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Sparta Phillipsburg

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The Phillipsburg (NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Sparta (NJ) by a score of 42-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sparta	-	-	-	-	41
Phillipsburg	-	-	-	-	42

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Game Stats

Sparta (22-23)

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Phillipsburg (22-23)

Phillipsburg

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	16	45	36	38
3	Ameer Herran (Jr)	15	6	10	60	60
5	M. Scerbo jr. (So)	14	6	15	40	47
11	Andrew Martin (Jr)	8	2	9	22	22
14	Allan Palos (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
23	Jason Martinez (Sr)	3	1	4	25	25

Phillipsburg

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	2	10	20	8	19	42	14	35	40
3	Ameer Herran (Jr)	15	0	0	0	3	4	75	6	10	60
5	M. Scerbo jr. (So)	14	2	6	33	0	1	0	4	9	44
11	Andrew Martin (Jr)	8	0	1	0	4	10	40	2	8	25
14	Allan Palos (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Jason Martinez (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	4	25	1	4	25

Phillipsburg

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	10	19	29	13	8	3	15	10
3	Ameer Herran (Jr)	15	5	4	9	0	1	0	2	2
5	M. Scerbo jr. (So)	14	0	3	3	2	2	0	3	3
11	Andrew Martin (Jr)	8	1	4	5	2	2	2	1	1
14	Allan Palos (Jr)	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0
23	Jason Martinez (Sr)	3	1	2	3	5	2	0	1	2

Phillipsburg

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.87	0.53	0.80	0.30	21
3	Ameer Herran (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	4
5	M. Scerbo jr. (So)	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.00	5
11	Andrew Martin (Jr)	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	5
14	Allan Palos (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
23	Jason Martinez (Sr)	5.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	3

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Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Sparta edged by Phillipsburg

January 21, 2023: Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

The Sparta Spartans basketball team (Sparta, NJ), was nudged 42-41 in Saturday's non-league battle with the host Phillipsburg Stateliners (Phillipsburg, NJ)

The Stateliners now possess a 9-6 record. They put it on the line next when they host Immaculata for a Skyland - Raritan battle on Tuesday, January 24. Phillipsburg will confront a Spartans team coming off a 67-49 non-league win over Watchung Hills Regional (Warren, NJ). The Spartans record now stands at 11-2.

The Spartans (8-5) will now prepare for their battle against Delbarton (Morristown, NJ). The Green Wave come into the non-league battle with a 10-3 record. In their last battle, Delbarton was nudged by Oratory Prep (Summit, NJ), 58-47, in a non-league battle.

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Rankings & Records

Sparta (22-23)

NJ	Div.
160	36

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-9	2-1	2-2	5-2	6-5	.591	.667	1,091	1,029

Phillipsburg (22-23)

NJ	Div.
90	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
17-9	6-6	10-4	6-4	1-1	.654	.500	1,441	1,296

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Sparta	8.0	7.0	9.0	14.0	-	49.6
Phillipsburg	13.9	12.8	13.8	14.9	8.5	55.4

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Team Stat Comparison

Sparta		Phillipsburg
-	Points Per Game	55.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.8
-	Assists Per Game	11.6
-	Steals Per Game	7.7
-	Blocks Per Game	3.3

Team Leaders

Sparta		Phillipsburg	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 Matthew Scerbo jr.14.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Ameer Herran6.5	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#23 Jason Martinez3.4	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#5 Matthew Scerbo jr.2.3	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#3 Ameer Herran1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sparta	2-2		Phillipsburg	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/27/22	Warren Hills Regional	Sparta	(L) 69-64	2/11/23	Warren Hills Regional	Phillipsburg	(W) 70-37
1/6/23	West Morris Central	Sparta	(L) 53-36	2/13/23	Phillipsburg	West Morris Central	(W) 50-44
2/7/23	Sparta	West Morris Central	(W) 57-56
2/11/23	Sparta	North Hunterdon	(W) 57-46	2/4/23	North Hunterdon	Phillipsburg	(L) 49-37
				2/16/23	Phillipsburg	North Hunterdon	(W) 69-55

Record Breakdown

Sparta (22-23)		Phillipsburg (22-23)
13-9	Overall	17-9
2-1	League	6-6
11-7	Non-League	9-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-2	Common Opponent	3-1
2-2	Home	10-4
5-2	Away	6-4
6-5	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
13-9	In-State	14-9
0-0	Out-of-State	3-0