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Penn Merrillville

Kingsmen

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Penn (Mishawaka, IN) by a score of 52-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Penn	4	14	14	19	51
Merrillville	10	14	16	12	52

Final score provided by K. Kratz.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merrillville (23-24)

Penn

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	16	49	33	40
10	Anna Mccullough (Fr)	10	4	6	67	67
10	Lauren Walsh (Sr)	18	6	16	38	50
12	K. Echols (Sr)	7	2	4	50	50
14	Kate Noonan (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Ava Stebbins (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Jessa Troy (Jr)	14	3	13	23	35
30	Anna Sachire (So)	0	0	1	0	0
32	Macy Little (So)	0	0	1	0	0
34	Kristlynn Minor (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17

Merrillville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	19	43	44	55
14	V. Mcspadden (Jr)	10	4	6	67	83
23	Nyesha Davis (Jr)	6	2	5	40	40
24	Malika Jenkins (Fr)	20	6	11	55	82
25	Makayla Edwards (So)	2	1	1	100	100
30	Kylie Wells (Jr)	10	4	11	36	41
32	Erin Mukes (So)	2	1	4	25	25
42	Alani Roche' (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20

Penn

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	7	24	29	12	16	75	9	25	36
10	Anna Mccullough (Fr)	10				2	2	100	4	6	67
10	Lauren Walsh (Sr)	18	4	8	50	2	2	100	2	8	25
12	K. Echols (Sr)	7	0	2	0	3	6	50	2	2	100
14	Kate Noonan (Sr)	0							0	1	0
20	Ava Stebbins (Jr)	0	0	1	0
22	Jessa Troy (Jr)	14	3	9	33	5	6	83	0	4	0
30	Anna Sachire (So)	0	0	1	0
32	Macy Little (So)	0	0	1	0
34	Kristlynn Minor (Sr)	2	0	2	0				1	4	25

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	9	17	53	5	12	42	10	26	38
14	V. Mcspadden (Jr)	10	2	3	67	0	0	0	2	3	67
23	Nyesha Davis (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	5	40
24	Malika Jenkins (Fr)	20	6	9	67	2	4	50	0	2	0
25	Makayla Edwards (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
30	Kylie Wells (Jr)	10	1	3	33	1	2	50	3	8	38
32	Erin Mukes (So)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	25
42	Alani Roche' (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Penn

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	51	10	13	23	13	9	9	11
10	Anna Mccullough (Fr)	10	3	4	7	2	2		2
10	Lauren Walsh (Sr)	18	1	1	2	2	1	2	1
12	K. Echols (Sr)	7	2	2	4	4	3	3	2
22	Jessa Troy (Jr)	14	3	4	7	1	2	1	3
30	Anna Sachire (So)	0					1	1	2
32	Macy Little (So)	0		1	1
34	Kristlynn Minor (Sr)	2	1	1	2	4		2	1

Merrillville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	52	5	21	26	11	6	1	15
14	V. Mcspadden (Jr)	10	1	6	7	5	1	0	6
23	Nyesha Davis (Jr)	6	3	2	5	2	0	0	3
24	Malika Jenkins (Fr)	20	0	4	4	3	2	1	3
25	Makayla Edwards (So)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
30	Kylie Wells (Jr)	10	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
32	Erin Mukes (So)	2	1	5	6	0	1	0	1
42	Alani Roche' (Jr)	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1

Penn

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.44	1.00	0.82	1	1
10	Anna Mccullough (Fr)			1.00
10	Lauren Walsh (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00		1
12	K. Echols (Sr)	1.33	1.00	1.50
22	Jessa Troy (Jr)	1.00	2.00	0.67	1
30	Anna Sachire (So)		1.00	0.50
34	Kristlynn Minor (Sr)	2.00

Merrillville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.73	0.40
14	V. Mcspadden (Jr)	0.83	0.17
23	Nyesha Davis (Jr)	0.67	0.00
24	Malika Jenkins (Fr)	1.00	0.67
25	Makayla Edwards (So)	0.00	1.00
30	Kylie Wells (Jr)	1.00	1.00
32	Erin Mukes (So)	0.00	1.00

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Merrillville edges Penn

December 9, 2023: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN) basketball nipped the visiting Penn Kingsmen (Mishawaka, IN), 52-51 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Pirates (5-5) will now prepare for their test against Michigan City (Michigan City, IN). The Wolves go into the Duneland test with a 2-9 record.

