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Penn Merrillville

Kingsmen

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Penn (Mishawaka, IN) by a score of 48-47.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Penn	16	7	16	9	48
Merrillville	8	12	18	9	47

Final score provided by S. Pressley.

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Game Stats

Merrillville (24-25)

Penn

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	17	37	46	50
1	Ben Murphy (Jr)	7	2	4	50	63
4	Caleb Coolman (Fr)	14	4	11	36	36
11	A. Hawthorne (Sr)	4	1	1	100	150
22	Lucas Obermeyer (Jr)	5	2	5	40	50
25	John Bedient (Sr)	5	2
30	C. Bonner (Jr)	3	1	1	100	100
33	Makale Price (So)	2	1	4	25	25
35	Peyton Miamba (So)	8	4	11	36	36

Merrillville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	47	20	52	38	41
1	Kaiden Wilbon (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	9	4	10	40	40
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	18	8	19	42	47
23	Josiah Jones (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Amari Murphy (Sr)	4	1	4	25	25
33	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
34	R. Durant-Hicks (Jr)	7	3	7	43	43

Penn

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	3	14	21	11	17	65	14	23	61
1	Ben Murphy (Jr)	7	1	2	50	2	2	100	1	2	50
4	Caleb Coolman (Fr)	14	0	3	0	6	6	100	4	8	50
11	A. Hawthorne (Sr)	4	1	1	100	1	2	50
22	Lucas Obermeyer (Jr)	5	1	4	25	0	2	0	1	1	100
25	John Bedient (Sr)	5				1			2
30	C. Bonner (Jr)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
33	Makale Price (So)	2							1	4	25
35	Peyton Miamba (So)	8	0	4	0	0	3	0	4	7	57

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	47	3	12	25	4	6	67	17	40	43
1	Kaiden Wilbon (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	9	0	1	0	1	2	50	4	9	44
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	18	2	4	50	0	0	0	6	15	40
23	Josiah Jones (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Amari Murphy (Sr)	4	0	2	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
33	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	R. Durant-Hicks (Jr)	7	0	1	0	1	2	50	3	6	50

Penn

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast
	Team Totals	48	10	18	28	12
1	Ben Murphy (Jr)	7	0	1	1	1
4	Caleb Coolman (Fr)	14	2	4	6	2
11	A. Hawthorne (Sr)	4	1	1	2	4
22	Lucas Obermeyer (Jr)	5	0	2	2	3
25	John Bedient (Sr)	5	4	0	4
30	C. Bonner (Jr)	3	0	5	5	1
33	Makale Price (So)	2	2	1	3
35	Peyton Miamba (So)	8	1	4	5	1

Merrillville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	47	9	13	22	8	7	15	16
1	Kaiden Wilbon (Sr)	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	9	1	3	4	2	3	4	3
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	4	2	2	4	0	1	2	3
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	18	3	4	7	1	0	3	3
23	Josiah Jones (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0
24	Amari Murphy (Sr)	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
33	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
34	R. Durant-Hicks (Jr)	7	1	1	2	4	3	3	2

Misc Totals

Penn has not entered any misc totals stats.

Merrillville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.53	0.47	0.44	7
1	Kaiden Wilbon (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0
2	Cayden Thompson (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
4	Jalen McAlister (Sr)	0.50	0.75	1.00	4
5	Kelvion Brown (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.33	1
14	C. Hardiman (Fr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0
24	Amari Murphy (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
34	R. Durant-Hicks (Jr)	1.33	1.00	1.50	0

Merrillville's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Merrillville tipped by Penn

February 28, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

In Friday's non-league test, the Penn Kingsmen (Mishawaka, IN) basketball squad got by the host Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN), by a score of 48-47.

Next, the Kingsmen clash with the La Porte Slicers (La Porte, IN) in a non-league test, on Tuesday, March 4. Penn will attempt to improve on its 16-8 season record. The Slicers come into the test with a 14-9 record after their 71-43 non-league loss to Mishawaka Marian (Mishawaka, IN).

The Pirates (5-18) will now prepare for their test against Valparaiso (Valparaiso, IN). The Vikings come into the non-league test with a 10-14 record. In their last test, Valparaiso held off Hammond Central (Hammond, IN), 50-41, in a non-league test.

