WEEK 8 STATS: 2 games, 16.0 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2.0 spg, 1.0 bpg, .565 FG pct., .857 FT pct.
Phills continued to fill up the scoring column while averaging a double-double last week. On the way to securing her second consecutive NEC Rookie of the Week award, the freshman small forward averaged 16.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per contest while shooting 56.5 percent from the field. The 5-foot-9 Phills, who produced double-digit point totals in six of seven games during the month of December, opened NEC play by reaching the 20-point mark for the first time in her career. The North Carolina product played all 40 minutes of her NEC debut, tallying 20 points and 12 rebounds on the road against Central Connecticut. Two days later, she scored 12 points and secured nine caroms during Wagner’s visit to Mount St. Mary’s. Phills enters the New Year ranked second amongst team leaders in both scoring (9.4 ppg) and rebounding (5.7 rpg).