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Merino Akron

Rams

The Akron (CO) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral playoff game against Merino (CO) by a score of 43-30.

Game Details: @ NJC

This game is a part of the "2024 CHSAA Girls Basketball District Tournaments - 2A District 2 ".

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merino	7	13	10	13	43
Akron	10	3	3	14	30

Final score provided by G. Clarkson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Akron (23-24)

Merino

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	14	46	30	35
10	Veronica Baray (Jr)	4	2	8	25	25
11	Jade Powell (So)	6	2	4	50	75
12	Makenna Sutter (Sr)	6	2	10	20	20
20	Kya Piel (So)	13	2	10	20	30
23	Brooklyn Sutter (Jr)	6	3	10	30	30
31	Jay Lynch (So)	8	3	4	75	75

Akron

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	30	8	36	22	24
3	Addison Weis (So)	0	0	4	0	0
5	Taylor Benish (So)	3	1	1	100	100
15	Kinsey Grauer (Sr)	12	2	11	18	18
20	Becky Drum (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
25	Kashlee Randel (Fr)	0	0	5	0	0
30	A. Stahn (Fr)	6	1	4	25	25
32	Mikenna Weers (Fr)	7	3	7	43	50

Merino

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	4	12	33	11	15	73	10	34	29
10	Veronica Baray (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	29
11	Jade Powell (So)	6	2	2	100				0	2	0
12	Makenna Sutter (Sr)	6	0	1	0	2	3	67	2	9	22
20	Kya Piel (So)	13	2	7	29	7	8	88	0	3	0
23	Brooklyn Sutter (Jr)	6	0	1	0				3	9	33
31	Jay Lynch (So)	8				2	3	67	3	4	75

Akron

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	30	1	6	17	13	21	62	7	30	23
3	Addison Weis (So)	0							0	4	0
5	Taylor Benish (So)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
15	Kinsey Grauer (Sr)	12	0	2	0	8	9	89	2	9	22
20	Becky Drum (Sr)	2							1	4	25
25	Kashlee Randel (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	4	0
30	A. Stahn (Fr)	6				4	9	44	1	4	25
32	Mikenna Weers (Fr)	7	1	3	33	0	1	0	2	4	50

Merino

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	43	12	21	33	14	12	7	23
10	Veronica Baray (Jr)	4		3	3	1	1	1	2
11	Jade Powell (So)	6		1	1	1		4	4
12	Makenna Sutter (Sr)	6	6	8	14	3	1		1
20	Kya Piel (So)	13	3	4	7	6	5	1	7
23	Brooklyn Sutter (Jr)	6				2	4		6
31	Jay Lynch (So)	8	3	5	8	1	1	1	3

Akron

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	30	6	17	23	3	9	22	13
3	Addison Weis (So)	0	1		1				1
5	Taylor Benish (So)	3	1	1	2	1	2		1
15	Kinsey Grauer (Sr)	12		4	4			9	1
20	Becky Drum (Sr)	2	2	6	8		1	3	5
25	Kashlee Randel (Fr)	0	1	3	4	2	4	6	3
30	A. Stahn (Fr)	6	1	2	3			3	1
32	Mikenna Weers (Fr)	7		1	1		2	1	1

Merino

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.61	0.52
10	Veronica Baray (Jr)	0.50	0.50
11	Jade Powell (So)	0.25
12	Makenna Sutter (Sr)	3.00	1.00
20	Kya Piel (So)	0.86	0.71
23	Brooklyn Sutter (Jr)	0.33	0.67
31	Jay Lynch (So)	0.33	0.33

Akron

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F
	Team Totals	0.14	0.41	0.69
5	Taylor Benish (So)			2.00
20	Becky Drum (Sr)		0.33	0.20
25	Kashlee Randel (Fr)	0.33	0.67	1.33
32	Mikenna Weers (Fr)		2.00	2.00

Game Story

Colorado High School Basketball - Akron succumbs to Merino

February 23, 2024: Merino, CO 80741

The Merino Rams topped the visiting Akron Rams basketball team by a final score of 43-30 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Rams face the Sedgwick County Cougars (Julesburg, CO) in a non-league game, on Saturday, February 24. Merino will attempt to move on its 21-0 season record. The Cougars enter the game with a 18-3 record after their 43-34 non-league win over Wiggins (Wiggins, CO).

