in the league, raiders constantly held a play-off position for the majority of the season and though qualifying with ease, just missed out on home advantage with a 5th place finish. a journey into uncharted territory awaited the plymouth team appearing in their first bbl play-offs, however it was also a long journey to face opponents scottish rocks, as the league’s most southern and northern teams met in the one-off clash. a dream first appearance to the finals weekend for raiders was dashed by a 6-point defeat, 83–77, but a huge worry was an in-game injury to captain gavin love’s achilles tendon, which subsequently forced the point guard to miss a call-up to the great britain national team. at the end of season awards, raiders "big-man" aaron was named in the all-star first team and 4th in the mvp ballot, finishing the season on 17 points-per-game, 12.4 rebounds-per-game and a field goal scoring average of 59%. on 1 may, the raiders development programme was awarded with the prestigious club mark accolade by sport england and england basketball.