Rocky Point Junior Casmere Morrow is a walking bucket for the Rocky Point Boys Varsity Basketball team as he continued his massive breakthrough season leading his team to a 57-49 victory over Center Moriches last week.
Morrow has quietly been having one of the best individual seasons in the county as he is averaging 19 points per game. Not many teams have been able to stop the dynamic guard at all this season as he hasn’t scored less than 11 points this season while also distributing the ball to his teammates at an elite level as well.
“(He) is the most underrated player in Suffolk (County),” said head coach James Jordan when talking about Morrow’s season. “He has been leading the team all year and he has helped us win some big games this year.”
Morrow came out and made his presence felt after an overall slow start for his team after falling into a 20-13 hole in the first quarter by cutting the deficit to 33-29 at halftime.
A big fourth quarter saw the Eagles outscore Center Moriches by a score of 14-6 to give the Eagles an impressive come from behind win.
Morrow was all over the place as he scored 22 points while adding six rebounds, four steals – which would lead to easy transition opportunities for his squad – and five assists to lead Rocky Point to victory. He would also come through in the clutch as he would hit six free throws which all came in crucial moments of the game that would help the Eagles pull away with the win.
The phenomenal Junior’s teammates also came to play in this one as Rex Baginat added 10 points and Jeremy Sanchez – who had a big time game defensively – had four points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in the win.
Despite losing in a sickening way, Center Moriches saw their superstar come out and put on a show as Tristen Green was going shot for shot with Morrow as he put up 24 points on efficient shooting throughout the contest.
Xavier Bryant – the All-County Football star – had a solid game for the Red Devils as he scored nine points in the contest as well.
At the time of this publication, the Eagles are still in contention to win League 4 as they have a shot to hunt down Westhampton Beach and Hauppauge as they all have very similar league and overall records so far this year.
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Casmere Morrow has been one of the best scorers on Long Island in 2023. File Photo
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