The Kingsmen now own a 7-4 record. They play next when they host Concord for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 12. Penn will encounter a Minutemen squad coming off a 64-22 league loss to Northridge (Middlebury, IN). The Minutemen record now stands at 3-7.

Penn @ Merrillville Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 9, 2023 @ 6:30p

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Penn (Mishawaka, IN) by a score of 52-51.

Rankings & Records

Penn (23-24)

IN	Class
47	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
18-7	9-2	10-2	6-5	2-0	.720	.818	1,320	888

Merrillville (23-24)

IN	Class
62	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-9	4-3	7-5	6-3	4-1	.654	.571	1,492	1,219

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Penn	11.8	12.5	14.1	11.9	12.0	52.8
Merrillville	16.3	12.1	13.0	13.1	-	57.4

Team Stat Comparison

Penn		Merrillville
52.7	Points Per Game	56.9
23.8	Rebounds Per Game	29.8
10.2	Assists Per Game	10.3
12.6	Steals Per Game	12.1
1.4	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

Penn		Merrillville	National Avg.
#10 Lauren Walsh12.5	Points Per Game	#30 Kylie Wells14.2	4.2
#10 Anna Mccullough5.0	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Nyesha Davis6.4	2.8
#12 Karleisha Echols2.6	Assists Per Game	#24 Malika Jenkins4.0	0.9
#10 Lauren Walsh3.2	Steals Per Game	#24 Malika Jenkins2.9	1.1
#10 Anna Mccullough0.5	Blocks Per Game	#20 Melaney Williams0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Penn	8-4		Merrillville	6-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/2/23	La Porte	Penn	(W) 62-24	12/8/23	La Porte	Merrillville	(W) 69-26
11/11/23	Penn	Lake Central	(L) 50-33	12/1/23	Merrillville	Lake Central	(L) 60-43
				2/3/24	Merrillville	Lake Central	(L) 51-39
11/21/23	Penn	Warsaw	(L) 69-50	11/18/23	Warsaw	Merrillville	(L) 81-63
12/2/23	Crown Point	Penn	(W) 54-49	1/13/24	Merrillville	Crown Point	(W) 42-36
12/8/23	Penn	Mishawaka Marian	(W) 55-3	11/14/23	Merrillville	Mishawaka Marian	(W) 63-28
12/12/23	Concord	Penn	(W) 52-28	11/11/23	Concord	Merrillville	(W) 61-36
1/30/24	Penn	Concord	(W) 51-19
12/19/23	Northridge	Penn	(L) 51-49	11/18/23	Northridge	Merrillville	(L) 56-52
2/3/24	Penn	Northridge	(L) 53-37	12/30/23	Merrillville	Northridge	(L) 74-51
12/23/23	Penn	Valparaiso	(W) 49-48	11/22/23	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 56-50
1/5/24	Penn	South Bend Saint Joseph	(W) 56-36	12/29/23	South Bend Saint Joseph	Merrillville	(W) 73-37
1/25/24	NorthWood	Penn	(W) 67-39	12/29/23	Merrillville	NorthWood	(W) 54-44

Record Breakdown

Penn (23-24)		Merrillville (23-24)
18-7	Overall	17-9
9-2	League	4-3
7-4	Non-League	8-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
8-4	Common Opponent	6-6
10-2	Home	7-5
6-5	Away	6-3
2-0	Neutral	4-1
2-1	Playoff	2-1
18-7	In-State	17-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0