2nd Round Game 1 : Big 4th quarter lift Singapore over New Zealand 98-77
Hard to remember when was the last time victory over New Zealand, until the match just now.
After lead barely a point after third 62-61, Singapore start the last quarter with 19-7 run, taking advantage of the fatigued NZ players for tons of steals and fastbreak points, prompting NZ to call timeout after SGP last fastbreak dunk shot by Halim Mohd bin Noor, making it 81-69. However the timeout didn't help much for NZ to stop the bleeding, as Singapore kept extend the lead to 90-74 with 2 minutes left, and finished the game with all bench players on the floor.
Li An Wen lead SGP with 16pts 9rebs, Halim Mohd Noor 13pts, Lu Jun Siong & Fong Chang Chao both have 12pts. Those four players were damaging NZ painted area at most on fourth quarter. Playmaker Li Shi Keng had 11pts, 6 assists with 5/9 FG shooting, his first strong game with U21.
The victory eased SGP fans about their losses 79-85 from NZ on the last scrimmage games, and this also one of the important ones for Singapore to start their gruelin stretch, as Hongkong, Australia and the host Taiwan are awaiting.
Singapore will face their neighbour country, U21 Malaysia, on next week Monday 7pm.
Last edited by SGP_BigBen(SGP-U21-Manager) at 1/2/2012 8:55:32 AM