With the defeat, Akron moves to 12-9 on the year.

Rankings & Records

Merino (23-24)

CO	Class
1	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
27-0	8-0	8-0	8-0	11-0	1.000	1.000	1,598	844

Akron (23-24)

CO	Class
50	6

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-10	4-4	5-5	5-2	3-3	.565	.500	1,006	877

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merino	14.5	15.2	15.9	10.2	59.2
Akron	10.0	13.1	9.9	11.4	43.7

Head-to-Head

Merino won on 12/15/2023

12/15 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Merino 11 16 10 17 54
Akron 13 10 7 12 42

The Merino (CO) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Akron (CO) by a score of 54-42.
Box score
Merino won on 2/2/2024

2/2 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Akron 11 7 4 4 26
Merino 13 9 23 5 50

The Akron (CO) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Merino (CO) by a score of 50-26.
Box score
Merino won on 2/23/2024

2/23 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Merino 7 13 10 13 43
Akron 10 3 3 14 30

The Merino (CO) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Akron (CO) by a score of 43-30.
Box score

12/15 @ 4p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merino	11	16	10	17	54
Akron	13	10	7	12	42

2/2 @ 4p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Akron	11	7	4	4	26
Merino	13	9	23	5	50

Team Stat Comparison

Merino		Akron
58.8	Points Per Game	43.7
26.9	Rebounds Per Game	28.2
18.9	Assists Per Game	9.0
19.6	Steals Per Game	9.6
2.5	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Merino		Akron	National Avg.
#20 Kya Piel15.6	Points Per Game	#23 Addi Kessinger16.1	4.2
#31 Jay Lynch7.4	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Addi Kessinger9.9	2.8
#20 Kya Piel8.3	Assists Per Game	#25 Kashlee Randel3.7	0.9
#20 Kya Piel4.5	Steals Per Game	#25 Kashlee Randel3.4	1.1
#12 Makenna Sutter0.9	Blocks Per Game	#23 Addi Kessinger3.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merino	15-0		Akron	9-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/23	Merino	Simla	(W) 52-33	1/27/24	Akron	Simla	(W) 38-33
3/8/24	Merino	Simla	(W) 56-44
12/16/23	Merino	Sedgwick County	(W) 50-39	1/5/24	Akron	Sedgwick County	(L) 46-40
2/3/24	Sedgwick County	Merino	(W) 59-28
2/24/24	Sedgwick County	Merino	(W) 42-20
1/5/24	Merino	Wray	(W) 61-39	1/12/24	Akron	Wray	(W) 54-23
				2/20/24	Wray	Akron	(W) 45-33
1/12/24	Merino	Wiggins	(W) 52-34	12/16/23	Wiggins	Akron	(W) 52-40
				2/6/24	Wiggins	Akron	(L) 47-43
1/19/24	Caliche	Merino	(W) 77-26	1/26/24	Caliche	Akron	(W) 61-35
1/26/24	Fleming	Merino	(W) 66-33	1/30/24	Fleming	Akron	(L) 37-27
2/8/24	Merino	Holyoke	(W) 75-42	2/15/24	Holyoke	Akron	(W) 59-38
2/9/24	Merino	Yuma	(W) 40-31	1/19/24	Yuma	Akron	(L) 50-41
2/13/24	Otis	Merino	(W) 66-28	12/8/23	Otis	Akron	(W) 59-26
2/16/24	Haxtun	Merino	(W) 66-26	2/9/24	Akron	Haxtun	(W) 53-31
2/20/24	Haxtun	Merino	(W) 73-33
3/9/24	Merino	Burlington	(W) 61-45	11/30/23	Akron	Burlington	(W) 45-34

Record Breakdown

Merino (23-24)		Akron (23-24)
27-0	Overall	13-10
8-0	League	4-4
8-0	Non-League	4-2
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
15-0	Common Opponent	9-4
8-0	Home	5-5
8-0	Away	5-2
11-0	Neutral	3-3
8-0	Playoff	2-2
27-0	In-State	12-10
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0