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The Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 72-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	12	20	21	19	72
Freedom Prep Academy	11	9	13	11	44

Final score provided by W. Barnard.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	30	66	45	52
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	13	5	14	36	39
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	15	7	16	44	47
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	17	8	14	57	61
13	A. Steinman (So)	3	1	2	50	75
15	Davey Chase (So)	12	4	6	67	100
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	8	28	29	4	9	44	22	38	58
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	13	1	6	17	2	5	40	4	8	50
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	2	0	2	0				1	2	50
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	1				1	2	50	0	2	0
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	15	1	4	25				6	12	50
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	17	1	6	17				7	8	88
13	A. Steinman (So)	3	1	2	50
15	Davey Chase (So)	12	4	6	67
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	3	67

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	72	11	25	36	14	26	5
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	13	2	2	4	2	3	1
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	2	1	3	4	2	6
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	1	0	1	1	2	3
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	15	6	7	13	1	1	1
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	17	2	6	8	2	2	1
13	A. Steinman (So)	3	0	2	2	1	1	1
15	Davey Chase (So)	12	0	1	1	1	6
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	4		2	2		1
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	5		1	1	3	3	1

Freedom Prep Academy (24-25)

Freedom Prep Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy triumphant over Freedom Prep Academy

February 7, 2025: Provo, UT 84601

Spectators at Friday's league bout between the Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT) and the host Freedom Prep Academy Eagles (Provo, UT), saw Merit Preparatory Academy's basketball team crush Freedom Prep Academy by a tally of 72-44.

The Knights now possess a 15-7 record.

With the loss, Freedom Prep Academy falls to 6-17 on the campaign.

Players of the Game

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Ayden Martinez for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Freedom Prep Academy (24-25)

Freedom Prep Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

MPA @ FPA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 7, 2025 @ 7p

Freedom Preparatory Academy

The Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 72-44.

Rankings & Records

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
124	19

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
16-8	7-2	9-3	4-4	3-1	.667	.778	1,680	1,182

Freedom Prep Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
138	27

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
6-18	2-9	4-8	2-10	.250	.182	1,023	1,562

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	70.0
Freedom Prep Academy	10.4	12.2	11.1	9.7	42.6

Head-to-Head

Merit Preparatory Academy won on 1/17/2025

1/17 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

FPA 6 9 8 6 29
MPA 25 14 21 14 74

The Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 74-29.
Box score
Merit Preparatory Academy won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MPA 12 20 21 19 72
FPA 11 9 13 11 44

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) by a score of 72-44.
Box score

1/17 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
FPA	6	9	8	6	29
MPA	25	14	21	14	74

Team Stat Comparison

Merit Preparatory Academy		Freedom Prep Academy
70.0	Points Per Game	43.7
35.1	Rebounds Per Game	23.4
15.6	Assists Per Game	2.7
19.0	Steals Per Game	8.8
2.7	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

Merit Preparatory Academy		Freedom Prep Academy	National Avg.
#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	Points Per Game	#31 Wyatt Leigh15.2	4.9
#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	Rebounds Per Game	#31 Wyatt Leigh7.2	2.6
#2 Michigan Draper5.5	Assists Per Game	#4 Joseph Black0.8	1.0
#2 Michigan Draper5.4	Steals Per Game	#4 Joseph Black1.9	0.8
#12 Miles Petersen0.8	Blocks Per Game	#31 Wyatt Leigh1.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merit Preparatory Academy	12-5		Freedom Prep Academy	5-12

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Telos	(W) 82-20	11/25/24	Telos	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 80-32
1/10/25	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-26	12/6/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Telos	(W) 52-46
11/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 85-53	11/20/24	Pinnacle	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 64-56
12/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 78-36
11/26/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Draper APA	(L) 63-41	1/30/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Draper APA	(L) 79-29
				2/12/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Draper APA	(L) 79-12
12/9/24	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 72-33	11/22/24	Freedom Prep Academy	American Leadership Academy	(L) 79-27
				12/18/24	American Leadership Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 90-12
12/13/24	Mount Vernon	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 91-23	12/5/24	Mount Vernon	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 61-27
12/20/24	Mount Vernon	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 86-15
1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(W) 68-66	1/10/25	Freedom Prep Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 72-25
2/15/25	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 73-58
1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 71-44	1/14/25	Salt Lake Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 70-44
2/12/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 70-31
1/14/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(W) 43-39	1/21/25	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 76-53
1/21/25	Vanguard Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 68-42	1/9/25	Vanguard Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 62-28
				1/28/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Vanguard Academy	(L) 68-60
1/24/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 64-50	1/31/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 73-67
1/31/25	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 83-53	1/7/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Rockwell	(L) 94-36
2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41	12/3/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 54-43
				12/17/24	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 55-35

Record Breakdown

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)		Freedom Prep Academy (24-25)
16-8	Overall	6-18
7-2	League	2-9
5-4	Non-League	4-8
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
12-5	Common Opponent	5-12
9-3	Home	4-8
4-4	Away	2-10
3-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
15-7	In-State	5-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0