Basketball Recap: Phillipsburg Extends Winning Streak to Seven

Stateliners

Previous Games

01/09/25 @ Watchung Hills Regional	75-59
01/07/25 @ Hamilton	74-54
01/04/25 @ Union	54-45
01/02/25 vs Mount Olive	71-52
12/28/24 @ Easton Area	47-36
+ 2 more games

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Phillipsburg). They enjoyed a cozy 75-59 victory over the Watchung Hills Regional Warriors on Thursday. The win was familiar territory for the Stateliners who have now won seven contests in a row.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Phillipsburg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ethan White-Philpot, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 14 points in addition to seven assists and five steals. The dominant performance gave White-Philpot a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Scerbo Jr., who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten assists.

White-Philpot wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Phillipsburg was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Phillipsburg pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Watchung Hills Regional, they now have a losing record at 3-4.

Phillipsburg will head out to challenge Franklin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Watchung Hills Regional, they will welcome Clifton at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Watchung Hills Regional is facing Clifton at the right time seeing as Clifton is stuck on a three-game losing streak.