Tagawa Blue and Singapore Schools win in contrasting fashions in U17 basketball (and other results)

Singapore Basketball Centre, Wednesday, 23 June, 2010 — Tagawa Blue rode on a greater strength in depth to outlast Minyi Youth in a top-of-the-table Group Y clash. With the 60-47 win, Tagawa Blue preserved their unbeaten record in the boys U17 competition.

Both teams came well-prepared with their game plans. Tagawa Blue looked to create scoring opportunities through their skilful guard play while Minyi Youth relied on their aggressive defense and three-point shooting.

For a while, Minyi Youth looked to be the more successful team when their forwards #7 and #11 connected on their long range shots to give their team an early 8-2 advantage. However, their aggressive defense soon found them in foul trouble and that allowed Tagawa to creep back into the game. Surprisingly, Tagawa ended the quarter 11-8 up.

In the subsequent quarters, Tagawa began to settle into their offensive rhythm, especially with their guards dictating the play. Tagawa also relied on a deeper bench to rotate their players, ensuring that the team remained fresh throughout the game.

As a result, nine of the 12 players in Tagawa got their names on the scoresheet and they never looked in danger of surrendering their lead after the first quarter, despite a late fightback by Minyi.

In contrast to the impressive Tagawa win, Singapore Schools laboured to 65-49 win over Tong Whye (Red) in a later Group X second round match.

Singapore Schools had started the match brightly, jumping to an early 23-11 lead through quick breakaway lay-ups.

However, perhaps due to the exertions of the players the previous day in their game against Indonesia, the Singapore Schools team could not sustain their efforts and allowed Tong Whye (Red) to snatch the second quarter 16-10.

Singapore Schools’ 1.97m centre Delvin Goh proved a stalwart in defense as he blocked numerous shot attempts by the Tong Whye players and contributed a game-high 18 points as well.

Scoring by Quarters
Minyi Youth v Tagawa Blue
1st Q: 8-11
2nd Q: 15-21
3rd Q: 10-9
4th Q: 14-19

Top Scorers
Tagawa Blue
Hibshamir Bin Ibrahim (#7) – 13 points
Pek Yong Kang (#11) – 12 points
Goh Zhong Jun Adam (#9) – 9 points
Yap Wei Liang (#10) – 8 points

Minyi Youth
Toh Yisin (#7) – 13 points
Lim Kai Jie Tasmann Laurentius (#15) – 12 points

See 1st Quarter Highlights:

See 2nd Quarter Highlights:

See 3rd Quarter Highlights:

See 4th Quarter Highlights:

Scoring by Quarters
Singapore Schools v Tong Whye (Red)
1st Q: 23-11
2nd Q: 10-16
3rd Q: 18-4
4th Q: 14-18

Top Scorers
Singapore Schools
Delvin Goh (#14) – 18 points
Kianhao (#7) – 16 points

Tong Whye (Red)
#6 – 11 points
Shervin (#9) – 11 points

See 4th Quarter Highlights:

For full fixtures and results, go to http://basketball.redsports.sg/

Second Round Boys (U17 and U19) Fixtures (correct at time of posting)