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The Phillipsburg (NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against St. Thomas Aquinas (Edison, NJ) by a score of 81-71.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Thomas Aquinas	-	-	-	-	81
Phillipsburg	-	-	-	-	71

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Box Score
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Game Stats

St. Thomas Aquinas (24-25)

St. Thomas Aquinas has not entered stats for this game.

Phillipsburg (24-25)

Phillipsburg

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	27	61	44	52
0	E. White-philpot (Sr)	8	4	12	33	33
3	M. Mckelvin (So)	0	0	1	0	0
5	M. Scerbo Jr. (Sr)	25	9	23	39	43
11	Shamari Lavacia (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
13	Dominic Bracco (Fr)	6	2	4	50	63
15	Brady Handwerk (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
24	Jason Abbott (Sr)	28	10	17	59	79

Phillipsburg

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	10	26	38	7	11	64	17	35	49
0	E. White-philpot (Sr)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	11	36
3	M. Mckelvin (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	M. Scerbo Jr. (Sr)	25	2	10	20	5	8	63	7	13	54
11	Shamari Lavacia (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
13	Dominic Bracco (Fr)	6	1	1	100	1	1	100	1	3	33
15	Brady Handwerk (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
24	Jason Abbott (Sr)	28	7	14	50	1	2	50	3	3	100

Phillipsburg

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	71	9	14	23	11	4	12	10
0	E. White-philpot (Sr)	8	5	1	6	6	1	0	2
3	M. Mckelvin (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
5	M. Scerbo Jr. (Sr)	25	1	1	2	3	1	5	0
11	Shamari Lavacia (Jr)	2	0	5	5	0	2	1	2
13	Dominic Bracco (Fr)	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	Brady Handwerk (Sr)	2	2	3	5	0	0	2	2
20	J. Rodriguez (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Jason Abbott (Sr)	28	1	3	4	1	0	3	3

Phillipsburg

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.92	0.33	0.40	7
0	E. White-philpot (Sr)	6.00	1.00	0.50	3
5	M. Scerbo Jr. (Sr)	0.60	0.20	1.00	0
11	Shamari Lavacia (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	3
13	Dominic Bracco (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0
24	Jason Abbott (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	1

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Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Phillipsburg knocked off by St. Thomas Aquinas

January 25, 2025: Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

In Saturday's non-league test, the St. Thomas Aquinas Trojans (Edison, NJ) basketball squad knocked off the host Phillipsburg Stateliners (Phillipsburg, NJ), by a score of 81-71.

Next, the Trojans encounter the Paul VI Eagles (Haddonfield, NJ) in a non-league test, on Tuesday, January 28. St. Thomas Aquinas will attempt to improve on its 10-6 season record. The Eagles come into the test with a 14-2 record after their 68-63 non-league win over Middle Township (Cape May Court House, NJ).

The Stateliners (11-5) will now prepare for their test against Franklin (Somerset, NJ). The Warriors come into the Skyland - Delaware test with a 6-12 record.

STAHS @ Phillipsburg Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 25, 2025 @ 1p

The Phillipsburg (NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against St. Thomas Aquinas (Edison, NJ) by a score of 81-71.

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Rankings & Records

St. Thomas Aquinas (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
89	89	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-10	0-1	8-3	3-4	2-3	.565	.000	1,429	1,369

Phillipsburg (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
66	66	17

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
19-9	5-5	9-4	9-3	1-2	.679	.500	1,707	1,628

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Thomas Aquinas	-	-	-	-	62.1
Phillipsburg	13.9	15.5	13.9	17.9	61.0

Team Stat Comparison

St. Thomas Aquinas		Phillipsburg
-	Points Per Game	59.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	27.6
-	Assists Per Game	12.1
-	Steals Per Game	5.7
-	Blocks Per Game	2.6

Team Leaders

St. Thomas Aquinas		Phillipsburg	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 Matthew Scerbo Jr.21.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Shamari Lavacia7.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#5 Matthew Scerbo Jr.6.2	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#0 Ethan White-philpot1.5	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#11 Shamari Lavacia0.9	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Thomas Aquinas	0-3		Phillipsburg	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/7/25	Colonia	St. Thomas Aquinas	(L) 70-62	2/1/25	Colonia	Phillipsburg	(W) 64-58
1/23/25	St. Thomas Aquinas	Colonia	(L) 69-53
2/10/25	St. Thomas Aquinas	Linden	(L) 50-48	2/27/25	Linden	Phillipsburg	(L) 65-50

Record Breakdown

St. Thomas Aquinas (24-25)		Phillipsburg (24-25)
13-10	Overall	19-9
0-1	League	5-5
12-8	Non-League	11-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-3	Common Opponent	1-1
8-3	Home	9-4
3-4	Away	9-3
2-3	Neutral	1-2
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-9	In-State	16-9
1-1	Out-of-State	3-0