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Merit Preparatory Academy Monument Valley

Knights

Cougars

The Monument Valley (UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 71-66.

Game Details: Pinnacle Tournament

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	14	25	13	19	71
Monument Valley	11	14	14	27	66

Final score provided by H. Petersen.

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Game Stats

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Monument Valley (23-24)

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	27	50	54	57
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	10	5	8	63	63
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	11	1	8	13	19
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	13	6	7	86	93
12	Miles Petersen (So)	20	8	15	53	57
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	17	7	12	58	58

Monument Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	64	27
0	Riley Stanley (So)	2	1
11	B. Goodshield (Sr)	10	5
12	Joshua Hicks (Sr)	16	6
21	Melias Cly (Sr)	32	13
24	A. Shortman (So)	2	1
34	B. Goodshield (Jr)	2	1

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	3	10	30	14	19	74	24	40	60
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	10	0	1	0				5	7	71
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	11	1	5	20	8	10	80	0	3	0
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	13	1	1	100				5	6	83
12	Miles Petersen (So)	20	1	3	33	3	3	100	7	12	58
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	17				3	6	50	7	12	58

Monument Valley

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	64	3	7	9	78	24
0	Riley Stanley (So)	2					1
11	B. Goodshield (Sr)	10					5
12	Joshua Hicks (Sr)	16		4	5	80	6
21	Melias Cly (Sr)	32	3	3	4	75	10
24	A. Shortman (So)	2					1
34	B. Goodshield (Jr)	2					1

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	71	4	19	23	17	3	3
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	10		5	5	2	1
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	11		3	3	4
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	13		2	2	4	1
12	Miles Petersen (So)	20		1	1	2	1	1
14	Alex Bills (Jr)					1
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	17	4	8	12	4		2

Monument Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	64
0	Riley Stanley (So)	2
11	B. Goodshield (Sr)	10
12	Joshua Hicks (Sr)	16
21	Melias Cly (Sr)	32
24	A. Shortman (So)	2
34	B. Goodshield (Jr)	2

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Monument Valley nipped by Merit Preparatory Academy

December 15, 2023: Springville, UT 84663

The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights tipped the visiting Monument Valley Cougars basketball team by a final score of 71-66 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Knights face the Wayne Badgers (Bicknell, UT) in a non-league game, on Saturday, December 16. Merit Preparatory Academy will attempt to move on its 3-5 season record. The Badgers enter the game with a 5-4 record after their 96-21 non-league win over Dugway (Dugway, UT).

With the defeat, Monument Valley moves to 2-6 on the year. The Cougars travel to Telos (Orem, UT) to face the in a non-league game on Saturday, December 16. The enter the game with a record of 0-7. Telos lost 66-17 in their recent non-league battle against Pinnacle (Price, UT)

Players of the Game

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #23 Allan Mendonca for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Monument Valley (23-24)

Monument Valley has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

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

Monument Valley (23-24)

UT	Class
136	19

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
5-18	1-7	2-6	0-10	3-2	.217	.125	1,188	1,428

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merit Preparatory Academy	11.8	12.0	13.2	14.7	10.0	52.4
Monument Valley	12.8	13.9	13.4	14.3	11.0	51.7

Team Stat Comparison

Merit Preparatory Academy		Monument Valley
50.9	Points Per Game	50.3
30.3	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.9	Assists Per Game	-
5.1	Steals Per Game	-
1.7	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Merit Preparatory Academy		Monument Valley	National Avg.
#12 Miles Petersen14.5	Points Per Game	#11 Braxton Goodshield15.0	4.9
#23 Allan Mendonca9.3	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#4 Harrison Petersen3.1	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#24 Drexton Hardy1.6	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#23 Allan Mendonca0.9	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merit Preparatory Academy	1-4		Monument Valley	2-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/23	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 61-51	12/16/23	Telos	Monument Valley	(W) 79-59
11/28/23	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 66-64	1/13/24	Pinnacle	Monument Valley	(W) 72-67
12/16/23	Merit Preparatory Academy	Pinnacle	(L) 54-39	2/2/24	Monument Valley	Pinnacle	(L) 80-65
12/2/23	Monticello	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 60-35	1/19/24	Monument Valley	Monticello	(L) 57-27
				2/13/24	Monticello	Monument Valley	(L) 64-50
1/10/24	Milford	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 89-52	12/9/23	Milford	Monument Valley	(L) 65-26

Record Breakdown

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)		Monument Valley (23-24)
9-15	Overall	5-18
5-5	League	1-7
1-7	Non-League	2-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-4	Common Opponent	2-4
5-8	Home	2-6
3-5	Away	0-10
1-2	Neutral	3-2
1-1	Playoff	0-1
9-15	In-State	2-14
0-0	Out-of-State	3-4