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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against American Leadership Academy (Spanish Fork, UT) by a score of 72-33.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
ALA	16	30	17	9	72
MPA	9	5	7	12	33

Final score provided by R. Ross.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
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	72	29	64	45	52
1	Tad Swarnes (Sr)	9	3	9	33	33
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	8	3	7	43	57
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	5	2	6	33	42
20	Jaxon Hunter (Sr)	14	5	9	56	78
21	Grant Jackson (Sr)	7	3	11	27	32
22	Mason Ober (So)	2	1	5	20	20
23	Kannon Huntsman (Sr)	18	8	12	67	71
43	James Walker (Sr)	9	4	5	80	80

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	33	13	30	43	48
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	4	1	4	25	25
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	6	2	5	40	50
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	5	2	6	33	42
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	8	4	10	40	40
13	A. Steinman (So)	5	2
15	Davey Chase (So)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50

American Leadership Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	9	29	31	6	9	67	20	35	57
1	Tad Swarnes (Sr)	9	0	3	0	3	4	75	3	6	50
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	8	2	5	40	1	2	50	1	2	50
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	2	50
20	Jaxon Hunter (Sr)	14	4	8	50				1	1	100
21	Grant Jackson (Sr)	7	1	6	17				2	5	40
22	Mason Ober (So)	2	0	2	0				1	3	33
23	Kannon Huntsman (Sr)	18	1	1	100	1	1	100	7	11	64
43	James Walker (Sr)	9				1	2	50	4	5	80

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	33	3	11		4	3		10	19	53
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	4	0	1	0	2			1	3	33
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	6	1	2	50	1	2	50	1	3	33
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	5	1	3	33				1	3	33
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	8	0	4	0				4	6	67
13	A. Steinman (So)	5	1						1
15	Davey Chase (So)	0	0	1	0
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	5				1	1	100	2	4	50

American Leadership Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	72	8	18	26	20	13	1	6	8
1	Tad Swarnes (Sr)	9		5	5	4				2
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	8	1	3	4	3	5		2	1
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	5	2	2	4	12	2		2	2
20	Jaxon Hunter (Sr)	14	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1
21	Grant Jackson (Sr)	7
22	Mason Ober (So)	2		1	1					1
23	Kannon Huntsman (Sr)	18	4	5	9		4
43	James Walker (Sr)	9		1	1					1

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	33	5	18	23	6	11
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	4	1	3	4		3
2	Michigan Draper (Sr)	6		1	1	1	2
3	Alex Bills (Sr)					1
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	5	1	2	3	1	2
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	8	1	6	7		1
13	A. Steinman (So)	5		1	1	1
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)		1	4	5
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	5	1	1	2	2	3

American Leadership Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	3.33	2.17	1.63	0.13
3	Malakai Mack (Sr)	1.50	2.50	5.00
4	Kobe Ross (Fr)	6.00	1.00	1.00
20	Jaxon Hunter (Sr)	0.50	1.00	2.00	1.00

Misc Totals

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - American Leadership Academy triumphant over Merit Preparatory Academy

December 9, 2024: Springville, UT 84663

The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the American Leadership Academy Eagles (Spanish Fork, UT) and the host Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT), observed American Leadership Academy's basketball team overwhelm Merit Preparatory Academy by a score of 72-33.

The Eagles (6-1) will now prepare for their challenge against San Juan (Blanding, UT). The Broncos come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record. In their last challenge, San Juan was routed by Delta (Delta, UT), 52-50, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Mount Vernon Patriots (Murray, UT) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Merit Preparatory Academy will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record. The Patriots come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 61-27 non-league loss to Freedom Prep Academy (Provo, UT).

Players of the Game

American Leadership Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #23 Kannon Huntsman for being selected the American Leadership Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #24 Drexton Hardy for being selected the Merit Preparatory Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

ALA @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Mon., Dec. 9, 2024 @ 7p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against American Leadership Academy (Spanish Fork, UT) by a score of 72-33.

Rankings & Records

American Leadership Academy (24-25)

UT	Class
80	5

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
21-6	10-0	11-1	10-2	0-3	.778	1.000	1,803	1,223

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
American Leadership Academy	16.6	16.5	16.8	13.9	5.0	66.8
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	-	70.0

Team Stat Comparison

American Leadership Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy
68.4	Points Per Game	70.0
35.1	Rebounds Per Game	35.1
15.4	Assists Per Game	15.6
13.3	Steals Per Game	19.0
2.0	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

American Leadership Academy		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#20 Jaxon Hunter12.3	Points Per Game	#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	4.9
#23 Kannon Huntsman9.6	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	2.6
#4 Kobe Ross7.9	Assists Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.5	1.0
#4 Kobe Ross4.1	Steals Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.4	0.8
#23 Kannon Huntsman1.0	Blocks Per Game	#12 Miles Petersen0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
American Leadership Academy	7-0		Merit Preparatory Academy	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	American Leadership Academy	Rockwell	(W) 75-54	1/31/25	Rockwell	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 83-53
11/21/24	American Leadership Academy	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	(W) 92-15	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41
11/22/24	Freedom Prep Academy	American Leadership Academy	(W) 79-27	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 74-29
12/18/24	American Leadership Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 90-12	2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 72-44
11/26/24	American Leadership Academy	Pinnacle	(W) 97-41	11/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 85-53
				12/21/24	Pinnacle	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 78-36
1/8/25	Draper APA	American Leadership Academy	(W) 71-43	11/26/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Draper APA	(L) 63-41
1/24/25	American Leadership Academy	Draper APA	(W) 59-48

Record Breakdown

American Leadership Academy (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
21-6	Overall	16-8
10-0	League	7-2
9-3	Non-League	5-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-0	Common Opponent	5-2
11-1	Home	9-3
10-2	Away	4-4
0-3	Neutral	3-1
2-2	Playoff	1-1
21-6	In-State	15-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0