BASKETBALL

South Zone ‘C’ Division Boys
Guangyang Secondary vs Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Monday, 25 June 2007 at CCAB

Story and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures

Guangyang Secondary kicked off their ‘C’ Division Championship campaign by dominating Anglo-Chinese School (independent) 35-15 this afternoon in their South Zone encounter.


Marcus Tan of Guangyang (in white) goes on a layup despite the attention of Sean Lim of ACS(Ind). © Leslie Tan/red Sports

Guangyang showed they could play better as a team when they finished the first half with a lead of 16-9. Guangyang’s #11 Tan Cheng Khai was their most threatening player and he had the confidence to continually drive into the paint and execute layups.

In the third quarter, Guangyang’s dominance was such that they pulled away to 20-9 before ACS(I) could reply with a basket to bring it to 11-20.  Guangyang continued to pile on the points to go to 26-11 before #4 Sean Lim, captain of ACS(I) managed to steal the ball for a quick counter-attack and easy layup for two precious points to make the score 13-26.


#14 Jian Jie of ACS(Ind)  drives through a Guangyang defender on a layup. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

However, Guangyang were too good. They went on a 9-2 run and won the game comfortably 35-15 to start their campaign on a winning note.

"Our offense is acceptable," said a modest Tan Cheng Khai captain of the Guangyang team. "But our passing is a problem and our defense is not fast enough."


Tan Xun Man of Guanyang has eyes only for the basket as he prepares to release his jump shot. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Commenting on their lack of scoring, vice-captain of ACS(I), #8 Siri Wat said, " We needed to get open more often." Added his captain, #4 Sean Lim: "We need to work on our offense, on our passing, especially for our Shooting Guard. Also our fast breaks need to improve."

Guangyang and ACS(I) are in Group A together with Raffles Institution, Fairfield Methodist Secondary and Peicai Secondary. In another game today, Fairfield Methodist flattened Peicai Secondary 68-9 to register their first win of the season.


Guangyang’s Tan Xun Man drives up the court while Sean Lim of ACS(Ind) defends. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Team list:

Guangyang Secondary

#4 Brian Ng
#5 Jason Goh
#6 Johnathan Lee
#7 Aloysius Ng
#8 Kevin Yeo
#9 Tan Xun Man
#10 Tan Jun Jie
#11 Tan Cheng Khai
#12 Marcus Tan
#13 Jonathan Khoh
#14 Albert Chen
#15 Yi Zhuang

ACS(Ind)

#4 Sean Lim
#5 Zhang Peng
#6 kevin
#7 Jonathan
#8 Siri Wat
#9 Jamine
#10 Chao Cheng
#11 Joshua
#12 Yinn Liang
#13 Joel
#14 Jian Jie
#15 Zhi Hao

Editor’s note: If you recongise yourself or your teammates, or we got the names wrong, please let us know in the "comments" section. Thanks. More action shots in the Picture Gallery.