Basketball Recap: Phillips Drops Highest Score of Season Against Westinghouse

Wildcats

Team Score

12/18/24 vs Westinghouse	74
12/11/24 @ Perspectives Leadership/Technology	65
12/07/24 vs Kankakee	62
12/04/24 vs Taft	61
12/06/24 vs Lane Tech	59

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Phillips). They came out on top against the Westinghouse Warriors by a score of 74-62 on Wednesday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Warriors are ranked 335th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Phillips got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Dajia Cohen out in front who went 9 for 12 on her way to 24 points. Nila Willis was another key player, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 12 boards.

Westinghouse lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Amariyae Ervin, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 boards. Ervin is becoming a predictor of Westinghouse's success: when she posts at least ten rebounds the team is 4-2 (and 1-4 when she doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Tiara Harris, who posted 20 points and four steals.

Phillips is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.6 points per game. As for Westinghouse, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-6.

When Phillips and Westinghouse next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Phillips will try to stop La Lumiere's three-game winning streak when the meet at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Similarly, Westinghouse will try to stop Perspectives-IIT/Joslin's five-game winning streak when the meet at 10:00 a.m. on December 27th.