Check In
1st Quarter
3 - 0 The scorer has checked in. Penn 3, Merrillville 0

Posted @ 8:02p
Game Attendance
1st Quarter
Attendance Hundreds

Posted @ 8:02p
5 - 0

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - #35 Peyton Miamba makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 5, Merrillville 0

Posted @ 8:03p
5 - 2

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - #23 Josiah Jones makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 5, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:03p
7 - 2

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 7, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:04p
8 - 2

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - #11 Alexander Hawthorne makes a Free Throw. Penn 8, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:07p
10 - 2

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - #33 Makale Price makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 10, Merrillville 2

Posted @ 8:08p
10 - 4

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - #1 Kaiden Wilbon makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 10, Merrillville 4

Posted @ 8:09p
12 - 4

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - #1 Ben Murphy makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 12, Merrillville 4

Posted @ 8:10p
13 - 4

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - #1 Ben Murphy makes a Free Throw. Penn 13, Merrillville 4

Posted @ 8:11p
14 - 4

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - makes a Free Throw. Penn 14, Merrillville 4

Posted @ 8:11p
14 - 6

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - #24 Amari Murphy makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 14, Merrillville 6

Posted @ 8:12p
14 - 8

Score Alert
Merrillville1st Quarter
Merrillville - #4 Jalen McAlister makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 14, Merrillville 8

Posted @ 8:13p
16 - 8

Score Alert
Penn1st Quarter
Penn - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 16, Merrillville 8

Posted @ 8:14p
16 - 8

End of 1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
Penn 16, Merrillville 8

Posted @ 8:14p
16 - 9

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - #24 Amari Murphy makes a Free Throw. Penn 16, Merrillville 9

Posted @ 8:17p
16 - 10

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - #24 Amari Murphy makes a Free Throw. Penn 16, Merrillville 10

Posted @ 8:17p
16 - 12

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 16, Merrillville 12

Posted @ 8:19p
18 - 12

Score Alert
Penn2nd Quarter
Penn - #35 Peyton Miamba makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 18, Merrillville 12

Posted @ 8:22p
18 - 14

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 18, Merrillville 14

Posted @ 8:22p
18 - 14

Timeout Alert
Penn2nd Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Timeout Penn. Penn 18, Merrillville 14

Posted @ 8:23p
18 - 15

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - #34 Rodrick Durant-Hicks makes a Free Throw. Penn 18, Merrillville 15

Posted @ 8:24p
18 - 18

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 3pt Field Goal. Penn 18, Merrillville 18

Posted @ 8:25p
18 - 18

Timeout Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter ~3 minutes to go
Timeout Merrillville. Penn 18, Merrillville 18

Posted @ 8:26p
21 - 18

Score Alert
Penn2nd Quarter
Penn - #25 John Bedient makes a 3pt Field Goal. Penn 21, Merrillville 18

Posted @ 8:28p
23 - 18

Score Alert
Penn2nd Quarter
Penn - #25 John Bedient makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 23, Merrillville 18

Posted @ 8:31p
23 - 20

Score Alert
Merrillville2nd Quarter
Merrillville - #4 Jalen McAlister makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 23, Merrillville 20

Posted @ 8:32p
23 - 20

Halftime
Halftime
Penn 23, Merrillville 20

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Posted @ 8:32p
23 - 20

Start of 3rd Quarter
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn's ball.

Posted @ 8:51p
25 - 20

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 25, Merrillville 20

Posted @ 8:51p
25 - 23

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 3pt Field Goal. Penn 25, Merrillville 23

Posted @ 8:51p
25 - 24

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - #4 Jalen McAlister makes a Free Throw. Penn 25, Merrillville 24

Posted @ 8:52p
27 - 24

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #35 Peyton Miamba makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 27, Merrillville 24

Posted @ 8:53p
27 - 26

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 27, Merrillville 26

Posted @ 8:53p
27 - 30

Score Correction
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Score correction for Merrillville in Q3. Penn 27, Merrillville 30

Posted @ 8:56p
27 - 32

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 27, Merrillville 32

Posted @ 8:56p
29 - 32

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 29, Merrillville 32

Posted @ 8:57p
31 - 32

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #35 Peyton Miamba makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 31, Merrillville 32

Posted @ 8:59p
31 - 34

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - #4 Jalen McAlister makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 31, Merrillville 34

Posted @ 8:59p
32 - 34

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a Free Throw. Penn 32, Merrillville 34

Posted @ 9:01p
33 - 34

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a Free Throw. Penn 33, Merrillville 34

Posted @ 9:01p
33 - 36

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 33, Merrillville 36

Posted @ 9:01p
35 - 36

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 35, Merrillville 36

Posted @ 9:03p
35 - 38

Score Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 35, Merrillville 38

Posted @ 9:03p
35 - 38

Timeout Alert
Merrillville3rd Quarter ~1 minute to go
Timeout Merrillville. Penn 35, Merrillville 38

Posted @ 9:04p
36 - 38

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #30 Christian Bonner makes a Free Throw. Penn 36, Merrillville 38

