On Saturday, February 4, the Long Beach Poly boys basketball team played Orange Lutheran at the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei High. Poly won the game with a score of 72 – 49.
Poly’s senior guard, Jeremiah Sadler, made a total of 26 points throughout the game. Sadler was 9 of 16 from the field, including an impressive 5 out of 9 from 3 point range. Sadler scored 16 of those just in the first half, and made 4 out of those 5 three pointers in just the first 16 minutes of the game.
The first quarter ended with Poly leading 27 – 11. Out of those 27 points, 13 were made by Jeremiah Sadler. Senior Myles Johnson added 13 points with 15 rebounds and senior Zafir Williams added another 11 more points and 12 rebounds.
This game Jeremiah Sadler showed off his skills because this game was really important to him. He recently had surgery and couldn’t do anything related to basketball for 7 months. Jeremiah is just now getting back to playing basketball and adjusting to practicing and being on the court again.
Poly’s next game is Thursday, February 9 at Long Beach Polytechnic High School vs. Compton.