The Ward Melville Patriots (East Setauket, NY) basketball crushed the host Walt Whitman Wildcats (Huntington Station, NY), 66-33 in Friday's league test.

The Patriots (6-3) will now prepare for their test against Patchogue-Medford (Medford, NY). The Raiders go into the Section 11 AAA-1 test with a 1-0 record. In their last test, Patchogue-Medford walloped Riverhead (Riverhead, NY), 54-52, in a league test.

The Wildcats now own a 1-5 record. They play next when they travel to Riverhead for a Section 11 AAA-1 test on Tuesday, January 16.