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The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Mount Vernon (Murray, UT) by a score of 91-23.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mount Vernon	5	0	9	9	23
MPA	22	29	24	16	91

Final score provided by M. Lambson.

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Game Stats

Mount Vernon (24-25)

Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)

Mount Vernon

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	23	9
2	Andre Hernandez (Sr)	9	4
12	Robert Wharton (So)	9	3
24	T. Van Allen (So)	2	1
33	H. Mikayelyan (So)	3	1

Merit Preparatory Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	91	41	71	58	63
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	4	2	3	67	67
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	25	11	16	69	72
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	28	13	20	65	70
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	6	3	10	30	30
13	A. Steinman (So)	2	1	6	17	17
15	Davey Chase (So)	12	4	6	67	100
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100

Mount Vernon

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	23	2	3	7	43	7
2	Andre Hernandez (Sr)	9		1	2	50	4
12	Robert Wharton (So)	9	1	2	2	100	2
24	T. Van Allen (So)	2					1
33	H. Mikayelyan (So)	3	1	0	3	0

Merit Preparatory Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	91	7	20	35	2	2	100	34	51	67
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	4							2	3	67
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	25	1	3	33	2	2	100	10	13	77
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	4							2	4	50
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	28	2	4	50				11	16	69
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	6	0	5	0				3	5	60
13	A. Steinman (So)	2	0	3	0				1	3	33
15	Davey Chase (So)	12	4	5	80				0	1	0
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	2							1	1	100
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	4							2	3	67
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	4							2	2	100

Mount Vernon

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	23	19	3	2	27	2
2	Andre Hernandez (Sr)	9	2	1		8	1
12	Robert Wharton (So)	9	4			5	1
20	Dominick Garcia (Jr)		1			3
24	T. Van Allen (So)	2	1			4
33	H. Mikayelyan (So)	3	1			2
35	Mustafa Jalili (Jr)		10	2	2	5

Merit Preparatory Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	91	9	26	35	17	27	3
0	Branson Goforth (Jr)	4		1	1
1	Cruz Steinman (Sr)	25	1	4	5	2	4	2
3	Alex Bills (Sr)	4	2	2	4	3	1
11	Ayden Martinez (Sr)	28	4	5	9		5	1
12	Miles Petersen (Jr)	6		4	4	5	8
13	A. Steinman (So)	2		3	3	1	2
14	James Clayson (Jr)			1	1
15	Davey Chase (So)	12		1	1	3	2
20	P. Sutherland (Sr)	2	1	2	3		2
22	Erick Bedolla (Sr)	4		2	2
24	Drexton Hardy (Sr)	4	1	1	2	3	3

Mount Vernon

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.11	0.07	1.00
2	Andre Hernandez (Sr)	0.13
35	Mustafa Jalili (Jr)	0.40	0.40

Misc Totals

Merit Preparatory Academy has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Utah High School Basketball - Mount Vernon trounced by Merit Preparatory Academy

December 13, 2024: Springville, UT 84663

The Mount Vernon Patriots basketball squad (Murray, UT), was crushed 91-23 in Friday's non-league battle with the host Merit Preparatory Academy Knights (Springville, UT)

With the victory, Merit Preparatory Academy advances its record to 3-3 on the year. The Knights travel to Green River (Green River, UT) to meet the Pirates in a non-league battle on Thursday, December 19. The Pirates enter the battle with a record of 2-4.

The Patriots now own a 0-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Intermountain Christian for a non-league battle on Monday, December 16. Mount Vernon will meet a Lions squad coming off a 61-47 league loss to Vanguard Academy (West Valley City, UT). The Lions record now stands at 1-8.

Players of the Game

Mount Vernon (24-25)

Congratulations to #12 Robert Wharton for being selected the Mount Vernon Basketball Player 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.

Mount Vernon @ MPA Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 13, 2024 @ 6p

Merit Academy

The Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Mount Vernon (Murray, UT) by a score of 91-23.

Rankings & Records

Mount Vernon (24-25)

UT	Class
140	19

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
3-17	2-4	1-7	1-7	1-3	.150	.333	572	1,229

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	Final
Mount Vernon	6.7	6.1	8.6	7.4	28.6
Merit Preparatory Academy	15.6	18.0	20.8	14.6	70.0

Mount Vernon Videos

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Head-to-Head

Merit Preparatory Academy won on 12/13/2024

12/13 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Mount Vernon 5 0 9 9 23
MPA 22 29 24 16 91

The Mount Vernon (Murray, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 91-23.
Box score
Merit Preparatory Academy won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 1:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Mount Vernon 7 1 7 0 15
MPA 16 32 29 9 86

The Mount Vernon (Murray, UT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Merit Preparatory Academy (Springville, UT) by a score of 86-15.
Box score

12/20 @ 1:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mount Vernon	7	1	7	0	15
MPA	16	32	29	9	86

Team Stat Comparison

Mount Vernon		Merit Preparatory Academy
28.7	Points Per Game	70.0
25.6	Rebounds Per Game	35.1
2.3	Assists Per Game	15.6
5.6	Steals Per Game	19.0
0.9	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Mount Vernon		Merit Preparatory Academy	National Avg.
#2 Andre Hernandez9.9	Points Per Game	#1 Cruz Steinman16.8	4.9
#35 Mustafa Jalili7.1	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ayden Martinez6.9	2.6
#12 Robert Wharton0.6	Assists Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.5	1.0
#0 Pablo Lopez3.5	Steals Per Game	#2 Michigan Draper5.4	0.8
#35 Mustafa Jalili0.4	Blocks Per Game	#12 Miles Petersen0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mount Vernon	1-10		Merit Preparatory Academy	9-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Mount Vernon	Freedom Prep Academy	(L) 61-27	1/17/25	Freedom Prep Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 74-29
				2/7/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Freedom Prep Academy	(W) 72-44
12/16/24	Intermountain Christian	Mount Vernon	(L) 54-18	1/24/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	Intermountain Christian	(L) 64-50
12/19/24	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Mount Vernon	(W) 44-39	2/4/25	Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 93-41
12/20/24	Mount Vernon	Green River	(L) 72-30	12/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Green River	(L) 65-57
12/21/24	Mount Vernon	Salt Lake Academy	(L) 64-33	1/7/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 71-44
				2/12/25	Salt Lake Academy	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 70-31
1/16/25	Milford	Mount Vernon	(L) 87-24	11/23/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Milford	(L) 68-53
1/21/25	American Prep WV	Mount Vernon	(L) 80-30	1/3/25	Merit Preparatory Academy	American Prep WV	(W) 68-66
				2/15/25	American Prep WV	Merit Preparatory Academy	(L) 73-58
1/22/25	Mount Vernon	Dugway	(L) 50-26	12/21/24	Dugway	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-37
2/7/25	Dugway	Mount Vernon	(L) 57-37
1/24/25	Mount Vernon	Telos	(L) 41-26	11/19/24	Merit Preparatory Academy	Telos	(W) 82-20
2/12/25	Telos	Mount Vernon	(L) 63-50	1/10/25	Telos	Merit Preparatory Academy	(W) 100-26

Record Breakdown

Mount Vernon (24-25)		Merit Preparatory Academy (24-25)
3-17	Overall	16-8
2-4	League	7-2
0-9	Non-League	5-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
1-10	Common Opponent	9-4
1-7	Home	9-3
1-7	Away	4-4
1-3	Neutral	3-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
3-17	In-State	15-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0