5-7	5-5	1-1	.458	.889	912	887

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
Rockwell	10.5	10.3	8.9	9.6	38.0
Merit Preparatory Academy	6.9	7.8	8.4	6.4	28.2

Team Stat Comparison

Rockwell		Merit Preparatory Academy
-	Points Per Game	27.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	29.1
-	Assists Per Game	4.7
-	Steals Per Game	11.5
-	Blocks Per Game	4.9

Team Leaders

Rockwell		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz11.5	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Kya Snyder9.8	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz1.6	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz4.3	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz3.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Rockwell	10-3		Merit Preparatory Academy	5-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	American Leadership Academy	Rockwell	(L) 39-23	1/9/25	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 51-23
12/6/24	Rockwell	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 49-8	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 35-23
1/8/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Rockwell	(W) 59-11	2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 31-18
12/12/24	Vanguard Academy	Rockwell	(W) 57-40	1/21/25	Vanguard Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 56-32
1/10/25	Rockwell	Vanguard Academy	(W) 30-25
12/20/24	Rockwell	Pinnacle	(L) 50-31	11/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 36-29
12/21/24	Rockwell	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 58-12	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 26-13
2/7/25	Rockwell	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 37-16
1/14/25	American Prep WV	Rockwell	(W) 45-5	12/20/24	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 33-23
				1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 37-18
1/17/25	Rockwell	Intermountain Christian	(L) 52-33	12/18/24	Intermountain Christian	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 54-22
				1/24/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 51-14
1/21/25	Salt Lake Academy	Rockwell	(W) 48-25	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 25-17
1/24/25	Rockwell	Wasatch Academy	(W) 52-19	1/22/25	Wasatch Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 61-27
2/5/25	Wasatch Academy	Rockwell	(W) 46-10	1/27/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Wasatch Academy	(W) 29-16

Record Breakdown

Rockwell (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
11-13	Overall	5-10
8-1	League	5-6
2-10	Non-League	0-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
10-3	Common Opponent	5-8
5-7	Home	4-6
5-5	Away	1-4
1-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
11-13	In-State	5-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0