The Millbury Woolies waltzed into their match on Wednesday with four straight wins but they left with five. Everything went their way against Hopedale as Millbury made off with a 58-37 win. Given Millbury's advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while Hopedale is ranked 167th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Anthony Phillipo went supernova for Millbury, dropping a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Phillipo has scored all season. Jimmer Donnelly was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
When it comes to explaining why Hopedale lost, one person who can't be blamed is Patrick Madden. Despite the final result, he scored 26 points. That was a full 70.3% of Hopedale's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Robbie Manning, who scored seven points.
Millbury is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Hopedale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-9.
Millbury will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Grafton at 5:00 p.m. As for Hopedale, they will head out on the road to square off against Uxbridge at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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