2nd Round Game 3 : Singapore drowned Hongkong 91-79, 3-0 now.
Unbelieveable, it is three straight now.
Trailing 33-37 at halftime. Singapore started third quarter with 22-7 run behind Fong Chang Chao & Lu Jun Siong hot hands, and found themselves leading 55-44 near end of 3rd quarter. But Singapore come into a warning sign, after starting bigman Halim Mohd Noor had to leave court after collecting his sixth foul.
4th quarter. Singapore still hanging through with Li An Wen starting to score, keep holding the lead 77-67 with 4 minutes left, before HK six-figured-salary man, Kong Say Wee lead a final run to cut the deficit into 77-74 after Yew Lut Hin 3 pointer. Singapore didn't back down as Fong Chang Chao hit another jumper to extend the lead 79-74. Chan Da Ah & Lu Jun Siong also come into the picture, with the most crucial when Lu grabbed an offensive rebounds, run an isolation play for himself and converted a spinmove shot over smaller Mok Cheng Fatt for 83-76 lead. Hongkong run out of gas and keep letting Singapore converting Free Throws, and the game ended at 91-79 for Singapore.
Fong lead Singapore with 19pts & 7rebs, Mohd Noor has 16pts, Lu Jun Siong & Li An Wen each has 12pts.
Hongkong were lead by their hundred million HOF Kong Say Wee with 30pts (12/19 FG) & 14rebs, and followed by Yew Lut Hin with 20pts & 11rebs, but received very little help from other teammate, as none of them scored in double digit.
With the victory over Hong Kong, that would be the first time in the history for Singapore U21.
Singapore will face another big team, Australia, on their next week match.
Last edited by SGP_BigBen(SGP-U21-Manager) at 1/16/2012 8:58:08 PM