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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against American Leadership Academy (Spanish Fork, UT) by a score of 51-23.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ALA	12	23	13	3	51
MPA	8	2	3	10	23

Final score provided by C. Wilson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

American Leadership Academy (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

American Leadership Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	17	46	37	42
0	C. Carpenter (So)	12	4	8	50	56
1	Brinklee Gray (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Abisai Sandoval (So)	13	4	6	67	83
10	Saydee Carter (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50
11	Marjorie Morley (Jr)	1	0	0
20	Ana Hernandez (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
21	Jacklynn Huff (Sr)	6	2	8	25	38
22	Miah Carreno (So)	2	1	1	100	100
30	Jessica Powell (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
45	Daphne Gamble (Jr)	11	4	13	31	31

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	23	9	42	21	24
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	8	4	6	67	67
1	Ella Jay (So)	0	0	3	0	0
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	0	0	2	0	0
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	8	2	14	14	18
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	5	2	13	15	19
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

American Leadership Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	5	13	38	12	19	63	12	33	36
0	C. Carpenter (So)	12	1	3	33	3	4	75	3	5	60
1	Brinklee Gray (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Abisai Sandoval (So)	13	2	3	67	3	7	43	2	3	67
10	Saydee Carter (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
11	Marjorie Morley (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
20	Ana Hernandez (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	17
21	Jacklynn Huff (Sr)	6	2	7	29	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Miah Carreno (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
30	Jessica Powell (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
45	Daphne Gamble (Jr)	11	0	0	0	3	4	75	4	13	31

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	23	2	17	12	3	8	38	7	25	28
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	6	67
1	Ella Jay (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	8	1	9	11	3	4	75	1	5	20
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	5	1	6	17	0	0	0	1	7	14
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

American Leadership Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	51	22	18	40	13	18	5	8	14
0	C. Carpenter (So)	12	3	0	3	5	5	2	2	1
1	Brinklee Gray (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Abisai Sandoval (So)	13	3	0	3	2	5	0	0	2
10	Saydee Carter (Sr)	4	4	8	12	0	0	0	1	3
11	Marjorie Morley (Jr)	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
20	Ana Hernandez (Sr)	2	0	4	4	2	1	0	2	2
21	Jacklynn Huff (Sr)	6	4	3	7	3	5	1	1	2
22	Miah Carreno (So)	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
30	Jessica Powell (Sr)	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
45	Daphne Gamble (Jr)	11	3	0	3	1	1	2	1	3

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	23	8	17	25	2	12	9	18	17
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	8	5	4	9	0	1	0	4	3
1	Ella Jay (So)	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	2
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	2	1	3	4	0	2	0	1	2
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	8	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	5	1	4	5	0	1	7	2	4
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	2

American Leadership Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.63	2.25	1.29	0.36
0	C. Carpenter (So)	2.50	2.50	5.00	2.00
2	Abisai Sandoval (So)	2.00	5.00	2.50	0.00
20	Ana Hernandez (Sr)	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.00
21	Jacklynn Huff (Sr)	3.00	5.00	2.50	0.50
22	Miah Carreno (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
45	Daphne Gamble (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.67

Merit Preparatory Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.11	0.67	0.71	0.53
0	Kya Snyder (Fr)	0.00	0.25	0.33	0.00
2	Sarai Gambler (So)	0.00	4.00	4.00	0.00
3	S. Sorenson (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.00
11	C. Petersen (Fr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	1.00
12	Ayla Coltharp (Sr)	0.50	1.00	0.67	0.33
14	Lizbeth Diaz (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.25	1.75
15	Eliza Kidder (Fr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.00

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - American Leadership Academy crushes Merit Preparatory Academy

January 9, 2025: Springville, UT 84663

The American Leadership Academy Eagles (Spanish Fork, UT) basketball crushed the host Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT), 51-23 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Eagles now possess a 10-3 record. They play next when they travel to American Heritage for a 2A Region 17 bout on Tuesday, January 14. American Leadership Academy will play a Patriots team coming off a 43-41 non-league loss to Intermountain Christian (Salt Lake City, UT). The Patriots record now stands at 5-5.

With the loss, Merit Preparatory Academy falls to 1-5 on the campaign. The Knights host Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT) to play the Eagles in a 2A Region 16 bout on Friday, January 17. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 2-11.

ALA @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 7p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against American Leadership Academy (Spanish Fork, UT) by a score of 51-23.

Rankings & Records

American Leadership Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
121	19

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
11-10	3-8	4-6	7-4	.524	.273	655	688

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
134	24

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
5-10	5-6	4-6	1-4	.333	.455	423	586

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
American Leadership Academy	10.4	6.7	8.5	5.4	31.2
Merit Preparatory Academy	6.9	7.8	8.4	6.4	28.2

Team Stat Comparison

American Leadership Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy
31.5	Points Per Game	27.9
32.4	Rebounds Per Game	29.1
9.6	Assists Per Game	4.7
15.8	Steals Per Game	11.5
3.9	Blocks Per Game	4.9

Team Leaders

American Leadership Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#45 Daphne Gamble9.7	Points Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz11.5	4.1
#10 Saydee Carter10.0	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Kya Snyder9.8	2.8
#0 Chanel Carpenter2.9	Assists Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz1.6	0.9
#21 Jacklynn Huff3.7	Steals Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz4.3	1.1
#45 Daphne Gamble1.8	Blocks Per Game	#14 Lizbeth Diaz3.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
American Leadership Academy	5-0		Merit Preparatory Academy	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	American Leadership Academy	Rockwell	(W) 39-23	1/31/25	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 55-35
11/21/24	American Leadership Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 48-6	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 35-23
12/19/24	Freedom Prep Academy	American Leadership Academy	(W) 42-10	2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 31-18
12/3/24	American Leadership Academy	Pinnacle	(W) 47-36	11/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 36-29
1/2/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	American Leadership Academy	(W) 38-15	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 26-13

Record Breakdown

American Leadership Academy (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
11-10	Overall	5-10
3-8	League	5-6
8-1	Non-League	0-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-0	Common Opponent	2-3
4-6	Home	4-6
7-4	Away	1-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
11-10	In-State	5-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0