Scenes from a Suffolk boys basketball game between Riverhead and host Ward Melville on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.

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Ward Melville's Lorenzo Beaton scores in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Devin Lynch gets around Riverhead's Amari Funn in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Lorenzo Beaton looks to pass in the fourth quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Aiden Kilduff looks to get around Riverhead's Alfred Austin Jr. in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Luke Chitkara looks to get around Riverhead's Alfred Austin Jr. in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Lorenzo Beaton puts one up while covered by Riverhead's Yebasi Bassey in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Tyler Jean Noel drives to the basket while covered by Riverhead's Kevin Johnson in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Devin Lynch moves the ball in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Luke Chitkara gets around Riverhead's Yebasi Bassey in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

Credit: Bob Sorensen

Riverhead's Alfred Austin Jr. blocks a shot by Ward Melville's Brady Reyling in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Lorenzo Beaton puts one up over Riverhead's John Booker in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Tyler Jean Noel gets by Riverhead's Malachi Bullock Ferucci in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Lorenzo Velez puts one up in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Ward Melville's Luke Chitkara puts one up over Riverhead's Connor Levasseur in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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Riverhead's Alfred Austin Jr. blocks a shot by Ward Melville's Brady Reyling in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

Credit: Bob Sorensen

Ward Melville's Luke Chitkara gets around Riverhead's Yebasi Bassey in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

Credit: Bob Sorensen

Ward Melville's Lorenzo Beaton grabs a rebound from Riverhead's Marcukus Grigg in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

Credit: Bob Sorensen

Ward Melville's Aiden Kilduff looks to get by Riverhead's Alfred Austin Jr. in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

Credit: Bob Sorensen

Ward Melville's Aiden Kilduff looks to get around Riverhead's Alfred Austin Jr. in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

Credit: Bob Sorensen

Ward Melville's Lorenzo Beaton puts one up over Riverhead's John Booker in the third quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

Credit: Bob Sorensen

Ward Melville's Aiden Valeiko grabs a rebound from Riverhead's Alfred Austin Jr. in the first quarter during a Suffolk boys basketball game between Ward Melville and Riverhead on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Ward Melville.

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