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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT) by a score of 54-22.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ICHS	-	-	-	-	54
MPA	-	-	-	-	22

Final score provided by M. Menning.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Intermountain Christian (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Intermountain Christian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	23	57	40	41
3	Elaine Lunsford (Sr)	10	5	11	45	45
11	Olivia Frazee (Jr)	5	2	2	100	125
12	Bella DuBois (Sr)	16	7	9	78	78
13	Lydia Pham (Fr)	5	2	7	29	29
15	Kendrick Lusk (Jr)	6	3	11	27	27
21	Ellie Menning (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
23	S. Van Slooten (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Sedona Vivola (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
33	Gillian Lusk (Fr)	4	1	4	25	25
41	Kyla Parrett (Fr)	4	1	4	25	25

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	22	9	27	33	39
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	0	0	4	0	0
1	Ella Jay (So)	2	1	1	100	100
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	6	2	9	22	33
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	14	6	12	50	54

Intermountain Christian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	1	2	50	7	12	58	22	55	40
3	Elaine Lunsford (Sr)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	45
11	Olivia Frazee (Jr)	5	1	1	100	0	1	0	1	1	100
12	Bella DuBois (Sr)	16	0	0	0	2	4	50	7	9	78
13	Lydia Pham (Fr)	5	0	0	0	1	1	100	2	7	29
15	Kendrick Lusk (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	27
21	Ellie Menning (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
23	S. Van Slooten (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Sedona Vivola (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	Gillian Lusk (Fr)	4	0	0	0	2	4	50	1	4	25
41	Kyla Parrett (Fr)	4	0	1	0	2	2	100	1	3	33

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	22	3	7	43	1	3	33	6	20	30
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1	Ella Jay (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	6	0
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	14	1	2	50	1	1	100	5	10	50
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Intermountain Christian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	14	15	29	14	20	16	13
1	Audrey Cole (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	Elaine Lunsford (Sr)	10	6	4	10	6	2	4	1
11	Olivia Frazee (Jr)	5	1	1	2	0	1	1	1
12	Bella DuBois (Sr)	16	1	2	3	0	4	1	0
13	Lydia Pham (Fr)	5	0	0	0	1	3	5	2
15	Kendrick Lusk (Jr)	6	2	1	3	2	4	1	2
21	Ellie Menning (Sr)	4	2	4	6	3	2	0	1
23	S. Van Slooten (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
24	Sedona Vivola (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
33	Gillian Lusk (Fr)	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
41	Kyla Parrett (Fr)	4	0	1	1	1	2	2	2

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	22	2	8	10	8	4	5	12
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	4
1	Ella Jay (So)	2	1	2	3	2	0	1	4
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	14	1	1	2	3	3	0	0

Intermountain Christian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.88	1.25	1.54	12
3	Elaine Lunsford (Sr)	1.50	0.50	2.00	1
11	Olivia Frazee (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1
12	Bella DuBois (Sr)	0.00	4.00	4.00	1
13	Lydia Pham (Fr)	0.20	0.60	1.50	1
15	Kendrick Lusk (Jr)	2.00	4.00	2.00	5
21	Ellie Menning (Sr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	0
23	S. Van Slooten (Fr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1
33	Gillian Lusk (Fr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0
41	Kyla Parrett (Fr)	0.50	1.00	1.00	2

Merit Preparatory Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.60	0.67	0.33
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	1.00	0.25	0.00
1	Ella Jay (So)	2.00	0.50	0.00
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.00
4	Tia Jenkins (Jr)	0.33	1.00	0.00
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.33
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	3.00	3.00	3.00

Intermountain Christian's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy trounced by Intermountain Christian

December 18, 2024: Springville, UT 84663

The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights basketball squad (Springville, UT), was crushed 54-22 in Wednesday's league battle with the visiting Intermountain Christian Lions (Salt Lake City, UT)

With the victory, Intermountain Christian advances its record to 7-3 on the year. The Lions travel to Draper APA (Draper, UT) to meet the Eagles in a non-league battle on Thursday, December 19. The Eagles enter the battle with a record of 6-4. Draper APA won 56-43 in their recent non-league battle against West Field (Taylor, UT)

The Knights now own a 0-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host American Prep WV for a 2A Region 16 battle on Friday, December 20. Merit Preparatory Academy will meet a Eagles squad coming off a 48-11 non-league loss to Waterford (Sandy, UT). The Eagles record now stands at 0-6.

ICHS @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 18, 2024 @ 5:30p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT) by a score of 54-22.

Rankings & Records

Intermountain Christian (24-25)

UT	Class
100	15

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-5	11-0	13-2	5-2	0-1	.783	1.000	1,146	705

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
Intermountain Christian	14.4	12.9	11.2	8.1	49.8
Merit Preparatory Academy	6.9	7.8	8.4	6.4	28.2

Head-to-Head

Intermountain Christian won on 12/18/2024

12/18 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

ICHS - - - - 54
MPA - - - - 22

The Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 54-22.
Box score
Intermountain Christian won on 1/24/2025

1/24 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MPA 2 0 6 6 14
ICHS 22 18 6 5 51

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT) by a score of 51-14.
Box score

1/24 @ 5:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	2	0	6	6	14
ICHS	22	18	6	5	51

Team Stat Comparison

Intermountain Christian		Merit Preparatory Academy
49.5	Points Per Game	27.9
33.9	Rebounds Per Game	29.1
13.3	Assists Per Game	4.7
14.7	Steals Per Game	11.5
1.5	Blocks Per Game	4.9

Team Leaders

Intermountain Christian		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#3 Elaine Lunsford11.4	Points Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz11.5	4.1
#3 Elaine Lunsford7.8	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Kya Snyder9.8	2.8
#21 Ellie Menning2.8	Assists Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz1.6	0.9
#12 Bella DuBois2.6	Steals Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz4.3	1.1
#21 Ellie Menning0.3	Blocks Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz3.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Intermountain Christian	10-1		Merit Preparatory Academy	5-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/24	Vanguard Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 54-31	1/21/25	Vanguard Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 56-32
1/14/25	Vanguard Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 62-32
12/11/24	Intermountain Christian	American Prep WV	(W) 53-5	12/20/24	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 33-23
2/4/25	American Prep WV	Intermountain Christian	(W) 57-11	1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 37-18
2/11/25	American Prep WV	Intermountain Christian	(W) 59-21
1/17/25	Rockwell	Intermountain Christian	(W) 52-33	1/31/25	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 55-35
1/21/25	Wasatch Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 63-9	1/22/25	Wasatch Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 61-27
				1/27/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Wasatch Academy	(W) 29-16
1/28/25	Intermountain Christian	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 63-6	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 26-13
1/31/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 68-9	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 35-23
				2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 31-18
2/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 57-25	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 25-17
2/14/25	Grand County	Intermountain Christian	(L) 49-32	2/11/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Grand County	(L) 88-31

Record Breakdown

Intermountain Christian (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
18-5	Overall	5-10
11-0	League	5-6
6-4	Non-League	0-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
10-1	Common Opponent	5-6
13-2	Home	4-6
5-2	Away	1-4
0-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
18-4	In-State	5-10
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0