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Singapore Basketball Centre, Sunday, April 19, 2009 – Home United Basketball Club (HUBC) beat the National University of Singapore (NUS) 76-40 in an intense and fast-paced National Basketball League Division 1 match to show why they have been the Division 1 champions for six years running.

Home United's Koh Meng Koon (#10) and Koong Kum Hoong (#9) led the way, with Meng Koon hitting five three-point shots and Kum Hoong scoring many of the fast break points.

Home United opened the match with a three-point jumpshot and never looked back. Their superb defense shut down NUS and limited NUS to only four points in the first period, while taking a huge 21-point lead. However, NUS came back strong in the second period and started sinking in their shots.

In the third period, both teams defended hard and there was no scoring for the first three minutes. Both sides kept turning over the ball as they tried to get past the defense to no avail before the deadlock was broken by NUS with a shot from within the paint. Yet they were unable to keep Home United's firepower in check and were outscored in every quarter.

Home United were just too quick on the counter and the fourth period saw Home United finishing up the job they had started.

Credit to NUS for showing grit and determination throughout the entire match even though they were behind by such a large difference.

After this victory, Home United will be up against Min Yi, a formidable team with five national players. They will play this coming Saturday (25 Apr) at 8.30pm. It will be an exciting match that fans can look forward to.

Match Statistics

Home United
Mitchell (#4), 10 pts, Fouls: 0
Alan Lim Shijie (#5), nil
Shanmugadas (#6), 2 pts, Fouls: 2
Tan Kee Chai Jason (#7), nil
Derrick Aw Chi Tong (#8), 4 pts, Fouls: 0
Koong Kum Hoong (#9), 11 pts, Fouls: 0
Koh Meng Koon (#10), 17 pts, Fouls: 0
Chua Boon Heng (#11), nil
Gary Koh Kok Siang (#12), 9 pts, Fouls: 1
Khng En Ning (#13), 4 pts, Fouls: 0
Wang Weizhi (#14), 6 pts, Fouls: 4
Teo Chun Hoe (#15), 10 pts, Fouls: 0
Tay Wee Khong (#16), 2 pts, Fouls: 0
Victor Tan Han Qiang (#17), 1 pt, Fouls: 0
Melvin Tan Wee Yao (#18), nil

NUS
#4, 3 pts, Fouls: 1
#5, 0 pts, Fouls: 2
#6, 10 pts, Fouls: 0
#7, nil
#8, 3 pts, Fouls: 1
#9, 6 pts, Fouls: 2
#10, nil
#11, nil
#12, 16 pts, Fouls: 4
#13, nil
#14, nil
#15, 2 pts, Fouls: 0
#16, 0 pts, Fouls: 1
#17, nil
#18, 0 pts, Fouls: 1