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Vanguard Academy Merit Preparatory Academy

Knights

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Vanguard Academy (West Valley City, UT) by a score of 68-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vanguard Academy	12	11	10	9	42
MPA	13	19	24	12	68

Final score provided by W. Barnard.

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vanguard Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Vanguard Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	16	50	32	35
1	Jaxon Kingston (So)	2	1	4	25	25
11	N. Peterson (Jr)	1	0	4	0	0
14	Bridger Tucker (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
22	Ben Kingston (Sr)	9	3	14	21	21
24	N. Kennington (So)	0	0	1	0	0
25	Abel Jenkins (Jr)	15	6	11	55	59
35	James O'Brien (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
43	Brayson Taylor (Sr)	10	4	10	40	45

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	25	62	40	51
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	23	7	14	50	71
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	0	0	5	0	0
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	10	5	13	38	38
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	7	2	7	29	36
13	A. Steinman (So)	15	5	9	56	83
15	Davey Chase (So)	3	1	4	25	38
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	6	3	3	100	100
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50

Vanguard Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	3	22	14	7	15	47	13	28	46
1	Jaxon Kingston (So)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	N. Peterson (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	4	25	0	4	0
14	Bridger Tucker (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Ben Kingston (Sr)	9	0	7	0	3	5	60	3	7	43
24	N. Kennington (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Abel Jenkins (Jr)	15	1	2	50	2	4	50	5	9	56
35	James O'Brien (Jr)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
43	Brayson Taylor (Sr)	10	1	6	17	1	2	50	3	4	75

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	13	36	36	5	8	63	12	26	46
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	23	6	11	55	3	4	75	1	3	33
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	0	0	4	0				0	1	0
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	2	0	2	0				1	2	50
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	10	0	4	0				5	9	56
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	7	1	4	25	2	4	50	1	3	33
13	A. Steinman (So)	15	5	8	63				0	1	0
15	Davey Chase (So)	3	1	3	33				0	1	0
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	6							3	3	100
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0							0	1	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	2							1	2	50

Vanguard Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	9	24	33	3	15	6	6	10
1	Jaxon Kingston (So)	2	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	2
11	N. Peterson (Jr)	1	5	6	11	0	0	5	0	1
14	Bridger Tucker (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2
22	Ben Kingston (Sr)	9	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
24	N. Kennington (So)	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	Abel Jenkins (Jr)	15	1	4	5	0	3	0	0	1
35	James O'Brien (Jr)	2	0	4	4	0	3	0	3	2
43	Brayson Taylor (Sr)	10	1	4	5	2	1	1	1	1

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	68	12	29	41	19	14	7
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	23	2	5	7	1	1	1
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	0		3	3	7	4
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	2		2	2	1	1
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	10	5	4	9	2		2
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	7	2	5	7	3	2	2
13	A. Steinman (So)	15		1	1	1	1
15	Davey Chase (So)	3		1	1	1	1
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	6	1	4	5	1	2
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0	1	3	4	1		1
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1	2	1

Vanguard Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.50	2.50	1.50	0.60
1	Jaxon Kingston (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00
11	N. Peterson (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00
14	Bridger Tucker (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00
22	Ben Kingston (Sr)	0.00	4.00	4.00	0.00
24	N. Kennington (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
25	Abel Jenkins (Jr)	0.00	3.00	3.00	0.00
35	James O'Brien (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.50	0.00
43	Brayson Taylor (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Misc Totals

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy overwhelms Vanguard Academy

January 21, 2025: Springville, UT 84663

The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights basketball team scored 68 points and limited the visiting Vanguard Academy Knights to 42 in the Knights league triumph on Tuesday.

The Knights now have a 12-4 record. They play next when they host Varsity Opponent for a non-league game on Wednesday, January 22. Merit Preparatory Academy will confront a team coming off a 57-56 non-league win over Mercy Prep Academy (Waxahachie, TX). The record now stands at 332-1139.

With the loss, Vanguard Academy falls to 3-4 on the campaign. The Knights travel to Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams (Lehi, UT) to confront the Marauders in a non-league game on Friday, January 24. The Marauders go into the game with a record of 2-16. Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams won 68-39 in their recent non-league game against Telos (Orem, UT)

Players of the Game

Vanguard Academy (24-25)

Vanguard Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #1 Cruz Steinman for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

VA @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 21, 2025 @ 7p

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Vanguard Academy (West Valley City, UT) by a score of 68-42.

Rankings & Records

Vanguard Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
128	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
8-5	7-5	3-1	5-4	.615	.583	721	731

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Vanguard Academy	14.1	17.3	14.3	13.0	55.5
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	70.0

Team Stat Comparison

Vanguard Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy
55.2	Points Per Game	70.0
26.7	Rebounds Per Game	35.1
6.2	Assists Per Game	15.6
9.8	Steals Per Game	19.0
6.4	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Vanguard Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#43 Brayson Taylor17.8	Points Per Game	#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	4.9
#43 Brayson Taylor7.9	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	2.6
#43 Brayson Taylor2.4	Assists Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.5	1.0
#25 Abel Jenkins2.4	Steals Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.4	0.8
#11 Nathaniel Peterson2.9	Blocks Per Game	#12 Miles Petersen0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Vanguard Academy	8-4		Merit Preparatory Academy	7-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Vanguard Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 61-47	1/24/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 64-50
1/14/25	Intermountain Christian	Vanguard Academy	(W) 64-54
1/23/25	Vanguard Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 58-54
1/6/25	Vanguard Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 71-54	1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(W) 68-66
1/31/25	Vanguard Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 60-17	2/15/25	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 73-58
1/9/25	Vanguard Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 62-28	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 74-29
1/28/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Vanguard Academy	(W) 68-60	2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 72-44
1/10/25	Rockwell	Vanguard Academy	(L) 71-53	1/31/25	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 83-53
1/15/25	Vanguard Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(L) 71-52	1/14/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(W) 43-39
2/7/25	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Vanguard Academy	(W) 61-52
1/24/25	Vanguard Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 72-45	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41
2/4/25	Vanguard Academy	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 57-50	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 71-44
				2/12/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 70-31

Record Breakdown

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