Mount Olive was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They received a blow as they fell 71-52 to the Phillipsburg Stateliners. While losing is never fun, the Marauders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 348th, while the Stateliners are ranked 96th).
Matthew Scerbo Jr. continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Phillipsburg, dropping a double-double on 25 points and ten assists. Those ten assists gave Scerbo Jr. a new career-high. Shamari Lavacia was another key player, going 7 for 11 on his way to 14 points and seven rebounds.
Mount Olive's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Phillipsburg, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-3.
Mount Olive will venture away from home to challenge Parsippany Hills at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Phillipsburg, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 54-45 win against Union on the 4th.
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