The Patchogue-Medford Raiders have been one of the best teams in League I and in Suffolk County. They have the dramatic wins, big time individual performances, and a roster full of talented players. Usually, this means that they would be a League Champion that would cruise to at least the County Semi-Finals while having State Championship Aspirations, but they have to deal with a Juggernaut within their own league.
The William Floyd Colonials have yet to lose a game this year and they appear to be the best public school team on Long Island as they handed the Raiders their worst loss of the season as the Colonials won at home by a score of 90-53.
From the opening tip, it was clear that the Colonials were the better team and they weren’t going to play with their food but instead were here to take care of business.
Floyd had an impressive showing as they had four scorers in double figures while everyone who played in any capacity for the Colonials scored at least one point.
The performance of the game was by 6 '7” Forward Dahmarion Moses who recorded his third double-double of the year. The Junior – who has been averaging 8.6 points per game this season – had a game high 12 rebounds while also cashing in for 21 points.
Another player who would put up double figures in points and rebounds was none other than Jawuan Smith. Smith is having an unbelievable year as he is the Colonials’ leading scorer in terms of points per game with 16.4 per game while also grabbing 12.1 rebounds per game.
Against the Raiders, Smith would score 11 points while also corralling 10 rebounds to secure his double-double.
Joey McLaurin – the team's second leading scorer on the season – would also contribute in a big way as he matched Moses’ point total as he scored 21 points (tied for the most of the game) while adding in 5 assists onto his final statline.
The Colonials’comeback player of the year Jermaine King once again had an impressive showing as he put up 14 points and led all players with 6 assists.
Despite being dominated throughout the contest, Pat-Med still got some production from Angel Redding, Matt Eichorn, and Isaiah Gilliam as all three of them would be in double figures for the Raiders.
Redding would score a team high 18 points while Eichorn had 14 points and Gilliam would finish with 10. If they were able to get just a bit of help from the second unit or any other scoring option could get going, we may have seen the Raiders make this game a bit closer than the result we got.
At the time of this article’s publication, we would know the result of William Floyd’s next game as they will take on the powerhouse Brentwood Indians in a battle of the unbeatens. This game could also be a preview of things to come later in the year as both teams seem to be on the road to winning the Suffolk County Championship.