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Nice game against Kazakhstan. And nice logo

Yeah, lucky to getaway from them.... THanks bro... nice victory for Msia upon Macau too

Perfect start.. great job bro!! :)

Perfect start.. great job bro!!

Thanks Bro, now I'm waiting for your 19yo wingman to grow faster :p

Perfect start.. great job bro!! :)

Thanks Bro, now I'm waiting for your 19yo wingman to grow faster :p

I will try my best to train him ;P

Friendly Match : New Zealand topped Singapore 85-79.

Singapore's tactic were clear : evaluating Abdul-Hamid nerve as a dominator. However, he was brickin everything.

NZ took advantages of Hamid's cold first half shooting with 36-33 before Hamid explode with 10 3rd quarter points, but Steve Gillard superb defense brought Hamid back to his first half shooting, and Merlions were trailed 51-61.

At 4th, Merlions turn to Lau Jin Chin & Ang Han Yao to keep them competitive, as LJC keep driving to the basket and drawing fouls, meanwhile Ang Han Yao settle for some jumper and even hit a big three pointer. Lead changes several times, before again NZ Gillard pickpocketed Li Shi Keng for a breakaway dunk, giving NZ 83-79 lead with 20 seconds remaining. LJC shot were blocked by Ervin Dyer on next possession, and after a defensive rebounds, NZ iced the victory with two FT to make it 85-79.

Dyer led NZ with 19pts 13rebs. Haimona Ng had 15pts 9rebs. Abd Hamid led Singapore with 24pts but 12/32 FG. LJC has 18pts 8rebs 4asts and 3stls. 20yo Ang Han Yao was again superb with 16pts 12rebs 2stl 2blks performance.

Singapore will resume Tournament next week, facing strong team Phillipines.

Singapore suffered first defeat of Tournament, 79-97 by Phillipines.

Perhaps not yet, and still miles away for it.

Although with their finest U21 lineup, Merlions still unable to stay pace with one of Asian top team, Phillipines, resulted on 97-79 losses. Juan Umadhay led the Pinoys with 30pts 7rebs and 5blks to ride the easy win over Singapore, completely dominating smaller Lau Jin Chin over the post. The nearest deficit margin Singapore reached were 9 points on 3rd quarter, where Ang Han Yao hit the go ahead 3pointer, make the game 66-75. Although Phillipines bigman Dexter Zulueta went down at 4th quarter, still not enough for Merlions to made up their losses. The most obvious difference on the loss, were the rebounds, where Singapore were outrebounded 36-52. Also, Phillipines converted 23-29 FTs, where Singapore only have 8-14.

Li An Wen, Fong Chang Chao and Lin Chuan Loong all scored 12 pts for Singapore. Fong Chang Chao, the new U21 call out, were fouled out with 8 minutes left on 4th quarter.

Singapore will face Tournament host Taiwan on next week.

yeah, although i was hoping for much tighter ones. Our bigmans rarely pops nowadays because of low potential, so i guess we might stuck here..

Taiwan + their HCA, woah scarier than Hongkong i guess..

Tournament Host Taiwan dealt Singapore to their second loss 96-72

Tian Sung Kwon 20pts 16rebs led Taiwan to defeat Singapore 96-72 through the dramatic 4th quarter, where they held Singapore with 15-3 run on the first five minutes and lead by 30 points.

Singapore still showed their biggest weaknesses, where they can't compete with Taiwanese solid bigmen like Tian Sun Kwong and Liu Yeong Aun, both combined for 32 rebounds from total 64 team rebounds.

Abdul Hamid led Merlion with 20pts 5asts and 9rebs, shot 6/11 from downtown but only 7/25 from field. Lau Jin Chin and Lee Yeow Jie has 13 and 12 pts respectively.

With Japan 50 points loss to Philipines last night, Singapore chance to advance to 2nd round is higher, as their two closest rival, Kazakhstan has -6 on Points Difference and Japan with -63. Singapore has 59 PD.

Singapore will close round 1 Finale versus Japan on next week.

Singapore eliminate Japan 91-69, advanced to Second Round of Tournament.

Lee Yeow Jie scored 17 pts and 9 rebs to led Merlions defeated the desperate Japan team, who were giving full effort trying to avoid elimination. Singapore were racing up at the start of the game, leading 24-13 and 55-30 after 1st half. They barely looked back and also seized the 2nd half, and ended with their starters cheering for bench players at the near end of game.

With the victory, Singapore advanced to the 2nd round, and will be in the same group with Australia, New Zealand, Hongkong, Malaysia and tournament host Taiwan.