Seng Kang puts up little resistance in national basketball semi-final loss to Catholic High

Story contributed by reader Ian Chew

Jonathan Cher of Catholic High drives through the Seng Kang defence for 2 of his 10 points. (Photo 1 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Singapore Basketball Centre, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – A surprisingly lacklustre Seng Kang Secondary meekly surrendered the semi-final game to Catholic High 47-75 in the B Division National Basketball Championship.

The talented Seng Kang team, consisting of three national youth players, never recovered from going 0-7 down within the first 2 minutes of the game and went on to lose all three quarters to a well-oiled Catholic High offensive machine. They managed to eke out a 16-15 win in the fourth quarter, but not before the entire Catholic High bench had been substituted in the game.

Teo Kun You (#6, SKS) had a miserable afternoon, scoring 7 points in the first three quarters before sitting out the rest of the game.

On the other hand, Jabez Su of Catholic High led all scores with 27 points including four 3-pointers. He was also ably supported by teammates Dominic Lim (#10) with 9 points and Goh Kong Tat (#12) with 20 points. Every Catholic High player also featured in the semi-final game.

The only downside of an otherwise well-played game for Catholic High was the fouling out of centre Ming Xuan.

“I think we won with our defense when we managed to limit Seng Kang in scoring,” said Jonathan Cher, adding that he hoped to improve his performance in the next match.

The next match will be the exciting national championship final against Jurong Secondary on Tuesday, April 22, at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. Game time is uncertain but probably 3:30 p.m. We recommend you get there by 2:00 p.m. to get good seats and watch the girls’ final between Raffles Girls’ School and Nanyang Girls’ High.

Wong Kam Seng of Catholic High drives in. He only managed 1 point in the game however. (Photo 2 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Jabez Su of Catholic High goes for a layup. He scored a game high 27 points. (Photo 3 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Kam Seng takes aim while Seng Kang’s Kun You (#6) defends. (Photo 4 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Jabez looks for the basket while a Seng Kang player defends. (Photo 5 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Dominic Lim of Catholic High hits a jumper from the outside. He was also spot on from beyond the arc for 8 points in total.(Photo 6 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

A Jabez Su speciality – the fast break. (Photo 7 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Up he goes … (Photo 8 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Goh Kong Tat with a layup that Seng Kang’s Gary Tham (#15) can do little about. Kong Tat contributed 20 points for his team. (Photo 9 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Seng Kang’s Gerald (#4) tries to keep up with Jabez on another fast break … (Photo 10 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

… but keeping up with Jabez is a problem. (Photo 11 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Seng Kang’s Quek Laijun (#5) with a lookaway pass. (Photo 12 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Seng Kang’s Gerald (#4) drives through on a lay up. He scored 8 points. (Photo 13 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Patrick Shi (#11, SKS) on a successful lay up for 2 of his 8 points. (Photo 14 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

Gerald finds space to shoot from the outside. (Photo 15 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)

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