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Spanish Fork Merced

Dons

Bears

The Merced (CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Spanish Fork (UT) in overtime by a score of 53-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Spanish Fork	11	13	15	10	4	53
Merced	8	12	14	15	2	51

Final score provided by G. Johnson.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merced (24-25)

Spanish Fork

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	177	53	21	39	54	62
1	Evan Stewart (So)	15	4	2	4	50	50
3	G. Christensen (Jr)	34	13	5	13	38	50
5	Ben Clayson (Sr)	34	11	4	7	57	79
11	Brock Jacobson (Sr)	20	2	1	2	50	50
21	Jacob Johnson (Jr)	12	4	2	3	67	67
24	Payton Webster (Sr)	15		0	0
25	Andy Hernandez (Sr)	31	8	3	6	50	50
34	Caleb Cabrera (Jr)	16	11	4	4	100	100

Merced

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	20	52	38	45
1	V. Vasquez (Jr)	13	4	11	36	45
3	Jordan Thomas (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
4	F. Rubalcava (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
5	Ahmad Jackson (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
11	Jovian Martinez (Jr)	9	4	11	36	36
12	Aiden Matsuo (Jr)	6	3	9	33	33
20	Nicholas Adams (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
24	Diego Aguilar (Jr)	9	3	5	60	90

Spanish Fork

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	177	53	6	13	46	5	9	56	15	26	58
1	Evan Stewart (So)	15	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
3	G. Christensen (Jr)	34	13	3	8	38	0	0	0	2	5	40
5	Ben Clayson (Sr)	34	11	3	4	75	0	0	0	1	3	33
11	Brock Jacobson (Sr)	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
21	Jacob Johnson (Jr)	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
24	Payton Webster (Sr)	15		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Andy Hernandez (Sr)	31	8	0	0	0	2	3	67	3	6	50
34	Caleb Cabrera (Jr)	16	11	0	0	0	3	4	75	4	4	100

Merced

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	7	25	28	4	6	67	13	27	48
1	V. Vasquez (Jr)	13	2	7	29	3	5	60	2	4	50
3	Jordan Thomas (Jr)	4	0	1	0				2	5	40
4	F. Rubalcava (Sr)	3	1	3	33
5	Ahmad Jackson (Jr)	3	1	3	33
11	Jovian Martinez (Jr)	9	0	3	0	1	1	100	4	8	50
12	Aiden Matsuo (Jr)	6	0	3	0				3	6	50
20	Nicholas Adams (Jr)	4							2	4	50
24	Diego Aguilar (Jr)	9	3	5	60

Spanish Fork

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	177	53	2	20	22	1	1	11	10
1	Evan Stewart (So)	15	4	2	1	3	0	0	1	0
2	Austin Olsen (Jr)	0		0	0		0	0	1	0
3	G. Christensen (Jr)	34	13	0	6	6	0	1	1	0
5	Ben Clayson (Sr)	34	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
11	Brock Jacobson (Sr)	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	3
21	Jacob Johnson (Jr)	12	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
24	Payton Webster (Sr)	15		0	1	1	0	0	1	0
25	Andy Hernandez (Sr)	31	8	0	6	6	1	0	2	2
34	Caleb Cabrera (Jr)	16	11	0	3	3	0	0	2	2

Merced

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	51	10	15	25	13	4
1	V. Vasquez (Jr)	13	1	3	4	5	1
3	Jordan Thomas (Jr)	4	2	5	7	2	1
4	F. Rubalcava (Sr)	3		1	1	2
5	Ahmad Jackson (Jr)	3
10	D. Betancourt (Sr)		1	1	2	1
11	Jovian Martinez (Jr)	9	2	2	4
12	Aiden Matsuo (Jr)	6	2	2	4	3	2
20	Nicholas Adams (Jr)	4		1	1
24	Diego Aguilar (Jr)	9	2		2

Spanish Fork

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.09	0.09	0.10
3	G. Christensen (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00
25	Andy Hernandez (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00

Misc Totals

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Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merced can't hold off Spanish Fork

December 18, 2024: Spanish Fork, UT 84660

Spanish Fork Dons (Spanish Fork, UT) supporters left the game happy Wednesday as they witnessed their basketball squad hold off the visiting Merced Bears (Merced, CA), 53-51 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Spanish Fork advances its record to 3-5 on the year. The Dons travel to Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas, NV) to face the Crusaders in a non-league match on Thursday, December 19. The Crusaders enter the match with a record of 6-4. Faith Lutheran won 56-37 in their recent non-league match against Warren (Downey, CA)

The Bears now own a 4-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Warren for a non-league match on Thursday, December 19. Merced will face a Bears squad coming off a 56-48 non-league win over Schurr (Montebello, CA). The Bears record now stands at 4-4.

Players of the Game

Spanish Fork (24-25)

Congratulations to #25 Andy Hernandez for being selected the Spanish Fork Basketball Player of the Game.

Merced (24-25)

Congratulations to #1 Valentin Vasquez for being selected the Merced Basketball Player of the Game.

Spanish Fork vs Merced Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 18, 2024 @ 7p

Tarkanian Classic

The Merced (CA) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Spanish Fork (UT) in overtime by a score of 53-51.

Rankings & Records

Spanish Fork (24-25)

UT	Class
73	20

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-15	4-6	5-6	3-6	1-3	.375	.400	1,354	1,462

Merced (24-25)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
273	33	33	13

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
19-10	8-2	6-5	8-3	5-2	.655	.800	1,687	1,431

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Spanish Fork	13.7	11.9	15.5	14.7	5.0	5.0	56.4
Merced	15.2	14.8	13.6	15.0	5.8	3.0	58.2

Team Stat Comparison

Spanish Fork		Merced
56.4	Points Per Game	58.1
22.3	Rebounds Per Game	23.6
7.7	Assists Per Game	12.3
5.3	Steals Per Game	10.1
1.0	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Spanish Fork		Merced	National Avg.
#3 Gage Christensen15.9	Points Per Game	#24 Diego Aguilar11.3	4.9
#34 Caleb Cabrera5.2	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas5.8	2.6
#5 Ben Clayson1.8	Assists Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas2.6	1.0
#11 Brock Jacobson1.0	Steals Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas3.0	0.8
#34 Caleb Cabrera0.6	Blocks Per Game	#3 Jordan Thomas0.2	0.2

Record Breakdown

Spanish Fork (24-25)		Merced (24-25)
9-15	Overall	19-10
4-6	League	8-2
3-6	Non-League	6-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
5-6	Home	6-5
3-6	Away	8-3
1-3	Neutral	5-2
0-1	Playoff	0-1
7-13	In-State	18-9
2-2	Out-of-State	1-1