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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Ben Lomond (Ogden, UT) by a score of 43-24.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ben Lomond	10	10	15	8	43
MPA	4	7	7	6	24

Final score provided by J. Phippen.

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Game Stats

Ben Lomond (25-26)

Ben Lomond

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	17	65	26	30
1	Abigail Ha'o (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
3	Brandie Pena (Jr)	0	0	7	0	0
5	Y. Covarrubias (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
14	Nhyema Simpson (So)	19	7	19	37	42
22	A. Collatz (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
23	Aliyah Gonzalez (Sr)	4	2	7	29	29
25	T. Martinez (So)	9	4	14	29	32
42	Camilla Arroyo (So)	6	2	11	18	27

Ben Lomond

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	5	24	21	3	9	33	12	41	29
1	Abigail Ha'o (Sr)	2				0	2	0	1	2	50
3	Brandie Pena (Jr)	0							0	7	0
5	Y. Covarrubias (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	2	0
14	Nhyema Simpson (So)	19	2	8	25	3	7	43	5	11	45
22	A. Collatz (Jr)	2							1	2	50
23	Aliyah Gonzalez (Sr)	4							2	7	29
25	T. Martinez (So)	9	1	6	17				3	8	38
42	Camilla Arroyo (So)	6	2	9	22				0	2	0

Ben Lomond

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	20	21	43	11	23	14	16
1	Abigail Ha'o (Sr)	2	2	1	3	4	4	1	1
3	Brandie Pena (Jr)	0	5	5	10	2	3	1	3
5	Y. Covarrubias (Jr)	0	3	1	4			1	1
14	Nhyema Simpson (So)	19	6		6	2	3	2	3
22	A. Collatz (Jr)	2	1	6	7		2	2
23	Aliyah Gonzalez (Sr)	4	2	4	6		3	2	5
25	T. Martinez (So)	9				3	8	4	2
32	Lizzie Aaberg (So)			1	1				1
35	M. Niebla-Sillas (Jr)				2
42	Camilla Arroyo (So)	6	1	3	4			1

Ben Lomond

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	0.79	1.64	1.44
1	Abigail Ha'o (Sr)	4.00	4.00	4.00
3	Brandie Pena (Jr)	2.00	3.00	1.00
14	Nhyema Simpson (So)	1.00	1.50	1.00
22	A. Collatz (Jr)		1.00
23	Aliyah Gonzalez (Sr)		1.50	0.60
25	T. Martinez (So)	0.75	2.00	4.00

Merit Preparatory Academy (25-26)

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Ben Lomond fells Merit Preparatory Academy

December 20, 2025: Ogden, UT 84404

The Ben Lomond Scots basketball team scored 43 points and limited the visiting Merit Preparatory Academy Knights to 24 in the Scots non-league triumph on Saturday.

Next, the Scots clash with the Utah Military Academy - Hill Field Thunderbirds (Riverdale, UT) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, December 20. Ben Lomond will attempt to upgrade on its 2-7 season record. The Thunderbirds come into the outing with a 3-7 record after their 47-23 non-league loss to American Prep WV (West Valley City, UT).

The Knights (3-8) will now prepare for their outing against Rowland Hall (Salt Lake City, UT). The Winged Lions go into the non-league game with a 2-6 record. In their last game, Rowland Hall was beaten by Altamont (Altamont, UT), 26-25, in a non-league game.

Players of the Game

Ben Lomond (25-26)

Congratulations to #14 Nhyema Simpson for being selected the Ben Lomond Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (25-26)

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

Ben Lomond vs MPA Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 20, 2025 @ 1p

Tournament

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Ben Lomond (Ogden, UT) by a score of 43-24.

Rankings & Records

Ben Lomond (25-26)

UT	Class
133	16

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
3-7	0-4	2-3	1-0	.300	237	349

Merit Preparatory Academy (25-26)

UT	Class
138	26

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
3-9	1-3	2-3	1-4	0-2	.250	.250	273	490

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ben Lomond	4.7	5.3	7.1	5.9	23.7
Merit Preparatory Academy	3.9	5.8	7.1	4.3	22.8

Team Stat Comparison

Ben Lomond		Merit Preparatory Academy
22.6	Points Per Game	3.6
39.0	Rebounds Per Game	5.3
5.9	Assists Per Game	0.6
14.9	Steals Per Game	3.0
3.5	Blocks Per Game	0.9

Team Leaders

Ben Lomond		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#42 Camilla Arroyo4.5	Points Per Game	#0 Kya Snyder7.5	4.3
#20 Regahn Espinoza9.8	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Ella Jay11.0	3.0
#20 Regahn Espinoza1.5	Assists Per Game	#4 Tia Jenkins1.5	0.9
#25 Trinytee Martinez3.9	Steals Per Game	#2 Sarai Gambler4.5	1.3
#20 Regahn Espinoza1.6	Blocks Per Game	#20 Gege Altangerel2.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ben Lomond	2-1		Merit Preparatory Academy	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/25	Ben Lomond	Rockwell	(L) 34-30	1/9/26	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy
				2/4/26	Merit Preparatory Academy	Rockwell
12/19/25	Ben Lomond	Rowland Hall	(W) 36-26	12/20/25	Rowland Hall	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 51-21
12/20/25	Ben Lomond	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(W) 42-7	12/5/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(W) 20-18
				12/13/25	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 33-23
1/20/26	Ben Lomond	Logan		12/19/25	Logan	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 49-17
2/5/26	Logan	Ben Lomond

Record Breakdown

Ben Lomond (25-26)		Merit Preparatory Academy (25-26)
3-7	Overall	3-9
0-0	League	1-3
0-7	Non-League	2-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	2-2
0-4	Home	2-3
2-3	Away	1-4
1-0	Neutral	0-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-7	In-State	3-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0