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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Rockwell (Eagle Mountain, UT) by a score of 83-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rockwell	22	17	17	27	83
MPA	9	7	19	18	53

Final score provided by W. Barnard.

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Game Stats

Rockwell (24-25)

Rockwell has not entered stats for this game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	17	48	35	45
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	5	2	9	22	28
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	6	1	6	17	25
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	20	7	14	50	64
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	15	5	14	36	43
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	9	30	30	10	12	83	8	18	44
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	5	1	5	20				1	4	25
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	6	1	5	20	3	4	75	0	1	0
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3	1	3	33
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	20	4	9	44	2	2	100	3	5	60
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	15	2	8	25	3	4	75	3	6	50
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	4				2	2	100	1	2	50

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	53	6	17	23	10	12
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	5	1	3	4
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	6		1	1	5	4
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	3	1	1	2	1	1
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	20	3	3	6	1	1
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	15		6	6		3
13	A. Steinman (So)					1
15	Davey Chase (So)					1	1
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)		1	1	2
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	0		1	1
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	4		1	1	1	2

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Merit Preparatory Academy overwhelmed by Rockwell

January 31, 2025: Springville, UT 84663

In Friday's league test, the Rockwell Marshals (Eagle Mountain, UT) basketball squad trounced the host Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT), by a final score of 83-47.

Next, the Marshals clash with the Utah Military Academy - Hill Field Thunderbirds (Riverdale, UT) in a 2A Region 16 test, on Tuesday, February 4. Rockwell will attempt to upgrade on its 11-11 season record. The Thunderbirds come into the test with a 9-10 record after their 57-54 league win over Salt Lake Academy (Herriman, UT).

The Knights (13-7) will now prepare for their test against Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams (Lehi, UT). The Marauders come into the 2A Region 16 test with a 2-18 record. In their last test, Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams was overwhelmed by Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT), 62-48, in a league test.

Players of the Game

Rockwell (24-25)

Rockwell has not selected any Players of the Game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Ayden Martinez for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Rockwell @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 7p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Rockwell (Eagle Mountain, UT) by a score of 83-53.

Rankings & Records

Rockwell (24-25)

UT	Class
115	14

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
14-12	9-0	7-3	6-7	1-2	.538	1.000	1,724	1,524

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
124	19

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
16-8	7-2	9-3	4-4	3-1	.667	.778	1,680	1,182

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Rockwell	15.8	16.3	17.5	14.8	9.0	66.3
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	-	70.0

Team Stat Comparison

Rockwell		Merit Preparatory Academy
55.9	Points Per Game	70.0
23.9	Rebounds Per Game	35.1
14.0	Assists Per Game	15.6
12.6	Steals Per Game	19.0
2.0	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Rockwell		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#20 Cesare Baiardi15.6	Points Per Game	#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	4.9
#20 Cesare Baiardi8.1	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	2.6
#24 Elias Sekona4.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.5	1.0
#24 Elias Sekona3.7	Steals Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.4	0.8
#22 Devon Jessop0.6	Blocks Per Game	#12 Miles Petersen0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Rockwell	9-3		Merit Preparatory Academy	8-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	American Leadership Academy	Rockwell	(L) 75-54	12/9/24	American Leadership Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 72-33
12/7/24	Rockwell	American Prep WV	(W) 55-52	1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(W) 68-66
1/14/25	American Prep WV	Rockwell	(W) 67-57	2/15/25	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 73-58
12/11/24	Rockwell	Draper APA	(L) 69-53	11/26/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Draper APA	(L) 63-41
12/28/24	Rockwell	Milford	(L) 76-53	11/23/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Milford	(L) 68-53
1/7/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Rockwell	(W) 94-36	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 74-29
				2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 72-44
1/10/25	Rockwell	Vanguard Academy	(W) 71-53	1/21/25	Vanguard Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 68-42
1/17/25	Rockwell	Intermountain Christian	(W) 83-39	1/24/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 64-50
1/21/25	Salt Lake Academy	Rockwell	(W) 62-41	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 71-44
				2/12/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 70-31
2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Rockwell	(W) 89-46	1/14/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	(W) 43-39
2/12/25	Utah Military Academy - Hill Field	Rockwell	(W) 78-38
2/7/25	Rockwell	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 67-16	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41

Record Breakdown

Rockwell (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
14-12	Overall	16-8
9-0	League	7-2
3-6	Non-League	5-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
9-3	Common Opponent	8-5
7-3	Home	9-3
6-7	Away	4-4
1-2	Neutral	3-1
1-1	Playoff	1-1
13-9	In-State	15-7
0-3	Out-of-State	0-0