BASKETBALL

adidas It Takes 5ive Schools Basketball Championship
Anglo-Chinese International (International) vs Greenview Secondary

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

Anglo-Chinese School (International) beat Greenview Secondary 61-39 to grab top spot in Group B and establish themselves as one of the favourites in the adidas It Takes 5ive Tournament.


Jonathan Ong of Greenview finds his way to the basket blocked off by Leonard Ishak of ACS(Int’l). © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

ACS(Int’l), who just missed out on making it to the National ‘C’ Division Basketball Championship, led 14-10 at the end of the 1st quarter. Greenview, who lost their first game 32:19 to Bishan Park, held their own in the 2nd quarter and matched ACS point-for-point. Both teams scored 12 points each to end the first half 26-22 in favour of ACS.


Jeremy Hutchings of Greenview takes aim while his bench looks on. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Led by Han Francisco who scored a game-high 21 points, ACS outscored Greenview 18-8 with strong contributions also from Jonathan Ng (19 points) and Darren Tan (13 points). Taking a 44-30 lead into the 4th quarter, ACS maintained their dominance, outscoring Greenview 17-9 in the final quarter to win the game 61-39. Greenview’s John Ng led the scoring for his team but their interest in the tournament ended with their second consecutive defeat.


Armstrong Koh of Greenview finds himself surrounded by ACS(Int’l) players Ken Nugroho (#7), Jonathan Ng (#9) and two others. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

ACS(Int’l):

#4 Daniel Leung
#5 Han Francisco
#6 Cleon Tan
#7 Ken Nugroho
#8 Darren Tan
#9 Jonathan Ng
#10 Maurice Sam
#11 Levin Woosnam
#12 Aviel Tan
#13 Han Kyung Ho
#14 Leonard Ishak

Greenview:

#4 Justin Yeong
#5 Joel Lim
#6 Daniel Low
#7 Jonathan Ong
#8 Armstrong Koh
#9 John Ng
#10 Melvin Goh
#11 Boey Sheng Hui
#12 Kevin Lee
#13 Elisha Phuah
#14 Jeremy James Hutchings
#15 Lim Tian Soon

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