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The Waterford (Sandy, UT) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 60-30.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	10	3	9	8	30
Waterford	30	16	9	5	60

Final score provided by K. Carpenter.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Waterford (23-24)

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	29	9	22	41	48
0	Davie Chase (Fr)	9	3	3	100	117
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	3	1	2	50	50
14	Alex Bills (Jr)	6	2	7	29	43
20	P. Sutherland (Jr)	3	1	3	33	33
22	Jonny Wright (Jr)	4	1	3	33	33
	Kaiden Oliver (Jr)	4	1	4	25	25

Waterford

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	24	47	51	59
2	Murray Gibson (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
3	J. Huntsman (So)	4	2	3	67	67
12	Hisham Ali (Sr)	13	4	4	100	113
13	Cooper Stauffer (Jr)	6	3	3	100	100
14	Mateo Privat (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Clayton Wright (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
21	J. Cheffings (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
23	Keean Kawamoto (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	M. Walkingshaw (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
30	Ahmed Ali (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
31	Ian Cassell (Sr)	0	0	6	0	0
32	Preston Jenkins (Jr)	13	6	7	86	93
33	Thomas Howard (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
55	Carter Nielson (Jr)	9	3	7	43	64

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	29	3	9	33	8	11	73	6	13	46
0	Davie Chase (Fr)	9	1	1	100	2	2	100	2	2	100
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	2	50
14	Alex Bills (Jr)	6	2	6	33				0	1	0
20	P. Sutherland (Jr)	3				1	3	33	1	3	33
22	Jonny Wright (Jr)	4				2	2	100	1	3	33
	Kaiden Oliver (Jr)	4	0	2	0	2	2	100	1	2	50

Waterford

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	7	16	44	5	7	71	17	31	55
2	Murray Gibson (Jr)	2							1	2	50
3	J. Huntsman (So)	4	0	1	0				2	2	100
12	Hisham Ali (Sr)	13	1	1	100	4	4	100	3	3	100
13	Cooper Stauffer (Jr)	6				0	1	0	3	3	100
14	Mateo Privat (Jr)	0	0	1	0
15	Clayton Wright (Jr)	3				1	2	50	1	2	50
21	J. Cheffings (Jr)	5	1	2	50				1	2	50
23	Keean Kawamoto (Jr)	0	0	1	0
24	M. Walkingshaw (Jr)	5	1	2	50				1	2	50
30	Ahmed Ali (Jr)	0							0	1	0
31	Ian Cassell (Sr)	0							0	6	0
32	Preston Jenkins (Jr)	13	1	2	50				5	5	100
33	Thomas Howard (Fr)	0							0	2	0
55	Carter Nielson (Jr)	9	3	6	50				0	1	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	29	7	21	28	9	2	1
0	Davie Chase (Fr)	9	0	1	1	4	2
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	3	1	4	5	2
10	Sam Fair (Jr)			2	2
14	Alex Bills (Jr)	6	1	5	6	1
20	P. Sutherland (Jr)	3	2	4	6	1		1
22	Jonny Wright (Jr)	4	2	2	4
	B. Coltharp (Fr)			1	1
	Kaiden Oliver (Jr)	4	1	2	3	1

Waterford

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	60	8	16	25	10	16	1	15	14
2	Murray Gibson (Jr)	2		2	2	4	1		1	1
3	J. Huntsman (So)	4		2	2		3		1	1
12	Hisham Ali (Sr)	13		1	2	1	1		1	2
13	Cooper Stauffer (Jr)	6		2	2			1	1	1
14	Mateo Privat (Jr)	0	2	1	3	1	2		1	1
15	Clayton Wright (Jr)	3		1	1				1
21	J. Cheffings (Jr)	5	1	1	2		2		1	4
23	Keean Kawamoto (Jr)	0					1		3
24	M. Walkingshaw (Jr)	5	3	2	5		1		1
30	Ahmed Ali (Jr)	0	1		1
31	Ian Cassell (Sr)	0		1	1					1
32	Preston Jenkins (Jr)	13	1		1		1		2	1
33	Thomas Howard (Fr)	0					1		1	1
55	Carter Nielson (Jr)	9		3	3	4	3		1	1

