By Les Tan

Dunman High vs Ngee Ann

Ngee Ann’s Samuel Driscoll (#8) tries to block Dunman High’s Neo Ka Jun ( #11) on a layup. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

CCAB, Thursday, August 2, 2007 – Dunman beat Ngee Ann 30-23 to go top of their group in the adidas It Takes 5ive Tournament.

Little separated these two sides as they fought it out in this Group A encounter. Dunman High, who had already beaten Chung Cheng 50:41 in their first game, held the slight edge at the end of the first quarter leading 9-6. Dunman led their lead slip through their fingers though as Ngee Ann came fighting back in the second quarter, outscoring Dunman High 7-4 to even things up at 13-13 at half time.

Things remained tight in the third quarter with both teams scoring eight points apiece to bring the score to 21-21 by the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Ngee Ann’s captain Tan Rong Shun (#4) fouled out and that changed the nature of the game. Dunman High broke through and outscored Ngee Ann 9-2 in the quarter to finish the game 30-23 winners. Dunman High’s #9 was the team’s top scorer with 10 points while teammate #13 contributed nine points.  Ngee Ann’s Liu Jing (#8), Md Haikal (#12) and Joel (#7) contributed most of the points for their team but it was not enough on the day.

Ngee Ann:

#4 Tan Rong Shun
#5 Ng Yong Hao
#6 Jasper
#7 Ruban s/o Paramasivam
#8 Samuel Jordan Driscoll
#9 Hadi Sng
#10 Low Wei Cong
#11 Tan Jia Kang
#12 Liu Jing
#13 Eric Leong
#14 Joel
#15 Haikal

Dunman High:

#4 Toby Fong
#5 Isaac Low
#6 Justinn Toon
#7 Fraser Tiong
#8 kwong Zhen Wen
#9 Peh Junjie
#10 Gabriel Choong
#11 Neo Ka Jun
#12 Justin Seah
#13 Gordon Shiau
#14 Yeong Jin Zhi
#15 Lim ZiYi

Dunman High vs Ngee Ann

Dunman High’s Justin Seah (#12) goes on a layup while Ngee Ann’s Samuel Driscoll defends. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Dunman High vs Ngee Ann

Ngee Ann’s Hadi Sng (#9, in white) looks for an open teammate while Dunman High’s #9 defends. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Dunman High vs Ngee Ann

A Dunman High free throw underway. (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Dunman High vs Ngee Ann

Dunman High’s Peh Jun Jie (#9) drives through a Ngee Ann defence of Tan Rong Shun (#4) and his teammate Liu Jing. (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

More action shots in the Picture Gallery.