Story by Zachary Foo/Red Sports. Photos by Laura Lee/Red Sports.
Darren Ng (DMN #6) goes for a layup. (Photo 1 © Laura Lee/Red Sports)
Clementi Sports Hall, Monday, April 14, 2014 — Dunman Secondary (DMN) rolled past Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 73–63 in the second round of the National B Division Boys Basketball Championship.
Koh Jin Quan (ACS #11) led all scorers with 30 points in a valiant effort to keep his team in the game. Tan Yi Rong (DMN #12) paced his team with 23 points to secure the win.
Both teams were evenly matched in the first quarter. Dunman took a slight 16–14 lead at the end of the period.
Dunman started the second quarter on a 8–0 run, giving them a comfortable lead. Yi Rong (DMN #12) and Joshua Alas (DMN #7) showed some good defensive play in the period.
The third quarter saw Dunman stretch the lead to 20 points. Despite this, ACS never wavered. Jin Quan (ACS #11) led his team by example, fighting hard on each possession. He was the only player on his team to find consistent success against the Dunman defence.
Jin Quan’s (ACS #11) play lit a fire in the belly of the ACS players. They outscored Dunman in the fourth quarter by double digits, but it was not enough for them to overcome the huge deficit.
ACS will finish the season with a top-eight placing. This is an improvement from the previous year, where they finished in the top sixteen. Dunman will move on to the national semi-final, along with North Vista.
Dunman captain, Choo Tin Liang (#4), said, “Today was a pretty bad game for us. We were not focused enough and we did not have the hunger to win. We will try our best to win our next few games.”
Scoring by Quarter
Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) vs Dunman Secondary
1st Quarter: 14–16
2nd Quarter: 11–22 (25–38)
3rd Quarter: 10–19 (35–57)
4th Quarter: 28–16 (63–73)
Top Scorers
ACS(BR)
Koh Jin Quan (#11) – 30 points
Dunman
Tan Yi Rong (#12) – 23 points
ACS(BR) Roster
Cedric Sim (#4), Ritz Neo (#5), Misheel Bayaraa (#6), Michael Fiehl Jose Palero (#7), Jonathan Jian Bowness (#8), Kessler Teo (#9), Sherman Seet (#10), Koh Jin Quan (#11), Isaac Hwa En Hao (#12), Ong Kit Hou (#13), Kelvin Frany (#14), Akshay Anand (#15)
Dunman Roster
Choo Tin Liang (#4), Xu Teck Chong (#5), Darren Ng (#6), Joshua Alas (#7), Benedict Ong (#8), Shukri (#9), Choa Sheng Da (#10), Kong Yiroon (#11), Tan Yi Rong (#12), Liew Jia Ming (#13), Raymond Chu (#14), Delca Goh (#15)
B Division Boys Basketball Championship — Fixtures and Results
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