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Merit Preparatory Academy Salt Lake Academy

Knights

Griffins

142

The Salt Lake Academy (Herriman, UT) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 142-18.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
MPA	7	7	2	2	18
Salt Lake Academy	40	36	33	33	142

Final score provided by C. Ross.

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Game Stats

Merit Preparatory Academy (20-21)

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Salt Lake Academy (20-21)

Salt Lake Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	142	66	83	80	83
3	Taki Uluilakepa (So)	14	7	11	64	64
5	Max Topham (Sr)	25	11	12	92	96
15	Trey Evans (So)	16	8	10	80	80
20	A. Hannemann (Sr)	14	6	9	67	67
23	David Kotoa (Fr)	15	7	9	78	83
25	Riley Pollard (Sr)	20	10	12	83	83
41	JR Higby (So)	8	3	5	60	80
44	Adam Stewart (Jr)	30	14	15	93	97

Salt Lake Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	142	5	16	31	5	9	56	61	67	91
3	Taki Uluilakepa (So)	14	0	4	0	0	1	0	7	7	100
5	Max Topham (Sr)	25	1	2	50	2	2	100	10	10	100
15	Trey Evans (So)	16	0	2	0	0	1	0	8	8	100
20	A. Hannemann (Sr)	14	0	1	0	2	2	100	6	8	75
23	David Kotoa (Fr)	15	1	3	33	0	1	0	6	6	100
25	Riley Pollard (Sr)	20	0	1	0				10	11	91
41	JR Higby (So)	8	2	2	100	0	0	0	1	3	33
44	Adam Stewart (Jr)	30	1	1	100	1	2	50	13	14	93

Salt Lake Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	142	13	17	30	35	42	2	7
3	Taki Uluilakepa (So)	14	1	2	3	9	9		1
5	Max Topham (Sr)	25	3	3	6	5	4		2
15	Trey Evans (So)	16	1	3	4	6	10		1
20	A. Hannemann (Sr)	14	2	2	4	8	5	1	1
23	David Kotoa (Fr)	15	1	2	3	4	6	1	2
25	Riley Pollard (Sr)	20	2	1	3	2	1
41	JR Higby (So)	8	1	1	2	1	5		0
44	Adam Stewart (Jr)	30	2	3	5	0	2	0

Salt Lake Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	5.00	6.00
3	Taki Uluilakepa (So)	9.00	9.00
5	Max Topham (Sr)	2.50	2.00
15	Trey Evans (So)	6.00	10.00
20	A. Hannemann (Sr)	8.00	5.00
23	David Kotoa (Fr)	2.00	3.00
41	JR Higby (So)	1.00	5.00

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit College Preparatory Academy ripped by Real Salt Lake Academy

January 8, 2021: Springville, UT 84663

The Real Salt Lake Academy Griffins basketball team scored 142 points and held the host Merit College Preparatory Academy Knights to 18 in the Griffins league triumph on Friday.

The Griffins now sport a 15-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lone Peak for a non-league contest on Tuesday, January 12. Real Salt Lake Academy will battle a Knights team coming off a 83-47 non-league win over Jordan (Sandy, UT). The Knights record now stands at 8-2.

The Knights (1-10) will now prepare for their contest against American Heritage (American Fork, UT). The Patriots enter the 2A Region 15 contest with a 5-6 record. In their last contest, American Heritage triumphed over Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT), 71-26, in a non-league contest.

Rankings & Records

Merit Preparatory Academy (20-21)

UT	Class
135	21

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
2-18	2-4	1-7	1-9	0-2	.100	.333	838	1,504

Salt Lake Academy (20-21)

UT	Class
19	1

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
27-3	4-0	2-1	11-1	14-1	.900	1.000	2,479	1,446

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merit Preparatory Academy	9.4	8.9	10.2	11.4	4.0	41.9
Salt Lake Academy	22.1	18.1	20.0	25.6	-	82.6

Team Stat Comparison

Merit Preparatory Academy		Salt Lake Academy
26.3	Points Per Game	60.3
9.0	Rebounds Per Game	23.8
1.8	Assists Per Game	13.2
4.5	Steals Per Game	10.7
0.3	Blocks Per Game	3.0

Team Leaders

Merit Preparatory Academy		Salt Lake Academy	National Avg.
Dylan Edwards14.5	Points Per Game	#5 Max Topham14.1	5.1
Matt Yates7.0	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Trey Evans6.3	2.7
Cael Bunker1.0	Assists Per Game	#15 Trey Evans4.4	1.0
Dylan Edwards5.0	Steals Per Game	#15 Trey Evans3.4	0.8
Cael Bunker0.5	Blocks Per Game	#44 Adam Stewart1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merit Preparatory Academy	2-7		Salt Lake Academy	8-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/20	Mount Vernon	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 91-60	12/17/20	Salt Lake Academy	Mount Vernon	(W) 92-44
12/18/20	Merit Preparatory Academy	Mount Vernon	(L) 90-32
12/4/20	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 67-45	12/3/20	Rockwell	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 89-44
12/11/20	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 48-28	12/9/20	Salt Lake Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 102-11
2/2/21	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 49-40	1/20/21	Freedom Prep Academy	Salt Lake Academy	(W) 132-16
1/5/21	Merit Preparatory Academy	Altamont	(L) 90-25	12/5/20	Salt Lake Academy	Altamont	(W) 99-59
1/20/21	Merit Preparatory Academy	Draper APA	(L) 113-37	1/18/21	Salt Lake Academy	Draper APA	(W) 98-60
1/29/21	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Heritage	(L) 103-46	12/19/20	Salt Lake Academy	American Heritage	(W) 111-57
2/16/21	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Heritage	(L) 90-34	1/22/21	Salt Lake Academy	American Heritage	(W) 79-43

Record Breakdown

Merit Preparatory Academy (20-21)		Salt Lake Academy (20-21)
2-18	Overall	27-3
2-4	League	4-0
0-10	Non-League	12-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-7	Common Opponent	8-0
1-7	Home	2-1
1-9	Away	11-1
0-2	Neutral	14-1
0-1	Playoff	0-0
2-18	In-State	19-1
0-0	Out-of-State	1-2