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The Cottonwood (Salt Lake City, UT) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against American Leadership Academy (Spanish Fork, UT) by a score of 56-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ALA	10	14	12	9	45
Cottonwood	10	21	15	10	56

Final score provided by C. Plant.

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Game Stats

American Leadership Academy (24-25)

Cottonwood (24-25)

American Leadership Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	16	43	37	45
1	Tad Swarnes (Sr)	5	2	3	67	67
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	3	1	3	33	50
20	Jaxon Hunter (Sr)	18	6	12	50	63
21	Grant Jackson (Sr)	9	3	8	38	56
23	Kannon Huntsman (Sr)	10	4	14	29	29

Cottonwood

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	20	45	44	54
0	T. Bayasgalan (Jr)	15	5	11	45	68
1	Hamilton Leece (Jr)	1	0	0
3	Malei Atem (So)	15	6	8	75	94
4	John Rosevear (Sr)	10	2	8	25	25
5	Bo Smith (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
11	Luke Park (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
20	Tommy Yates (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
32	Luka Cecez (So)	8	4	7	57	57

American Leadership Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	7	19	37	6	9	67	9	24	38
1	Tad Swarnes (Sr)	5				1	2	50	2	3	67
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	0	0	1	0				0	2	0
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	3	1	1	100				0	2	0
20	Jaxon Hunter (Sr)	18	3	6	50	3	3	100	3	6	50
21	Grant Jackson (Sr)	9	3	7	43				0	1	0
23	Kannon Huntsman (Sr)	10	0	4	0	2	4	50	4	10	40

Cottonwood

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	9	18	50	7	13	54	11	27	41
0	T. Bayasgalan (Jr)	15	5	10	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	Hamilton Leece (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
3	Malei Atem (So)	15	3	4	75	0	0	0	3	4	75
4	John Rosevear (Sr)	10	0	2	0	6	7	86	2	6	33
5	Bo Smith (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	20
11	Luke Park (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
20	Tommy Yates (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Luka Cecez (So)	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	57

American Leadership Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	45	5	19	24	14	5	9
1	Tad Swarnes (Sr)	5		3	3			2
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	0	1	3	4	5	3	1
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	3	1	2	3	7	1	3
20	Jaxon Hunter (Sr)	18					1
21	Grant Jackson (Sr)	9	1	6	7	2		1
23	Kannon Huntsman (Sr)	10	2	5	7			2

Cottonwood

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	14	21	35	17	5	5	17	12
0	T. Bayasgalan (Jr)	15		3	3				2
1	Hamilton Leece (Jr)	1		1	1				1
3	Malei Atem (So)	15		5	5	1	1	2	1	2
4	John Rosevear (Sr)	10	4	2	6	4	1		2	2
5	Bo Smith (Sr)	2	5	2	7	1	1	1	2
11	Luke Park (Sr)	2		4	4	9	1		6	4
12	Kayden Poole (So)	0		1	1				1
20	Tommy Yates (Jr)	3	2		2	2			1	1
32	Luka Cecez (So)	8	3	3	6		1	2	1	3

American Leadership Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.56	0.56
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	5.00	3.00
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	2.33	0.33
21	Grant Jackson (Sr)	2.00

Cottonwood

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.29	0.42	0.42	5
3	Malei Atem (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	1.00	1
4	John Rosevear (Sr)	2.00	0.50	0.50		1
5	Bo Smith (Sr)	0.50	0.50			2
11	Luke Park (Sr)	1.50	0.17	0.25
20	Tommy Yates (Jr)	2.00
32	Luka Cecez (So)		1.00	0.33	0.67	1

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - American Leadership Academy beaten by Cottonwood

December 27, 2024: Spanish Fork, UT 84660

The Cottonwood Colts were victorious over the host American Leadership Academy Eagles basketball squad by a final score of 56-45 in Friday's non-league outing.

Next, the Colts clash with the Skyline Eagles (Salt Lake City, UT) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, December 28. Cottonwood will attempt to upgrade on its 9-3 season record. The Eagles enter the outing with a 4-4 record after their 62-47 non-league loss to Layton (Layton, UT).

The Eagles (9-2) will now prepare for their outing against Mountain View (Orem, UT). The Bruins enter the non-league outing with a 4-7 record. In their last outing, Mountain View ran past Hillcrest (Midvale, UT), 64-57, in a non-league outing.

Game Photos

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Players of the Game

American Leadership Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #20 Jaxon Hunter for being selected the American Leadership Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Cottonwood (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Malei Atem for being selected the Cottonwood Basketball Player of the Game.

ALA vs Cottonwood Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 27, 2024 @ 1p

The Cottonwood (Salt Lake City, UT) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against American Leadership Academy (Spanish Fork, UT) by a score of 56-45.

Rankings & Records

American Leadership Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
80	5

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
21-6	10-0	11-1	10-2	0-3	.778	1.000	1,803	1,223

Cottonwood (24-25)

UT	Class
31	8

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
17-9	11-1	8-2	5-5	4-2	.654	.917	1,699	1,569

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
American Leadership Academy	16.6	16.5	16.8	13.9	5.0	66.8
Cottonwood	16.5	15.7	17.3	16.3	7.0	65.3

Team Stat Comparison

American Leadership Academy		Cottonwood
68.4	Points Per Game	65.1
35.1	Rebounds Per Game	27.5
15.4	Assists Per Game	16.3
13.3	Steals Per Game	7.1
2.0	Blocks Per Game	5.0

Team Leaders

American Leadership Academy		Cottonwood	National Avg.
#20 Jaxon Hunter12.3	Points Per Game	#4 John Rosevear17.9	4.9
#23 Kannon Huntsman9.6	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Bo Smith5.5	2.6
#4 Kobe Ross7.9	Assists Per Game	#11 Luke Park8.8	1.0
#4 Kobe Ross4.1	Steals Per Game	#11 Luke Park1.7	0.8
#23 Kannon Huntsman1.0	Blocks Per Game	#32 Luka Cecez3.2	0.2

Record Breakdown

American Leadership Academy (24-25)		Cottonwood (24-25)
21-6	Overall	17-9
10-0	League	11-1
9-3	Non-League	2-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
11-1	Home	8-2
10-2	Away	5-5
0-3	Neutral	4-2
2-2	Playoff	1-1
21-6	In-State	15-9
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0