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The Victory Christian Academy (Valparaiso, IN) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Phalen Leadership Academy (Indianapolis, IN) by a score of 66-65.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
PLA	-	-	-	-	66
VCA	-	-	-	-	65

Final score provided by B. Manuel.

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Game Stats

Phalen Leadership Academy (24-25)

Victory Christian Academy (24-25)

Phalen Leadership Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	25	71	35	39
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	22	8	21	38	40
1	Raymond Haggard (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	16	6	17	35	44
5	Donavan Evan (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	10	3	5	60	80
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)	6	2	14	14	14
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	4	2	6	33	33
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
45	Ja'ceon Long (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50

Victory Christian Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	24	47	51	55
3	Gavin Whitaker (Jr)	30	11	16	69	81
5	Quinn Jordan (Jr)	11	5	7	71	71
12	Isaac Aponte (Sr)	2	1	8	13	13
15	Marius Lapas (Sr)	7	3	5	60	60
20	Carter Herrold (Sr)	15	4	11	36	36

Phalen Leadership Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	6	17	35	10	18	56	19	54	35
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	22	1	3	33	5	9	56	7	18	39
1	Raymond Haggard (Jr)	0							0	1	0
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	16	3	8	38	1	2	50	3	9	33
5	Donavan Evan (Sr)	2							1	1	100
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	10	2	3	67	2	3	67	1	2	50
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)	6	0	1	0	2	4	50	2	13	15
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	4	0	2	0				2	4	50
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)	4							2	4	50
45	Ja'ceon Long (Jr)	2							1	2	50

Victory Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	4	11	36	13	15	87	20	36	56
3	Gavin Whitaker (Jr)	30	4	6	67	4	4	100	7	10	70
5	Quinn Jordan (Jr)	11	0	0	0	1	3	33	5	7	71
12	Isaac Aponte (Sr)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	20
15	Marius Lapas (Sr)	7	0	2	0	1	1	100	3	3	100
20	Carter Herrold (Sr)	15	0	0	0	7	7	100	4	11	36

Phalen Leadership Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	66	10	19	29	7	13	1	11	11
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	22	1	1	2	2	3		4	0
1	Raymond Haggard (Jr)	0		2	2				0	3
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	16	1	2	3	2	3		2
5	Donavan Evan (Sr)	2		1	1			1	1	0
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	10		5	5	2	4		1	1
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)	6	4	3	7		1		1	4
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	4	1	1	2	1	1		1	0
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)	4	1	2	3		1			2
45	Ja'ceon Long (Jr)	2	2	2	4				1	1

Victory Christian Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	65	10	23	33	12	4	8	23	16
3	Gavin Whitaker (Jr)	30	3	7	10	2	1	4	4	3
5	Quinn Jordan (Jr)	11	5	6	11	1	0	0	2	0
12	Isaac Aponte (Sr)	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	4
15	Marius Lapas (Sr)	7	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	4
20	Carter Herrold (Sr)	15	1	8	9	7	0	2	7	4
22	Luke Weber (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	5	1

Phalen Leadership Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.64	1.18	1.18	0.09
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	0.50	0.75	3.00
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	1.00	1.50
5	Donavan Evan (Sr)				1.00
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	2.00	4.00	4.00
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)		1.00	0.25
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)			0.50

Victory Christian Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.52	0.17	0.25	0.50	5
3	Gavin Whitaker (Jr)	0.50	0.25	0.33	1.33	1
5	Quinn Jordan (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
12	Isaac Aponte (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
15	Marius Lapas (Sr)	0.00	3.00	0.75	0.00	2
20	Carter Herrold (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	1
22	Luke Weber (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0

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Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Phalen Leadership Academy nips Victory Christian Academy

February 1, 2025: Valparaiso, IN 46383

In Saturday's non-league contest, the visiting Phalen Leadership Academy Falcon basketball team scored a close 66-65 win over the Victory Christian Academy Lions.

Next, the Falcon encounter the Columbus HomeSchool Hawks (Columbus, IN) in a non-league test, on Tuesday, February 4. Phalen Leadership Academy will attempt to improve on its 11-12 season record. The Hawks come into the test with a 20-12 record after their 70-58 non-league loss to Northside Lions (Indianapolis, IN).

The Lions (11-5) will now prepare for their test against Culver Academies (Culver, IN). The Eagles come into the non-league test with a 9-4 record.

Players of the Game

Phalen Leadership Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #0 Zinan Taylor for being selected the Phalen Leadership Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Victory Christian Academy (24-25)

Victory Christian Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

PLA @ VCA Basketball Game Info

Sat., Feb. 1, 2025 @ 2:30p

The Victory Christian Academy (Valparaiso, IN) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Phalen Leadership Academy (Indianapolis, IN) by a score of 66-65.

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Rankings & Records

Phalen Leadership Academy (24-25)

IN
232

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
21-16	2-0	12-7	7-9	.568	2,400	2,203

Victory Christian Academy (24-25)

IN
172

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
22-9	4-1	8-3	11-5	3-1	.710	.800	2,066	1,629

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Phalen Leadership Academy	17.3	20.5	15.2	15.8	64.9
Victory Christian Academy	23.3	15.6	17.4	16.4	66.6

Team Stat Comparison

Phalen Leadership Academy		Victory Christian Academy
60.5	Points Per Game	66.4
27.4	Rebounds Per Game	24.1
9.9	Assists Per Game	10.2
9.3	Steals Per Game	5.8
1.5	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Phalen Leadership Academy		Victory Christian Academy	National Avg.
#0 Zinan Taylor15.0	Points Per Game	#3 Gavin Whitaker24.5	4.9
#24 Drelan Vaden6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Gavin Whitaker5.8	2.6
#0 Zinan Taylor2.8	Assists Per Game	#10 Micah Isensee2.7	1.0
#0 Zinan Taylor2.4	Steals Per Game	#10 Micah Isensee1.6	0.8
#1 Raymond Haggard0.8	Blocks Per Game	#20 Carter Herrold0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Phalen Leadership Academy	3-4		Victory Christian Academy	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/18/25	Varsity Opponent	Phalen Leadership Academy	(W) 82-79	11/12/24	Varsity Opponent	Victory Christian Academy
1/18/25	Varsity Opponent	Phalen Leadership Academy	(L) 106-59	11/22/24	Varsity Opponent	Victory Christian Academy	(W) 70-38
1/19/25	Varsity Opponent	Phalen Leadership Academy	(L) 96-64	2/22/25	Victory Christian Academy	Varsity Opponent	(W) 82-50
3/1/25	Varsity Opponent	Phalen Leadership Academy	(W) 51-48	3/6/25	Victory Christian Academy	Varsity Opponent	(W) 80-41
3/1/25	Varsity Opponent	Phalen Leadership Academy	(W) 69-66
3/1/25	Varsity Opponent	Phalen Leadership Academy	(L) 74-34
3/2/25	Varsity Opponent	Phalen Leadership Academy	(L) 73-55

Record Breakdown

Phalen Leadership Academy (24-25)		Victory Christian Academy (24-25)
21-16	Overall	22-9
0-0	League	6-2
15-9	Non-League	8-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-4	Common Opponent	3-0
2-0	Home	8-3
12-7	Away	11-5
7-9	Neutral	3-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-11	In-State	14-8
3-1	Out-of-State	5-1