S18 - Round 4 - Big 3rd quarter carried Compassvale United defeat Sessioes Doers 96-81.
The team is winning, the fans are starting to believe.
Given another chance in front of their fans for an important match, CPU didn't dissapoint, used a solid 2nd half to bury down the SD 96-81.
The biggest turning point was on the middle of 3rd quarter, where CPU reserve Pun Cheng Li made lots of key plays, bullied to the baskets, hitting free throws, and even go for passing lanes and a fastbreak layup. CPU outscored SD 30-15 at 3rd.
Ricardo Paz tried to rally SD back, but Pun Cheng Li just keep firing and Jonathan Gosse was clicking on his jumpers. SD fell behind by 10 with 1 minute left in the game and unable to mount back again.
Pun led CPU with 29pts 15rebs, Lin Baoxiang has 17pts 15rebs. Giovanni Dushku has 16pts and Jonathan Gosse scored 15pts.
Ricardo Paz led SD with 33 pts. Eike Balkhausen has 11pts 13rebs and 4blks.
Meanwhile at Fantasy Arena, Pekanbaru Jaguars were able to survive Final Fantasy XIII 4th quarter comeback, won by 81-67. The lead were 71-62 in less than a minute, but FFXIII scored 5 quick points to cut into 71-67. Jaguars' Hugo Truupold able to draw fouls on 3pt land on next possession, hitting two of three. And next, FFXII unable to convert any FG and had to hung their head for home loss to Jaguars.
Tsampiakos Isaias led Jaguars with 34pts but committed 5 turnovers. Arif Salim has 16pts 14rebs but also caused 6 turnovers. Petrus Alexandersson has 14pts and 27rebs.
Giuseppe Chiari & Huang Guobang each scored 14pts for Final Fantaxy XIII.
Rest of matches, SBBL Team Sleeps were eliminated by Jie Of Team 86-111. Ex SGP U21 Loy Leong Shun powered JIE with 22pts and 11rebs.
Div II favourite FutureSG were clamped by WeRChamp 98-108. Singaporean Soh Qiang Leong scored game high 30pts 15rebs for FutureSG, but still not enough to crack down the home team. 200k bigman Nunzio Menaballi led weRchamp with 28pts 15rebs.
Another SBBL , SaungHninPwint, finally fallen to Div II team Botanical Garden Survivors 102-55. BGS, unexpectedly put on full effort to banish out one of the tournament favourite SHP. Tan Zuhua led BGS with 27pts 7asts. SGP players Ekaraj Bhardwaj has 24pts and Mohd bin Rumi scored 16pts 11rebs.
Round 5 highlights :
1.Eric United (Div SBBL - rank 3) vs Shwe Toe Ngal (SBBL - rank 12)
The B3 performers and best offense teams in Singapore, Eric United will visit one of the most improved Singapore teams Shwe Toe Ngal. If you look at how STN played on their home court, you will know that Eric United will be in trouble. Sporting a quality PF Jakub Ejankowski and big nerve floor captain Vratislav Altman, STN suddenly owns the odds for this one.
2.Singapore Slashers (Div II.3 - rank 31) vs Compassvale United (SBBL - rank 10)
Buckle up, Compassvale. The Slashers beat Pekanbaru Jaguars and Singapore Showstoppers on last season. This season, Slashers don't look like they are having a dominator like last season Marijan Vucenovic. But U21 Irfan Abdul Hamid should be marked down here, because he was dropping 50pts killer to eliminated Jaguars last season.
3.Fat Alexander (SBBL - rank 4) vs Esplanade BC (SBBL - rank 8)
Similar fate with Eric United, Fat-A are going to face a tough game as they visit to the "suddenly fierce" ESP team. Dimos Tsemperlidis will be on the spotlight on this game, as he is facing the smaller Foong Chin Huat, and could have his best night by overpowering Fong.