If the Merit Preparatory Academy Knights were riding high off their 52-13 takedown of the Wasatch Academy Tigers on Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Merit Preparatory Academy was beaten by Intermountain Christian 73-30 on Friday. Merit Preparatory Academy has not had much luck with Intermountain Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Despite the loss, Merit Preparatory Academy still got an impressive performance from Lizbeth Diaz, who scored ten points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Intermountain Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Makenna Stoddard, who scored 24 points along with nine rebounds and seven assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Stoddard has scored all season. Ellie Menning was another key contributor, scoring 19 points along with nine rebounds.
Merit Preparatory Academy's loss dropped their record down to 7-13. As for Intermountain Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Merit Preparatory Academy will look to defend their home court on Monday against Intermountain Christian at 5:30 p.m. Hopefully Intermountain Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Friday. As for they, they will head out on the road to face off against Merit Preparatory Academy at 5:30 p.m. Merit Preparatory Academy will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