Misc Totals

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Waterford

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.67	1.07	1.14	0.07
2	Murray Gibson (Jr)	4.00	1.00	1.00
3	J. Huntsman (So)		3.00	3.00
12	Hisham Ali (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.50
13	Cooper Stauffer (Jr)				1.00
14	Mateo Privat (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00
21	J. Cheffings (Jr)		2.00	0.50
23	Keean Kawamoto (Jr)		0.33
24	M. Walkingshaw (Jr)		1.00
32	Preston Jenkins (Jr)		0.50	1.00
33	Thomas Howard (Fr)		1.00	1.00
55	Carter Nielson (Jr)	4.00	3.00	3.00

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy trounced by Waterford

December 4, 2023: Sandy, UT 84093

The Waterford Ravens routed the visiting Merit Preparatory Academy Knights basketball team by a final score of 60-30 in Monday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Ravens face the Providence Hall Patriots (Herriman, UT) in a non-league game, on Thursday, December 7. Waterford will attempt to move on its 1-3 season record. The Patriots enter the game with a 1-5 record after their 73-58 non-league loss to Ogden (Ogden, UT).

With the defeat, Merit Preparatory Academy moves to 1-5 on the year. The Knights travel to Dugway (Dugway, UT) to face the Mustangs in a non-league game on Thursday, December 14. The Mustangs enter the game with a record of 0-2.

Players of the Game

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #3 Jakob Hopf for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Waterford (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 Hisham Ali for being selected the Waterford Basketball Player of the Game.

MPA @ Waterford Basketball Game Info

Mon., Dec. 4, 2023 @ 7p

Waterford School

The Waterford (Sandy, UT) varsity basketball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 60-30.

Rankings & Records

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

UT	Class
129	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-15	5-5	5-8	3-5	1-2	.375	.500	1,257	1,587

Waterford (23-24)

UT	Class
119	16

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-12	6-4	6-4	3-7	0-1	.429	.600	1,078	1,064

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merit Preparatory Academy	11.8	12.0	13.2	14.7	10.0	52.4
Waterford	13.4	10.7	14.3	12.7	-	51.3

Team Stat Comparison

Merit Preparatory Academy		Waterford
50.9	Points Per Game	50.7
30.3	Rebounds Per Game	24.5
10.9	Assists Per Game	9.0
5.1	Steals Per Game	7.9
1.7	Blocks Per Game	1.4

Team Leaders

Merit Preparatory Academy		Waterford	National Avg.
#12 Miles Petersen14.5	Points Per Game	#55 Carter Nielson14.6	4.9
#23 Allan Mendonca9.3	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Preston Jenkins6.6	2.6
#4 Harrison Petersen3.1	Assists Per Game	#55 Carter Nielson2.2	1.0
#24 Drexton Hardy1.6	Steals Per Game	#55 Carter Nielson2.6	0.8
#23 Allan Mendonca0.9	Blocks Per Game	#32 Preston Jenkins0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merit Preparatory Academy	1-3		Waterford	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/29/23	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 104-56	1/24/24	Waterford	American Leadership Academy	(L) 53-49
				2/9/24	American Leadership Academy	Waterford	(L) 49-40
1/31/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Rockwell	(L) 96-50	12/14/23	Waterford	Rockwell	(L) 68-54
2/7/24	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 71-34
2/1/24	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 73-53	12/8/23	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Waterford	(W) 60-19

Record Breakdown

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)		Waterford (23-24)
9-15	Overall	9-12
5-5	League	6-4
1-7	Non-League	2-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	1-3
5-8	Home	6-4
3-5	Away	3-7
1-2	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	1-1
9-15	In-State	9-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0