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| 02/09/24 - Away | 59-54 W |
| 01/18/24 - Home | 68-62 W |
| 02/01/23 - Away | 59-55 W |
| 01/11/23 - Home | 66-62 W |
| 01/31/22 - Home | 69-48 W |
| + 5 more games |
Merit Preparatory Academy has gone 9-1 against Freedom Prep Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Merit Preparatory Academy Knights will be playing at home against the Freedom Prep Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Merit Preparatory Academy has seven straight victories, Freedom Prep Academy has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Tuesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Merit Preparatory Academy beat Utah Military Academy - Hill Field 42-38. The squad ran away with 28 points in the first half and mostly just sat on those to pick up the win.
Meanwhile, Freedom Prep Academy played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 70-44 to Salt Lake Academy. The Eagles were down 61-41 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Merit Preparatory Academy will have to contain Wyatt Leigh as he made an impact in Freedom Prep Academy's last game. He almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Joseph Black, who posted 13 points.
Merit Preparatory Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.0 points per game. As for Freedom Prep Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.
Merit Preparatory Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Freedom Prep Academy when the teams last played back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 59-54 victory. Will Merit Preparatory Academy repeat their success, or does Freedom Prep Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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