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Crown Point Merrillville

Bulldogs

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Crown Point (IN) by a score of 54-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Crown Point	-	-	-	-	43
Merrillville	-	-	-	-	54

Final score provided by D. Straughter.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merrillville (24-25)

Crown Point

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	18	57	32	35
10	Ava Punak (So)	2	1	6	17	17
11	Sidney Hale (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
13	Sophie Hart (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
20	Jillian Brown (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
21	A. Menchaca (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
22	Ava Richie (Fr)	14	6	17	35	41
23	Gia Gagianas (Sr)	8	3	9	33	44
30	Gabi Eberhart (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
50	Ivy Henderson (So)	13	6	10	60	60

Merrillville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	16	40	40	48
10	Malika Jenkins (So)	16	5	13	38	46
14	V. Mcspadden (Sr)	14	5	15	33	40
23	Nyesha Davis (Sr)	3	1	3	33	33
30	Kylie Wells (Sr)	21	5	8	63	75
32	Erin Mukes (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Crown Point

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	4	24	17	3	8	38	14	33	42
10	Ava Punak (So)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	17
11	Sidney Hale (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Sophie Hart (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
20	Jillian Brown (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	A. Menchaca (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
22	Ava Richie (Fr)	14	2	8	25	0	0	0	4	9	44
23	Gia Gagianas (Sr)	8	2	8	25	0	0	0	1	1	100
30	Gabi Eberhart (Sr)	1	0	3	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
50	Ivy Henderson (So)	13	0	0	0	1	2	50	6	10	60

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	6	17	35	16	26	62	10	23	43
10	Malika Jenkins (So)	16	2	7	29	4	6	67	3	6	50
14	V. Mcspadden (Sr)	14	2	7	29	2	3	67	3	8	38
23	Nyesha Davis (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
30	Kylie Wells (Sr)	21	2	3	67	9	13	69	3	5	60
32	Erin Mukes (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0

Crown Point

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	12	15	27	11	13	13	22
10	Ava Punak (So)	2	5	3	8	2	2	3	3
11	Sidney Hale (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
13	Sophie Hart (Jr)	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
20	Jillian Brown (Sr)	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0
21	A. Menchaca (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
22	Ava Richie (Fr)	14	1	4	5	3	7	4	3
23	Gia Gagianas (Sr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
30	Gabi Eberhart (Sr)	1	0	1	1	5	0	1	5
50	Ivy Henderson (So)	13	5	4	9	0	3	0	3

Merrillville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	10	25	35	9	6	19	11
10	Malika Jenkins (So)	16	1	4	5	6	1	6	0
14	V. Mcspadden (Sr)	14	3	3	6	2	2	2	1
23	Nyesha Davis (Sr)	3	1	7	8	0	1	5	4
30	Kylie Wells (Sr)	21	2	8	10	1	1	3	2
32	Erin Mukes (Jr)	0	3	1	4	0	1	3	2
42	Alani Roche' (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2

Crown Point

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.85	1.00	0.59	8
10	Ava Punak (So)	0.67	0.67	0.67	2
11	Sidney Hale (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
13	Sophie Hart (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0
22	Ava Richie (Fr)	0.75	1.75	2.33	3
30	Gabi Eberhart (Sr)	5.00	0.00	0.00	2
50	Ivy Henderson (So)	0.00	3.00	1.00	0

Merrillville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.47	0.32	0.55	6
10	Malika Jenkins (So)	1.00	0.17	1.00	3
14	V. Mcspadden (Sr)	1.00	1.00	2.00	1
23	Nyesha Davis (Sr)	0.00	0.20	0.25	1
30	Kylie Wells (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	1
32	Erin Mukes (Jr)	0.00	0.33	0.50	0

Crown Point's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Merrillville's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Merrillville bests Crown Point

January 18, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Merrillville Pirates basketball team scored 54 points and limited the visiting Crown Point Bulldogs to 43 in the Pirates league triumph on Saturday.

