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Freedom Prep Academy Merit Preparatory Academy

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Knights

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) by a score of 68-62.

Game Details: Merit Academy

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Freedom Prep Academy	-	-	-	-	62
MPA	22	9	21	16	68

Final score provided by W. Barnard.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Freedom Prep Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	21	58	36	41
5	C. Henricksen (Sr)	12	4	11	36	41
15	A. Orozco-Flores (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0
22	Nuno Lima (Sr)	11	4	10	40	55
30	Wyatt Leigh (Jr)	16	5	12	42	42
34	J. Schoonmaker (Sr)	17	6	17	35	41
35	Brigham Harvey (Jr)	5	2	7	29	29

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	22	59	37	44
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	8	3	8	38	44
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	17	4	9	44	56
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	19	7	18	39	50
12	Miles Petersen (So)	17	6	16	38	41
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	7	2	8	25	25

Freedom Prep Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	6	18	33	14	28	50	15	40	38
5	C. Henricksen (Sr)	12	1	3	33	3	4	75	3	8	38
15	A. Orozco-Flores (Sr)	1				1	2	50	0	1	0
22	Nuno Lima (Sr)	11	3	7	43	0	3	0	1	3	33
30	Wyatt Leigh (Jr)	16	0	2	0	6	8	75	5	10	50
34	J. Schoonmaker (Sr)	17	2	6	33	3	7	43	4	11	36
35	Brigham Harvey (Jr)	5				1	4	25	2	7	29

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	8	22	36	16	23	70	14	37	38
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	8	1	2	50	1	2	50	2	6	33
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	17	2	5	40	7	8	88	2	4	50
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	19	4	11	36	1	2	50	3	7	43
12	Miles Petersen (So)	17	1	4	25	4	6	67	5	12	42
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	7				3	5	60	2	8	25

Freedom Prep Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	62
5	C. Henricksen (Sr)	12
15	A. Orozco-Flores (Sr)	1
22	Nuno Lima (Sr)	11
30	Wyatt Leigh (Jr)	16
34	J. Schoonmaker (Sr)	17
35	Brigham Harvey (Jr)	5

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	68	11	32	43	13	8	1
0	Davie Chase (Fr)					2	1
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	8	1	4	5	1
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	17	2	5	7	4	2
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	19	3	9	12		3
12	Miles Petersen (So)	17	1	5	6	4	1
20	P. Sutherland (Jr)		1	2	3	1	1
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	7	3	7	10	1		1

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy edges Freedom Prep Academy

January 18, 2024: Springville, UT 84663

In Thursday's league outing, the Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT) basketball squad nipped the visiting Freedom Prep Academy Eagles (Provo, UT), by a margin of 68-62.

The Knights (4-11) will now prepare for their outing against American Prep WV (West Valley City, UT). The Eagles go into the 2A Region 16 outing with a 11-5 record. In their last outing, American Prep WV got by Rockwell (Eagle Mountain, UT), 88-61, in a league outing.

The Eagles now own a 2-11 record. They play next when they host American Prep WV for a 2A Region 16 outing on Wednesday, January 24.

Players of the Game

Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #34 Jack Schoonmaker for being selected the Freedom Prep Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #4 Harrison Petersen for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)

UT	Class
137	26

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
3-17	1-9	1-9	2-8	.150	.100	910	1,212

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

UT	Class
129	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-15	5-5	5-8	3-5	1-2	.375	.500	1,257	1,587

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Freedom Prep Academy	10.2	10.9	9.4	13.5	-	45.5
Merit Preparatory Academy	11.8	12.0	13.2	14.7	10.0	52.4

Head-to-Head

Merit Preparatory Academy won on 1/18/2024

1/18 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

FPA - - - - 62
MPA 22 9 21 16 68

The Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 68-62.
Box score
Merit Preparatory Academy won on 2/9/2024

2/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MPA - - - - 59
FPA - - - - 54

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 59-54.
Box score

1/18 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
FPA	-	-	-	-	62
MPA	22	9	21	16	68

2/9 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	-	-	-	-	59
FPA	-	-	-	-	54

Team Stat Comparison

Freedom Prep Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy
46.6	Points Per Game	50.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	30.3
-	Assists Per Game	10.9
-	Steals Per Game	5.1
-	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Freedom Prep Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#3 Ezra Chan13.9	Points Per Game	#12 Miles Petersen14.5	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Allan Mendonca9.3	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Harrison Petersen3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#24 Drexton Hardy1.6	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Allan Mendonca0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Freedom Prep Academy	3-9		Merit Preparatory Academy	5-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/16/23	Telos	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 71-56	11/14/23	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 61-51
1/12/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Telos	(W) 51-38
11/21/23	Freedom Prep Academy	American Leadership Academy	(L) 73-34	11/29/23	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 104-56
12/11/23	American Leadership Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 73-64
12/13/23	Intermountain Christian	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 65-46	1/26/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 64-48
1/30/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 48-45	1/29/24	Intermountain Christian	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 79-48
1/4/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(L) 61-39	1/16/24	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 55-50
2/7/24	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 47-35	2/14/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 72-62
1/9/24	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 54-50	2/1/24	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 73-53
2/2/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(L) 50-41
1/16/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Rockwell	(L) 74-40	1/31/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Rockwell	(L) 96-50
				2/7/24	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 71-34
1/24/24	American Prep WV	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 78-45	1/9/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 79-32
				1/23/24	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 84-52

Record Breakdown

Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)		Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)
3-17	Overall	9-15
1-9	League	5-5
2-7	Non-League	1-7
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-9	Common Opponent	5-6
1-9	Home	5-8
2-8	Away	3-5
0-0	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	1-1
3-17	In-State	9-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0