The Walt Whitman Wildcats (Huntington Station, NY) basketball knocked off the host Ward Melville Patriots (East Setauket, NY), 54-39 in Friday's league test.

The Wildcats (9-2) will now prepare for their test against Riverhead (Riverhead, NY). The Blue Waves go into the Section 11 AAA-1 test with a 0-1 record. In their last test, Riverhead went down by William Floyd (Mastic Beach, NY), 58-23, in a league test.

The Patriots now own a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to William Floyd for a Section 11 AAA-1 test on Thursday, January 18. Ward Melville will encounter a Colonials squad coming off a 48-42 league win over Brentwood (Brentwood, NY). The Colonials record now stands at 11-1.