S18 - Round 3 - Wang Xiangjia's 39pts 21rebs, and a winning Free Throw brought Compassvale to edge Whampoa 107-106.
The rivalry never ends, even though they're at different diivision now.
Konrad Krassowski dagger 3 pointer almost brought Whampoa to overtime, but Fransiskus Detjen was called for Foul after stripping Wang Xiangjia dunk attempt, resulting Wang to hit one of two free throw for one point lead 107-106. After Whampoa timeout, they just can't find Krassowski and ended up Ng Chao Huat jacked a 3pointer that hit the front of rim. And Compassvale team jumped out for joy.
Krassowski scored 43pts, did everything he could to show up the fighter spirit of 4 time Champion Whampoa. Omri Arnon flirted with triple double as he scored 15pts 10rebs and 9asts. Detjen has 19pts and 9rebs.
Chow Chun May has 27pts and Li Baoxiang scored 10pts and 15rebs for Compassvale.
Meanwhile at Fantasy Arena, Waldemar Creytz scored 21pts to bring Final Fantasy XIII to eliminate Shohoku Backers 85-72. Shohoku's slow start was really cost them a lot, as they're just unable to battle back the aggresive FF9 inside play, resulted 20 free throws to FF9 and only 2 for Shohoku.
Jaras Gasiulis led Shohoku with 19pts. Sertug Acay had 12pts and 16rebs but only shot 6/16.
At Bobblehead arena, Eric United used their A-squad to overcome the "all-out" play by Bobblehead, won 114-97. Had known the opponent very well, EU didn't waste any time to build the big lead on first half, then try to nullify every Bobbleheads baskets on 2nd half. Fu Erqiang led EU with 22pts and 10assists. Peleg Schum has 21pts, and Augusto Gomes scored 16pts 6assists and 7steals. Zhao Xiaoyun led Bobblehead with 27pts.
The Pekanbaru Jaguars also escaped away from Dream Arena with a win 89-62 against last season Semifinalist Requiem Of Dream. The Jaguars had to fight hard for the win, they was commiting lots of fouls on the first half, until finally Tommy Kupila hot hands extend the lead to 20pts and unreachable by ROD. Kupila has 38pts and Tsampiakos Isaias has 31.
Ernesto Ceresi led ROD with 20pts 13rebs.
Round 4 highlights :
1. Sessioes Doers (Div SBBL - rank 8) vs Compassvale United (SBBL - rank 9)
Challenges continues for Compassvale United, as they will host another powerhouses, Sessioes Doers. Expect an interesting battle between CPU bigmen (Wang Xiangjia, Li Baoxiang, Lin Chuan Loong) with SD's (Eike Balkhausen, Phil Hanson).
2. Pekanbaru Jaguars (SBBL - rank 1) vs Final Fantasy XIII (Div 2.1 - rank 30)
Jaguars face another strong Div II team. Although FF9 ranked lower than ROD, their victory against Shohoku Backers is a quality W.