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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Pinnacle (Price, UT) by a score of 78-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pinnacle	4	10	11	11	36
MPA	25	20	23	10	78

Final score provided by W. Barnard.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Pinnacle (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Pinnacle

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	14	51	27	31
0	Bryson Shumway (So)	2	1	3	33	33
1	Joey Howell (Jr)	15	6	16	38	44
2	S. Alamillo (So)	0	0	3	0	0
3	Diego Contreras (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
5	Riley Davis (Jr)	9	3	7	43	50
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
21	Gavone Larsen (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
22	Marty Naranjo (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	3	1	3	33	33
24	Brody Howell (Jr)	7	3	12	25	29

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	78	31	76	41	49
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	19	8	15	53	60
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	7	3	7	43	50
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	8	3	10	30	40
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	21	8	17	47	59
13	A. Steinman (So)	11	4	8	50	69
14	James Clayson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Davey Chase (So)	2	1	3	33	33
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	5	2	7	29	29
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0

Pinnacle

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	4	16	25	4	21	19	10	35	29
0	Bryson Shumway (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
1	Joey Howell (Jr)	15	2	5	40	1	2	50	4	11	36
2	S. Alamillo (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	Diego Contreras (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
5	Riley Davis (Jr)	9	1	4	25	2	9	22	2	3	67
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
21	Gavone Larsen (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	Marty Naranjo (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	6	17	1	3	33
24	Brody Howell (Jr)	7	1	4	25	0	0	0	2	8	25

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	78	13	35	37	3	6	50	18	41	44
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	2							1	1	100
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	19	2	6	33	1	1	100	6	9	67
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	7	1	5	20	0	1	0	2	2	100
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3	1	2	50				0	2	0
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	8	2	6	33				1	4	25
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	21	4	9	44	1	2	50	4	8	50
13	A. Steinman (So)	11	3	5	60				1	3	33
14	James Clayson (Jr)	0							0	1	0
15	Davey Chase (So)	2	0	2	0				1	1	100
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	0							0	1	0
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	5				1	2	50	2	7	29
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	0							0	2	0

Pinnacle

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	36	9	34	43	7	2	2	20	7
0	Bryson Shumway (So)	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
1	Joey Howell (Jr)	15	0	3	3	4	0	0	5	0
2	S. Alamillo (So)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	Diego Contreras (Jr)	0	2	5	7	0	0	0	4	1
4	Brevon Hyde (So)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	Riley Davis (Jr)	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	0
21	Gavone Larsen (Sr)	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	1
22	Marty Naranjo (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	3	3	3	6	2	1	1	4	0
24	Brody Howell (Jr)	7	1	11	12	0	0	0	3	3

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	78	9	28	39	25	26	5
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	2		1	1
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	19		2	2	1	2
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	7			2	6	5
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3		2	2
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	8		5	5	4	5	1
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	21	2	9	11	2	2	1
13	A. Steinman (So)	11		3	3	2	2
15	Davey Chase (So)	2				2
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	0		3	3	1	3
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	5	3	1	4	3	2	1
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	0	4	2	6	4	5	2

Pinnacle

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.35	0.10	0.29	0.29	1	2
0	Bryson Shumway (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
1	Joey Howell (Jr)	0.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
3	Diego Contreras (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
4	Brevon Hyde (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
14	Max Valdez (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
23	Dominick Vigil (Jr)	0.50	0.25	1.00	1.00	0	1

Misc Totals

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Pinnacle trounced by Merit Preparatory Academy

December 21, 2024: Price, UT 84501

The Pinnacle Panthers basketball squad (Price, UT), was crushed 78-36 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT)

With the victory, Merit Preparatory Academy advances its record to 6-4 on the year. The Knights travel to Dugway (Dugway, UT) to meet the Mustangs in a non-league battle on Saturday, December 21. The Mustangs enter the battle with a record of 2-5. Dugway lost 75-42 in their recent non-league battle against Salt Lake Academy (Herriman, UT)

The Panthers now own a 5-6 record. They put it on the line next when they host Wayne for a non-league battle on Saturday, December 28. Pinnacle will meet a Badgers squad coming off a 73-52 non-league loss to Draper APA (Draper, UT). The Badgers record now stands at 2-6.

Players of the Game

Pinnacle (24-25)

Pinnacle has not selected any Players of the Game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #12 Miles Petersen for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Pinnacle vs MPA Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 21, 2024 @ 3p

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Pinnacle (Price, UT) by a score of 78-36.

Rankings & Records

Pinnacle (24-25)

UT	Class
136	17

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
8-16	2-6	3-8	3-7	2-1	.333	.250	1,236	1,511

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pinnacle	12.0	12.2	13.1	13.5	51.5
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	70.0

Head-to-Head

Merit Preparatory Academy won on 11/21/2024

11/21 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Pinnacle 11 9 15 18 53
MPA 14 23 26 22 85

The Pinnacle (Price, UT) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 85-53.
Box score
Merit Preparatory Academy won on 12/21/2024

12/21 @ 3p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Pinnacle 4 10 11 11 36
MPA 25 20 23 10 78

The Pinnacle (Price, UT) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 78-36.
Box score

11/21 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pinnacle	11	9	15	18	53
MPA	14	23	26	22	85

Team Stat Comparison

Pinnacle		Merit Preparatory Academy
51.0	Points Per Game	70.0
32.1	Rebounds Per Game	35.1
11.2	Assists Per Game	15.6
8.4	Steals Per Game	19.0
3.1	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Pinnacle		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#24 Brody Howell12.4	Points Per Game	#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	4.9
#24 Brody Howell8.5	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	2.6
#1 Joey Howell3.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.5	1.0
#21 Gavone Larsen1.4	Steals Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.4	0.8
#3 Diego Contreras1.3	Blocks Per Game	#12 Miles Petersen0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pinnacle	6-4		Merit Preparatory Academy	9-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	Pinnacle	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 64-56	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 74-29
				2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 72-44
11/22/24	Dugway	Pinnacle	(W) 59-29	12/21/24	Dugway	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-37
12/20/24	Pinnacle	Dugway	(W) 48-34
11/26/24	American Leadership Academy	Pinnacle	(L) 97-41	12/9/24	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 72-33
12/17/24	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Pinnacle	(L) 63-54	1/14/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(W) 43-39
12/19/24	Pinnacle	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 65-62	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 71-44
				2/12/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 70-31
12/20/24	Pinnacle	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 49-48	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41
1/7/25	Green River	Pinnacle	(L) 71-40	12/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Green River	(L) 65-57
1/21/25	Pinnacle	Green River	(L) 79-49
2/1/25	Telos	Pinnacle	(W) 99-56	11/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Telos	(W) 82-20
				1/10/25	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-26

Record Breakdown

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