It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Bayonne Bees can now relate to. They took a 64-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Stateliners on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Bayonne can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 114th, while Phillipsburg is ranked 15th).
Phillipsburg's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Andrew Martin, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Ameer Herran, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Bayonne's defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Phillipsburg, they pushed their record up to 24-2 with that victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season.
Bayonne does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Phillipsburg, they will be playing at home against Plainfield at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Phillipsburg focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Wednesday.
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