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The Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 59-54.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	-	-	-	-	59
Freedom Prep Academy	-	-	-	-	54

Final score provided by W. Barnard.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	19	54	35	44
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	3	1	1	100	150
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	6	2	6	33	42
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	4	1	8	13	13
12	Miles Petersen (So)	8	3	12	25	29
15	Michigan Draper (Jr)	14	4	11	36	55
21	Cruz Steinman (Jr)	12	4	7	57	71
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	10	4	9	44	44

Freedom Prep Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	16	66	24	27
3	Ezra Chan (Sr)	15	6	15	40	50
5	C. Henricksen (Sr)	9	2	16	13	13
22	Nuno Lima (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
30	Wyatt Leigh (Jr)	7	2	10	20	20
34	J. Schoonmaker (Sr)	18	6	14	43	46
35	Brigham Harvey (Jr)	1	0	7	0	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	9	27	33	10	16	63	10	27	37
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	3	1	1	100
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	6	1	4	25	1	2	50	1	2	50
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	4	0	6	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
12	Miles Petersen (So)	8	1	5	20	1	2	50	2	7	29
15	Michigan Draper (Jr)	14	4	8	50	2	2	100	0	3	0
21	Cruz Steinman (Jr)	12	2	3	67	2	6	33	2	4	50
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	10				2	2	100	4	9	44

Freedom Prep Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	4	18	22	14	30	47	12	48	25
3	Ezra Chan (Sr)	15	3	6	50	0	0	0	3	9	33
5	C. Henricksen (Sr)	9	0	3	0	5	6	83	2	13	15
22	Nuno Lima (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	2	0
30	Wyatt Leigh (Jr)	7	0	1	0	3	13	23	2	9	22
34	J. Schoonmaker (Sr)	18	1	6	17	5	8	63	5	8	63
35	Brigham Harvey (Jr)	1				1	3	33	0	7	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	57	8	33	41	14	7	1
3	Jakob Hopf (So)	3		1	1	1
4	H. Petersen (Sr)	6		3	3	2
11	Ayden Martinez (Jr)	4	2	7	9	3
12	Miles Petersen (So)	8	1	3	4	1	2
15	Michigan Draper (Jr)	14	1	4	5	2	3
21	Cruz Steinman (Jr)	12	1	5	6	2	1
23	Allan Mendonca (Sr)	10	2	7	9	1		1
24	Drexton Hardy (Jr)		1	3	4	2	1

Freedom Prep Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	50
3	Ezra Chan (Sr)	15
5	C. Henricksen (Sr)	9
30	Wyatt Leigh (Jr)	7
34	J. Schoonmaker (Sr)	18
35	Brigham Harvey (Jr)	1

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy holds off Freedom Prep Academy

February 9, 2024: Provo, UT 84601

Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT) and the host Freedom Prep Academy Eagles (Provo, UT), saw Merit Preparatory Academy's basketball squad hold off Freedom Prep Academy by a tally of 57-50.

With the victory, Merit Preparatory Academy improves its record to 8-14 on the campaign.

Players of the Game

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #15 Michigan Draper for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)

Congratulations to #34 Jack Schoonmaker for being selected the Freedom Prep Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

MPA @ FPA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 9, 2024 @ 7p

Freedom Preparatory Academy

The Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 59-54.

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

Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)

UT	Class
137	26

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
3-17	1-9	1-9	2-8	.150	.100	910	1,212

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merit Preparatory Academy	11.8	12.0	13.2	14.7	10.0	52.4
Freedom Prep Academy	10.2	10.9	9.4	13.5	-	45.5

Head-to-Head

Merit Preparatory Academy won on 1/18/2024

1/18 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

FPA - - - - 62
MPA 22 9 21 16 68

The Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 68-62.
Box score
Merit Preparatory Academy won on 2/9/2024

2/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

MPA - - - - 59
FPA - - - - 54

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) by a score of 59-54.
Box score

1/18 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
FPA	-	-	-	-	62
MPA	22	9	21	16	68

Team Stat Comparison

Merit Preparatory Academy		Freedom Prep Academy
50.9	Points Per Game	46.6
30.3	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.9	Assists Per Game	-
5.1	Steals Per Game	-
1.7	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Merit Preparatory Academy		Freedom Prep Academy	National Avg.
#12 Miles Petersen14.5	Points Per Game	#3 Ezra Chan13.9	4.9
#23 Allan Mendonca9.3	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#4 Harrison Petersen3.1	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#24 Drexton Hardy1.6	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#23 Allan Mendonca0.9	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merit Preparatory Academy	5-6		Freedom Prep Academy	3-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/14/23	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 61-51	11/16/23	Telos	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 71-56
				1/12/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Telos	(W) 51-38
11/29/23	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 104-56	11/21/23	Freedom Prep Academy	American Leadership Academy	(L) 73-34
				12/11/23	American Leadership Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 73-64
1/9/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(L) 79-32	1/24/24	American Prep WV	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 78-45
1/23/24	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 84-52
1/16/24	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 55-50	1/4/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(L) 61-39
2/14/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 72-62	2/7/24	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 47-35
1/26/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 64-48	12/13/23	Intermountain Christian	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 65-46
1/29/24	Intermountain Christian	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 79-48	1/30/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Intermountain Christian	(W) 48-45
1/31/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Rockwell	(L) 96-50	1/16/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Rockwell	(L) 74-40
2/7/24	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 71-34
2/1/24	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 73-53	1/9/24	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 54-50
				2/2/24	Freedom Prep Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(L) 50-41

Record Breakdown

Merit Preparatory Academy (23-24)		Freedom Prep Academy (23-24)
9-15	Overall	3-17
5-5	League	1-9
1-7	Non-League	2-7
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
5-6	Common Opponent	3-9
5-8	Home	1-9
3-5	Away	2-8
1-2	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
9-15	In-State	3-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0