BASKETBALL
adidas It Takes 5ive Schools Basketball Championship
Commonwealth Secondary School vs Jurong West Scondary School
Thursday, 23 August 2007 at CCAB
Update and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures
Commonwealth beat Jurong West 42-40 in a closely-fought match to book their place in the semifinals against Anglo-Chinese School (International).
Ong Ding Xiang of Commonwealth goes for a layup. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports
Leading 13-11 after the first quarter, Commonwealth soon found themselves on the backfoot in the second quarter when Jurong West outscored them 7-15 to lead 26-20. In a low-scoring third quarter, both teams only managed four points apiece to go into the fourth quarter with Jurong West leading 30-24. But Commonwealth found new energy to score six points to reduce the gap to one and make it 30-31. From then on, both teams traded points with Jurong West still able to keep their noses in front at 39-38. However, they just could not hold the lead and Commonwealth drew level at 40-40 before a final basket by Jordan Kwong (#13) of Commonwealth sealed victory for his team.
The semifinal between Commonwealth and ACS(Int’l) begins at 1 pm on Monday, 27 August 2007 at the Singapore Basketball Centre.
Commonwealth:
#4 Loh Shiah Leei
#5 Lee Ke Qing
#6 Loh Chuen Gio
#7 Ong Ding Xiang
#8 Teo Zhi Xiang
#9 Jason Heng
#10 Ng Jing Siang
#11 Elston Ng
#12 Jason Lim
#13 Jordan Kwong
#14 Lee Shao Hao
#15 Ng Sheng Zhe
Jurong West:
No name list received
Top scorers:
Commonwealth: Jordan Kwong (12 pts)
Jurong West: #9 – (21 pts)
Editor’s note: More pictures in the gallery.
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