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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Pinnacle (Price, UT) by a score of 85-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pinnacle	11	9	15	18	53
MPA	14	23	26	22	85

Final score provided by W. Barnard.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Pinnacle (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Pinnacle

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	15	45	33	40
0	Bryson Shumway (So)	6	2	6	33	42
1	Joey Howell (Jr)	7	2	7	29	36
3	Diego Contreras (Jr)	16	4	6	67	75
5	Riley Davis (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	3	1	6	17	25
21	Gavone Larsen (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	5	1	3	33	33
24	Brody Howell (Jr)	13	4	14	29	36

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	85	33	59	56	67
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	17	8	17	47	50
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	15	6	10	60	70
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	6	2	2	100	150
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	9	3	6	50	67
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	14	4	6	67	100
13	A. Steinman (So)	12	5	9	56	67
15	Davey Chase (So)	2	1	2	50	50
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	3	1	1	100	100
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	7	3	4	75	75

Pinnacle

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	6	25	24	16	21	76	9	20	45
0	Bryson Shumway (So)	6	1	3	33	1	2	50	1	3	33
1	Joey Howell (Jr)	7	1	1	100	2	2	100	1	6	17
3	Diego Contreras (Jr)	16	1	3	33	7	9	78	3	3	100
5	Riley Davis (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	3	1	5	20				0	1	0
21	Gavone Larsen (Sr)	2							1	1	100
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	5	0	1	0	3	3	100	1	2	50
24	Brody Howell (Jr)	13	2	10	20	3	3	100	2	4	50

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	85	13	25	52	6	10	60	20	34	59
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	0							0	1	0
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	17	1	3	33	0	2	0	7	14	50
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	15	2	4	50	1	2	50	4	6	67
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	6	2	2	100
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	9	2	6	33	1			1
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	14	4	5	80	2	2	100	0	1	0
13	A. Steinman (So)	12	2	4	50	0	2	0	3	5	60
15	Davey Chase (So)	2							1	2	50
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0							0	1	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	7	0	1	0	1			3	3	100

Pinnacle

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	52	12	23	35	3	9	2	16
0	Bryson Shumway (So)	6		4	4
1	Joey Howell (Jr)	7	2		2				2
3	Diego Contreras (Jr)	16	4	3	7			1	2
5	Riley Davis (Jr)	0		1	1	1	4	1	3
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	3		3	3	1			1
21	Gavone Larsen (Sr)	2	2	1	3		1		3
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	5	1	5	6	1	3		1
24	Brody Howell (Jr)	13	3	6	9		1		4

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	85	9	30	39	13	23	5
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	0		1	1
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	17	2	3	5	2	4	1
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	15	1	3	4	4	5
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	6		1	1
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	9	2	3	5		3	1
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	14	1	8	9	1	3	2
13	A. Steinman (So)	12		2	2		1
15	Davey Chase (So)	2		3	3	3
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	3	1	3	4		3
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0		1	1
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	7	2	2	4	3	4	1

Pinnacle

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.19	0.56	3
5	Riley Davis (Jr)	0.33	1.33
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	1.00
21	Gavone Larsen (Sr)		0.33
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	1.00	3.00	1
24	Brody Howell (Jr)		0.25	2

Misc Totals

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy crushes Pinnacle

November 21, 2024: Springville, UT 84663

The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT) basketball crushed the visiting Pinnacle Panthers (Price, UT), 84-49 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Knights now possess a 2-0 record. They play next when they travel to Milford for a non-league bout on Saturday, November 23.

With the loss, Pinnacle falls to 1-1 on the campaign. The Panthers host Dugway (Dugway, UT) to play the Mustangs in a non-league bout on Friday, November 22. The Mustangs go into the bout with a record of 0-0.

Players of the Game

Pinnacle (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Diego Contreras for being selected the Pinnacle Basketball Player 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.

Pinnacle @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 21, 2024 @ 7p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Pinnacle (Price, UT) by a score of 85-53.

Rankings & Records

Pinnacle (24-25)

UT	Class
136	17

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
8-16	2-6	3-8	3-7	2-1	.333	.250	1,236	1,511

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
Pinnacle	12.0	12.2	13.1	13.5	51.5
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	70.0

Head-to-Head

Merit Preparatory Academy won on 11/21/2024

11/21 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Pinnacle 11 9 15 18 53
MPA 14 23 26 22 85

The Pinnacle (Price, UT) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 85-53.
Box score
Merit Preparatory Academy won on 12/21/2024

12/21 @ 3p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Pinnacle 4 10 11 11 36
MPA 25 20 23 10 78

The Pinnacle (Price, UT) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 78-36.
Box score

12/21 @ 3p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pinnacle	4	10	11	11	36
MPA	25	20	23	10	78

Team Stat Comparison

Pinnacle		Merit Preparatory Academy
51.0	Points Per Game	70.0
32.1	Rebounds Per Game	35.1
11.2	Assists Per Game	15.6
8.4	Steals Per Game	19.0
3.1	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Pinnacle		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#24 Brody Howell12.4	Points Per Game	#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	4.9
#24 Brody Howell8.5	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	2.6
#1 Joey Howell3.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.5	1.0
#21 Gavone Larsen1.4	Steals Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.4	0.8
#3 Diego Contreras1.3	Blocks Per Game	#12 Miles Petersen0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pinnacle	6-4		Merit Preparatory Academy	9-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	Pinnacle	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 64-56	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 74-29
				2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 72-44
11/22/24	Dugway	Pinnacle	(W) 59-29	12/21/24	Dugway	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-37
12/20/24	Pinnacle	Dugway	(W) 48-34
11/26/24	American Leadership Academy	Pinnacle	(L) 97-41	12/9/24	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 72-33
12/17/24	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Pinnacle	(L) 63-54	1/14/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(W) 43-39
12/19/24	Pinnacle	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 65-62	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 71-44
				2/12/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 70-31
12/20/24	Pinnacle	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 49-48	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41
1/7/25	Green River	Pinnacle	(L) 71-40	12/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Green River	(L) 65-57
1/21/25	Pinnacle	Green River	(L) 79-49
2/1/25	Telos	Pinnacle	(W) 99-56	11/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Telos	(W) 82-20
				1/10/25	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-26

Record Breakdown

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