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The Rooted School (Indianapolis, IN) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Phalen Leadership Academy (Indianapolis, IN) by a score of 67-16.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
PLA	-	-	-	-	67
Rooted School	-	-	-	-	16

Final score provided by B. Manuel.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Phalen Leadership Academy (24-25)

Phalen Leadership Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	67	27	64	42	46
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	15	7	12	58	58
1	Raymond Haggard (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	4	1	7	14	14
10	Laron Suggs (So)	11	4	6	67	83
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	8	3	5	60	80
23	PJ Hopson (So)	3	1	4	25	38
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)	6	3	6	50	50
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	2	1	5	20	20
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)	8	3	9	33	33
45	Ja'ceon Long (Jr)	10	4	6	67	67

Phalen Leadership Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	67	5	18	28	8	11	73	22	46	48
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	15	0	1	0	1	2	50	7	11	64
1	Raymond Haggard (Jr)	0							0	4	0
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	4	0	4	0	2	2	100	1	3	33
10	Laron Suggs (So)	11	2	3	67	1	2	50	2	3	67
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	8	2	4	50				1	1	100
23	PJ Hopson (So)	3	1	3	33				0	1	0
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)	6				0	1	0	3	6	50
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	2	0	3	0				1	2	50
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)	8				2	2	100	3	9	33
45	Ja'ceon Long (Jr)	10				2	2	100	4	6	67

Phalen Leadership Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	67	5	17	22	11	21	2	17	10
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	15		2	2	3	4		3	3
1	Raymond Haggard (Jr)	0	2	2	4		4	1	3	0
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	4				3	5		2	2
10	Laron Suggs (So)	11							2	1
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	8		4	4	2	3		1	2
23	PJ Hopson (So)	3		1	1		1		2	0
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)	6		3	3	1			1	0
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	2		2	2	1	3		2	1
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)	8	3	2	5			1	1	0
45	Ja'ceon Long (Jr)	10		1	1	1	1		0	1

Phalen Leadership Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.65	1.24	2.10	0.20
0	Zinan Taylor (Sr)	1.00	1.33	1.33
1	Raymond Haggard (Jr)		1.33	4.00	1.00
3	R'Mello Watson (Jr)	1.50	2.50	2.50
11	Brenton Smith (Sr)	2.00	3.00	1.50
23	PJ Hopson (So)		0.50	1.00
24	Drelan Vaden (Jr)	1.00
31	Levi Smith (Jr)	0.50	1.50	3.00
40	Davion Robinson (Sr)				1.00
45	Ja'ceon Long (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00

Rooted School (24-25)

Rooted School has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Rooted School routed by Phalen Leadership Academy

January 16, 2025: Indianapolis, IN 46203

The Phalen Leadership Academy Falcon bounced the host Rooted School Royals basketball squad by a final score of 67-16 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next, the Falcon face the Irvington Preparatory Academy (Indianapolis, IN) in a non-league outing, on Wednesday, January 22. Phalen Leadership Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 7-10 season record. The enter the outing with a 5-10 record after their 60-59 non-league loss to Horizon Christian (Indianapolis, IN).

The Royals (4-5) will now prepare for their outing against Central Christian Academy (Indianapolis, IN). The Chargers enter the non-league outing with a 1-12 record. In their last outing, Central Christian Academy was overwhelmed by Eminence (Eminence, IN), 60-31, in a league outing.

Players of the Game

Phalen Leadership Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #10 Laron Suggs for being selected the Phalen Leadership Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Rooted School (24-25)

Rooted School has not selected any Players of the Game.

PLA @ Rooted School Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 16, 2025 @ 7p

The Rooted School (Indianapolis, IN) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Phalen Leadership Academy (Indianapolis, IN) by a score of 67-16.

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

Rooted School (24-25)

IN
409

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
7-9	2-4	5-5	.438	657	838

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Phalen Leadership Academy	17.3	20.5	15.2	15.8	64.9
Rooted School	10.4	12.7	11.0	12.0	41.1

Team Stat Comparison

Phalen Leadership Academy		Rooted School
60.5	Points Per Game	5.8
27.4	Rebounds Per Game	0.8
9.9	Assists Per Game	-
9.3	Steals Per Game	0.6
1.5	Blocks Per Game	0.1

Team Leaders

Phalen Leadership Academy		Rooted School	National Avg.
#0 Zinan Taylor15.0	Points Per Game	Antwan Greer17.0	4.9
#24 Drelan Vaden6.0	Rebounds Per Game	Gary Evcans3.5	2.6
#0 Zinan Taylor2.8	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#0 Zinan Taylor2.4	Steals Per Game	Corey Coleman2.0	0.8
#1 Raymond Haggard0.8	Blocks Per Game	Gary Evcans1.0	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Phalen Leadership Academy	2-2		Rooted School	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/24	Phalen Leadership Academy	Indianapolis HomeSchool Wildcats	(L) 75-65	2/1/25	Rooted School	Indianapolis HomeSchool Wildcats	(L) 66-33
1/3/25	Indianapolis HomeSchool Wildcats	Phalen Leadership Academy	(L) 67-60
12/26/24	Irvington Preparatory Academy	Phalen Leadership Academy	(W) 82-37	1/25/25	Rooted School	Irvington Preparatory Academy	(L) 59-24
2/12/25	Phalen Leadership Academy	MTI School of Knowledge	(W) 70-31	1/21/25	Rooted School	MTI School of Knowledge	(W) 58-56
				2/11/25	MTI School of Knowledge	Rooted School

Record Breakdown

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