Phillipsburg is on a 13-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while West Morris Central is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Phillipsburg Stateliners will take on the West Morris Central Wolfpack at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pair are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, Phillipsburg made easy work of North Hunterdon and carried off a 58-36 victory. Given Phillipsburg's advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while North Hunterdon is ranked 194th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Phillipsburg's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ameer Herran, who scored 18 points along with six rebounds, and Matthew Scerbo jr., who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Scerbo jr. has scored at least a third of Phillipsburg's points. Another player making a difference was Ethan White-philpot, who scored two points along with five steals.
Meanwhile, West Morris Central got the win against Dover on Wednesday by a conclusive 69-46.
Phillipsburg's win bumped their record up to 22-2. As for West Morris Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season.
Phillipsburg didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against West Morris Central when the teams last played back in February of 2023, but they still walked away with a 50-44 victory. Will Phillipsburg repeat their success, or does West Morris Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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