It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Hansberry Bengals can now relate to. They lost to the Wildcats on the road by a decisive 90-71 margin on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (55), Hansberry still had to take the loss.
Leading Phillips to victory were Lawrence Horton and Amari Edwards. Horton dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds, while Edwards scored 32 points along with six assists and six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Edwards has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Phoenix Childs, who scored 12 points.
Hansberry's loss dropped their record down to 20-12. As for Phillips, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season.
Hansberry does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Phillips is on the road again on Monday and plays Beecher at 7:00 p.m. on March 4th. Beecher will roll in looking for their 34th straight win, something Phillips surely won't give up without a fight.
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