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The Green River (UT) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 65-57.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	14	11	19	13	57
Green River	7	21	11	26	65

Final score provided by G. Parsons.

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Game Stats

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Green River (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	20	46	43	57
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	18	7	10	70	80
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	3	1	6	17	25
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	2	0	4	0	0
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	26	9	15	60	87
13	A. Steinman (So)	0	0	3	0	0
15	Davey Chase (So)	2	1	2	50	50
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	3	1	3	33	33

Green River

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	23	54	43	54
10	C. Mendoza (Jr)	11	4	10	40	40
14	Antonio Macias (Sr)	9	3	9	33	44
24	Jason Hernandez (Jr)	24	8	13	62	85
30	Cristian Venzor (Sr)	9	3	7	43	57
32	R. Anguiano (Jr)	12	5	14	36	43
42	Garrett Keener (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	12	28	43	5	5	100	8	18	44
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	18	2	3	67	2	2	100	5	7	71
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	3	1	6	17
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3	1	1	100
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	2	0	3	0	2	2	100	0	1	0
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	26	8	11	73				1	4	25
13	A. Steinman (So)	0	0	3	0
15	Davey Chase (So)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0							0	2	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	3				1	1	100	1	3	33

Green River

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	12	25	48	7	16	44	11	29	38
10	C. Mendoza (Jr)	11	0	3	0	3	7	43	4	7	57
14	Antonio Macias (Sr)	9	2	5	40	1	2	50	1	4	25
24	Jason Hernandez (Jr)	24	6	9	67	2	2	100	2	4	50
30	Cristian Venzor (Sr)	9	2	4	50	1	5	20	1	3	33
32	R. Anguiano (Jr)	12	2	4	50	0	0	0	3	10	30
42	Garrett Keener (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	57	4	22	26	11	10
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	18	1	5	6	1
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	3		1	1	5	2
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3					1
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	2	1	4	5	1	1
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	26		4	4	1	1
13	A. Steinman (So)	0		3	3	1	1
15	Davey Chase (So)	2				1
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)			2	2		1
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0	1	1	2
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	3	1	2	3	1	3

Green River

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	65	13	19	32	20	10	1	13
10	C. Mendoza (Jr)	11	3	4	7	2	1	0	1
14	Antonio Macias (Sr)	9	1	5	6	9	3	0	2
24	Jason Hernandez (Jr)	24	0	5	5	3	2	0	5
30	Cristian Venzor (Sr)	9	4	4	8	5	2	1	1
32	R. Anguiano (Jr)	12	4	1	5	1	1	0	3
42	Garrett Keener (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1

Misc Totals

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Green River

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	1.54	0.77	11
10	C. Mendoza (Jr)	2.00	1.00	0
14	Antonio Macias (Sr)	4.50	1.50	3
24	Jason Hernandez (Jr)	0.60	0.40	4
30	Cristian Venzor (Sr)	5.00	2.00	1
32	R. Anguiano (Jr)	0.33	0.33	2
42	Garrett Keener (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Green River bests Merit Preparatory Academy

December 19, 2024: Green River, UT 84525

The Green River Pirates basketball team scored 65 points and limited the visiting Merit Preparatory Academy Knights to 57 in the Pirates non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Pirates now possess a 3-5 record. They play next when they travel to Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams for a non-league game on Friday, December 20. Green River will confront a Marauders team coming off a 55-35 league loss to Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT). The Marauders record now stands at 0-7.

With the loss, Merit Preparatory Academy falls to 3-4 on the campaign. The Knights travel to Mount Vernon (Murray, UT) to confront the Patriots in a non-league game on Friday, December 20. The Patriots go into the game with a record of 0-6. Mount Vernon lost 54-18 in their recent non-league game against Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT)

Players of the Game

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Green River (24-25)

Congratulations to #24 Jason Hernandez for being selected the Green River Basketball Player of the Game.

MPA vs Green River Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 19, 2024 @ 3p

Panther Winter Classic Pinnacle HS

The Green River (UT) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 65-57.

Rankings & Records

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

Green River (24-25)

UT	Class
108	9

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
19-7	8-0	8-3	7-1	4-3	.731	1.000	1,762	1,260

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	-	70.0
Green River	18.9	16.9	18.0	17.1	3.0	67.8

Team Stat Comparison

Merit Preparatory Academy		Green River
70.0	Points Per Game	67.7
35.1	Rebounds Per Game	28.9
15.6	Assists Per Game	17.1
19.0	Steals Per Game	13.0
2.7	Blocks Per Game	3.1

Team Leaders

Merit Preparatory Academy		Green River	National Avg.
#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	Points Per Game	#24 Jason Hernandez19.2	4.9
#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Cristian Mendoza5.7	2.6
#2 Michigan Draper5.5	Assists Per Game	#24 Jason Hernandez5.1	1.0
#2 Michigan Draper5.4	Steals Per Game	#14 Antonio Macias2.8	0.8
#12 Miles Petersen0.8	Blocks Per Game	#32 Rolando Anguiano1.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merit Preparatory Academy	9-1		Green River	6-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Telos	(W) 82-20	11/21/24	Green River	Telos	(W) 89-60
1/10/25	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-26
11/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 85-53	1/7/25	Green River	Pinnacle	(W) 71-40
12/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 78-36	1/21/25	Pinnacle	Green River	(W) 79-49
11/23/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Milford	(L) 68-53	12/3/24	Milford	Green River	(L) 67-52
12/13/24	Mount Vernon	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 91-23	12/20/24	Mount Vernon	Green River	(W) 72-30
12/20/24	Mount Vernon	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 86-15
1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 71-44	12/21/24	Green River	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 73-34
2/12/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 70-31
2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41	12/20/24	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Green River	(W) 70-33

Record Breakdown

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)		Green River (24-25)
16-8	Overall	19-7
7-2	League	8-0
5-4	Non-League	6-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
9-1	Common Opponent	6-1
9-3	Home	8-3
4-4	Away	7-1
3-1	Neutral	4-3
1-1	Playoff	1-2
15-7	In-State	18-7
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0