Career Overview (2016-present) | Career Stats (PDF)
After sitting out the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19, Phills returns to the Eagles this year for her final season of collegiate basketball. The veteran has produced 767 points over 89 career games, which includes 62 starts. In two seasons with FGCU, she has averaged 6.4 points and 3.6 rebounds over 60 games, including 34 starts. She has 40 double-digit scoring games, five double-doubles, five double-digit rebound performances, four 20-plus point games and one 20-rebound effort in her career.
As A Redshirt Senior At FGCU (2020-21)
Opted out of the season due to COVID-19.
As A Redshirt Junior At FGCU (2019-20) | Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
Averaged 7.9 points and 4.2 rebounds while making 26 starts over 29 contests played … Registered 12 games with 10-plus points, including an FGCU career-high 19 points on 7-for-16 shooting in a big road win over Liberty (2/1) … Made career-best 5-of-12 from long distance in same outing vs Liberty … Four straight games scoring in double figures from Feb. 17 through March 2 … Season-high four assists at Temple (12/22) … Career-high six steals along with 10 points and seven rebounds at NJIT (2/22) … 1.4 steals per game in ASUN play was 10th among all players … 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting in regular season finale vs Jacksonville (3/2) … Eight points in Cancun Classic title game win over South Dakota State (11/30) … Six points and four rebounds in win over No. 20 USF (11/29).
As A Redshirt Sophomore At FGCU (2018-19) | Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
Averaged 5.1 points and three rebounds over 31 games, including eight starts, in her first season with the Green and Blue … Registered five double-digit scoring games, including a 12-point performance in the ASUN semifinals against Kennesaw State (3/13) … Season-best 13 points vs Lipscomb (1/12), where she went 6-for-8 from the field … Season-high eight rebounds (six offensive) vs Florida Memorial (11/12) … Eight points in FGCU debut at South Dakota State (11/9) … Six points over 15 minutes in ASUN championship game vs Liberty … Went 2-for-5 from long distance and tallied eight points over 18 minutes in a first round NCAA Tournament matchup at Miami … 12 blocks on the season ranks among the top 20 totals in program history.
As A Sophomore At FGCU (2017-18)
Sat out the season to comply with NCAA transfer rules, utilizing a redshirt season.
As A Freshman At Wagner (2016-17) | Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
Second Team All-NEC
NEC Rookie of the Year
NEC Rookie of the Week (12/26, 1/2, 1/11, 1/18, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22)
Produced team-high 13.1 points per game in her lone season at Wagner, including 16.2 per contest in Northeast Conference (NEC) play, which ranked fourth in the NEC … Led team in rebounding at 6.9 per contest, which was eighth-best in the NEC … Tallied 43 steals and 32 assists over 28 starts in 29 appearances … Wagner program record eight-time NEC Rookie of the Week … Shot 48.1 percent from the field in NEC games alone, which was second-best in the conference … Ranked ninth from the field overall at 42.9 percent … Concluded her season with 19 straight double-digit scoring games and reached double-figures in 22 of her final 23 contests … Recorded five double-doubles during that stretch and poured in a season-high 24 points against LIU Brooklyn (1/23) … Career-best rebounding effort in the season-finale vs LIU Brooklyn (2/27), pulling down 20 rebounds and scored 19 points.
High School
Four-year letter winner at Charlotte Christian … Totaled 1,491 points … Four-time Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) All-Conference … Two-time CISAA 3A All-North Carolina selection … Averaged 20.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, three steals and 1.9 assists per game as a senior … Poured in 30 points against Ravenscroft in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) 3A girls semifinals.
Personal
Born May 28, 1998 ... Daughter of Kendall Phills and the late Bobby Phills, who played for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets and Cleveland Cavaliers ... Wears No. 13 in honor of her father ... Older brother Trey played basketball and graduated from Yale ... Health sciences major … Plays piano and violin.
IN THE PRESS
FGCU gets boost as veteran Phills rejoins team (NBC2)
By Derek Kopp (July 2021) -
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In their honor: FGCU's Kerstie Phills lives, plays in legacy to parents, including late father Bobby Phills of NBA (Fort Myers News-Press)
By Seth Soffian (Dec. 2018) -
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UPDATED: 8/1/2021