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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, UT) by a score of 61-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wasatch Academy	8	13	2	4	27
MPA	19	13	21	8	61

Final score provided by A. Koelling.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Wasatch Academy (24-25)

Wasatch Academy 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	58	27	88	31	31
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	4	2	17	12	12
1	Ella Jay (So)	6	3	11	27	27
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	1	0	7	0	0
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	3	1	13	8	8
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	6	3	3	100	100
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	10	5	14	36	36
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	28	13	21	62	62
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	11	4	15	27	27	77	35
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	4	2	0	0	0	2	15	13
1	Ella Jay (So)	6	1	0	0	0	3	10	30
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	1	0	1	2	50	0	7	0
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	3	3	1	2	50	1	10	10
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	6	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	10	3	0	0	0	5	11	45
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	28	1	2	2	100	13	20	65
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	15	13	28	11	26	11	13	16
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	4	4	2	6	0	2	1	0	3
1	Ella Jay (So)	6	2	1	3	1	3	0	2	2
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	1	2	0	2	4	0	2	2	1
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	2	2
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	6	4	3	7	1	2	1	2	2
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	10	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	28	2	4	6	4	14	1	2	3
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1

Merit Preparatory Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.85	2.00	1.63	0.69
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.33
1	Ella Jay (So)	0.50	1.50	1.50	0.00
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	2.00
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.50
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	0.00	3.00	1.50	1.50
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	2.00	7.00	4.67	0.33
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Wasatch Academy routed by Merit Preparatory Academy

January 22, 2025: Springville, UT 84663

The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights bounced the visiting Wasatch Academy Tigers basketball squad by a final score of 61-27 in Wednesday's league outing.

Next, the Knights face the Intermountain Christian Lions (Salt Lake City, UT) in a 2A Region 16 outing, on Friday, January 24. Merit Preparatory Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 3-6 season record. The Lions enter the outing with a 12-4 record after their 63-9 league win over Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, UT).

The Tigers (0-6) will now prepare for their outing against Rockwell (Eagle Mountain, UT). The Marshals enter the 2A Region 16 outing with a 7-12 record. In their last outing, Rockwell routed Salt Lake Academy (Herriman, UT), 48-25, in a league outing.

WA @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Jan. 22, 2025 @ 5:30p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home conference game against Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, UT) by a score of 61-27.

Rankings & Records

Wasatch Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
138	28

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
0-13	0-9	0-5	0-8	.000	.000	183	611

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
Wasatch Academy	3.2	4.3	3.8	4.1	14.1
Merit Preparatory Academy	6.9	7.8	8.4	6.4	28.2

Head-to-Head

Merit Preparatory Academy won on 1/22/2025

1/22 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Wasatch Academy 8 13 2 4 27
MPA 19 13 21 8 61

The Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, UT) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 61-27.
Box score
Merit Preparatory Academy won on 1/27/2025

1/27 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MPA 6 11 4 8 29
Wasatch Academy 2 4 2 8 16

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, UT) by a score of 29-16.
Box score

1/27 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	6	11	4	8	29
Wasatch Academy	2	4	2	8	16

Team Stat Comparison

Wasatch Academy		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

Wasatch Academy		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.
Wasatch Academy	0-10		Merit Preparatory Academy	3-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Pinnacle	Wasatch Academy	(L) 42-13	11/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 36-29
12/5/24	Salt Lake Academy	Wasatch Academy	(L) 30-7	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 25-17
1/15/25	Wasatch Academy	Salt Lake Academy	(L) 40-10
1/17/25	Vanguard Academy	Wasatch Academy	(L) 52-15	1/21/25	Vanguard Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 56-32
1/21/25	Wasatch Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 63-9	12/18/24	Intermountain Christian	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 54-22
				1/24/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 51-14
1/24/25	Rockwell	Wasatch Academy	(L) 52-19	1/31/25	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 55-35
2/5/25	Wasatch Academy	Rockwell	(L) 46-10
1/31/25	Wasatch Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(L) 41-23	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 26-13
2/4/25	Wasatch Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 35-10	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 35-23
				2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 31-18
2/6/25	Wasatch Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 50-15	12/20/24	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 33-23
				1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 37-18

Record Breakdown

Wasatch Academy (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
0-13	Overall	5-10
0-9	League	5-6
0-4	Non-League	0-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-10	Common Opponent	3-8
0-5	Home	4-6
0-8	Away	1-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
0-13	In-State	5-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0