{"id":192609,"date":"2024-02-27T15:17:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T01:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=192609"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T01:17:44","slug":"phillips-big-west-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/27\/phillips-big-west-player-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillips earns second Big West Player of the Week award"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Manoa guard Daejah Phillips was named the Big West women’s basketball Player of the Week on February 26 following a career-best performance against Long Beach State over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Phillips scored a career-high 29 points while posting one of the most productive and efficient shooting performances in program history in UH<\/abbr>‘s 80-68 road win over the Beach on February 25 at the Walter Pyramid and earned the Big West honor for the second time in the last four weeks.<\/p>\n

Phillips went 12 for 14 (85.7%) from the field, falling one made basket short of the UH<\/abbr> single-game record for field-goal percentage. She went into halftime of Saturday’s game with seven points on 3-for-4 shooting. She then made her first nine shots of the second half in a 22-point outburst. She scored 16 points in the fourth quarter alone to help UH<\/abbr> hold off the Beach and remain in first place in the Big West race.<\/p>\n

Her 12 made field goals is the highest single-game total in the Big West this season, all coming in 19 minutes, 41 seconds of playing time off the bench. She drew six fouls and went 4-for-5 from the free-throw line and also finished with four rebounds and two steals.<\/p>\n

For more go to HawaiiAthletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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