The Pirates now possess a 12-6 record. They play next when they travel to Hobart for a non-league game on Tuesday, January 21. Merrillville will play a Brickies team coming off a 46-22 non-league loss to South Bend St. Joseph (South Bend, IN). The Brickies record now stands at 3-15.

With the loss, Crown Point falls to 11-10 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Chesterton (Chesterton, IN) to play the Trojans in a Duneland game on Thursday, January 23. The Trojans go into the game with a record of 12-8. Chesterton lost 43-36 in their recent non-league game against Hammond Central (Hammond, IN)

Crown Point @ Merrillville Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 18, 2025 @ 7p

The Merrillville (IN) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Crown Point (IN) by a score of 54-43.

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Rankings & Records

Crown Point (24-25)

IN	Class
117	49

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-12	3-4	7-3	4-7	1-2	.500	.429	1,221	1,094

Merrillville (24-25)

IN	Class
65	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-7	5-2	8-4	7-2	0-1	.682	.714	1,177	1,012

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Crown Point	12.1	13.9	12.7	12.1	50.9
Merrillville	14.9	15.3	15.0	11.1	53.5

Team Stat Comparison

Crown Point		Merrillville
50.9	Points Per Game	53.3
27.8	Rebounds Per Game	28.4
12.2	Assists Per Game	9.3
12.3	Steals Per Game	11.3
2.9	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Crown Point		Merrillville	National Avg.
#22 Ava Richie14.3	Points Per Game	#30 Kylie Wells16.5	4.1
#50 Ivy Henderson6.2	Rebounds Per Game	#30 Kylie Wells5.9	2.8
#22 Ava Richie4.0	Assists Per Game	#10 Malika Jenkins3.2	0.9
#22 Ava Richie4.0	Steals Per Game	#14 Vivian Mcspadden2.1	1.1
#50 Ivy Henderson1.5	Blocks Per Game	#23 Nyesha Davis0.2	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Crown Point	6-7		Merrillville	9-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/9/24	Kankakee Valley	Crown Point	(W) 56-16	11/12/24	Merrillville	Kankakee Valley	(W) 51-43
11/19/24	Crown Point	Andrean	(W) 38-25	11/7/24	Merrillville	Andrean	(W) 54-30
11/23/24	Crown Point	Warsaw	(L) 74-52	11/23/24	Merrillville	Warsaw	(L) 70-41
11/23/24	Northridge	Crown Point	(L) 77-36	11/23/24	Northridge	Merrillville	(L) 84-50
11/26/24	Crown Point	La Porte	(W) 75-44	12/13/24	Merrillville	La Porte	(W) 65-39
12/3/24	Lowell	Crown Point	(W) 44-29	1/28/25	Lowell	Merrillville	(W) 72-40
12/6/24	Portage	Crown Point	(W) 52-20	1/24/25	Portage	Merrillville	(W) 57-12
12/7/24	Penn	Crown Point	(L) 61-38	12/14/24	Merrillville	Penn	(W) 47-43
12/13/24	Crown Point	Valparaiso	(L) 54-46	11/27/24	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 65-51
12/20/24	Lake Central	Crown Point	(L) 36-27	12/6/24	Lake Central	Merrillville	(L) 49-38
1/9/25	Michigan City	Crown Point	(W) 67-32	12/20/24	Merrillville	Michigan City	(W) 57-47
1/14/25	Crown Point	Munster	(L) 58-48	11/9/24	Munster	Merrillville	(W) 68-42
1/23/25	Crown Point	Chesterton	(L) 49-37	1/10/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(W) 51-40
				2/7/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 58-54

Record Breakdown

Crown Point (24-25)		Merrillville (24-25)
12-12	Overall	15-7
3-4	League	5-2
9-6	Non-League	10-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-7	Common Opponent	9-5
7-3	Home	8-4
4-7	Away	7-2
1-2	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-12	In-State	15-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0