Basketball Recap: Merit Preparatory Academy Piles Up the Points Against Pinnacle

Merit Preparatory Academy hadn't done well against Pinnacle recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights took their match with ease, bagging a 78-36 win over the Pinnacle Panthers. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 32 points or more this season.

Merit Preparatory Academy got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Miles Petersen out in front who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 boards. The contest was Petersen's third in a row with at least ten points. Cruz Steinman was another key player, going 8 for 15 on his way to 19 points.

Merit Preparatory Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Merit Preparatory Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 60.3 points. As for Pinnacle, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-6.

Merit Preparatory Academy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 100-37 win against Dugway on the 21st. Pinnacle and Wayne will round out the year against one another at at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.