Posted @ 9:06p
39 - 38

Score Alert
Penn3rd Quarter
Penn - #22 Lucas Obermeyer makes a 3pt Field Goal. Penn 39, Merrillville 38

Posted @ 9:07p
39 - 38

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Penn 39, Merrillville 38

Posted @ 9:07p
40 - 38

Score Alert
Penn4th Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a Free Throw. Penn 40, Merrillville 38

Posted @ 9:09p
41 - 38

Score Alert
Penn4th Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a Free Throw. Penn 41, Merrillville 38

Posted @ 9:09p
41 - 40

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - #5 Kelvion Brown makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 41, Merrillville 40

Posted @ 9:10p
44 - 40

Score Alert
Penn4th Quarter
Penn - #11 Alexander Hawthorne makes a 3pt Field Goal. Penn 44, Merrillville 40

Posted @ 9:11p
44 - 42

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 44, Merrillville 42

Posted @ 9:15p
46 - 42

Score Alert
Penn4th Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 46, Merrillville 42

Posted @ 9:16p
46 - 42

Timeout Alert
Penn4th Quarter ~3 minutes to go
Timeout Penn. Penn 46, Merrillville 42

Posted @ 9:17p
46 - 44

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - #14 Charles Hardiman makes a 2pt Field Goal. Penn 46, Merrillville 44

Posted @ 9:21p
46 - 44

Timeout Alert
Penn4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Penn. Penn 46, Merrillville 44

Posted @ 9:23p
46 - 44

Timeout Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Merrillville. Penn 46, Merrillville 44

Posted @ 9:24p
46 - 44

Timeout Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter Under a minute
Timeout Merrillville. Penn 46, Merrillville 44

Posted @ 9:26p
47 - 44

Score Alert
Penn4th Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a Free Throw. Penn 47, Merrillville 44

Posted @ 9:29p
48 - 44

Score Alert
Penn4th Quarter
Penn - #4 Caleb Coolman makes a Free Throw. Penn 48, Merrillville 44

Posted @ 9:29p
48 - 47

Score Alert
Merrillville4th Quarter
Merrillville - makes a 3pt Field Goal. Penn 48, Merrillville 47

Posted @ 9:30p
48 - 47

End of Game
Final
Penn 48, Merrillville 47

Posted @ 9:30p

Penn @ Merrillville Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 28, 2025 @ 7p

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Penn (Mishawaka, IN) by a score of 48-47.

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Rankings & Records

Penn (24-25)

IN	Class
59	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-9	6-1	9-2	7-2	0-5	.640	.857	1,357	1,238

Merrillville (24-25)

IN	Class
202	72

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-19	0-7	3-7	2-10	2-2	.269	.000	1,414	1,685

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Penn	12.8	13.5	15.4	15.4	54.3
Merrillville	11.8	11.8	14.8	14.3	54.4

Team Stat Comparison

Penn		Merrillville
54.3	Points Per Game	50.0
26.5	Rebounds Per Game	20.7
15.0	Assists Per Game	8.8
-	Steals Per Game	7.9
-	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

Penn		Merrillville	National Avg.
#4 Caleb Coolman15.6	Points Per Game	#14 Charles Hardiman15.5	4.9
#4 Caleb Coolman6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Kelvion Brown5.3	2.6
#4 Caleb Coolman4.8	Assists Per Game	#5 Kelvion Brown1.9	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#14 Charles Hardiman2.0	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#14 Charles Hardiman0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Penn	5-3		Merrillville	1-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/24	Crown Point	Penn	(L) 66-46	1/17/25	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 74-37
12/20/24	Michigan City	Penn	(W) 64-47	2/21/25	Michigan City	Merrillville	(L) 67-59
12/21/24	Chesterton	Penn	(W) 56-37	1/11/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 47-39
12/28/24	Penn	East Chicago Central	(L) 59-55	12/20/24	Merrillville	East Chicago Central	(L) 75-65
1/11/25	Valparaiso	Penn	(W) 65-36	1/31/25	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 77-62
				3/4/25	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(W) 45-42
1/31/25	Penn	South Bend Adams	(W) 43-31	12/7/24	Merrillville	South Bend Adams	(L) 73-58
2/14/25	South Bend Washington	Penn	(W) 69-54	1/2/25	South Bend Washington	Merrillville	(L) 77-54
3/4/25	Penn	La Porte	(L) 52-37	2/14/25	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 62-55

Record Breakdown

Penn (24-25)		Merrillville (24-25)
16-9	Overall	7-19
6-1	League	0-8
10-4	Non-League	5-9
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-3	Common Opponent	1-8
9-2	Home	3-7
7-2	Away	2-10
0-5	Neutral	2-2
0-1	Playoff	2-1
16-9	In-State	7-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0