Singapore Basketball Centre, Sunday, 4 July, 2010 — It was their toughest test yet as both teams had remained unbeaten throughout the tournament so far.

Yet Singapore Schools rose to the challenge to beat an impressive T-Net@Bukit Merah under-17 girls team 66-50 to qualify unbeaten for the semi-finals. They will next face Jurong West Secondary team on Wednesday, 7 July at 7.00pm.

The first quarter was a cagey affair as both teams matched each other point for point. Singapore Schools held a slight advantage of 19-13 after the first quarter on the back of two 3-pointers from Singapore Schools forward Ng Su Rui (#8), also from Jurong West Secondary.

But the game broke open in the second quarter when an aggressive man-to-man defense by Singapore Schools yielded numerous fast break opportunities. Singapore Schools shooting guard Janice Ong (#9) chipped in with five points to extend her team’s lead to 34-20.

T-Net@Bukit Merah were by no means done, however. Led by their impressive point guard Violet (#7), currently studying in Manjusri Secondary, they prevented Singapore Schools from running away in the third quarter. This was despite a good performance from Deanna Ng (#7) from Singapore Schools, who drove to the basket for 7 points.

Violet continued her rich scoring form into the fourth quarter, eventually emerging top-scorer with 22 points, including four 3-pointers, although her team still lost against the stronger Singapore Schools team.

However, T-Net@Bukit Merah can take heart from the fact that they managed to qualify for the semi-finals as well, facing an unbeaten Qun Yan in the other game on Wednesday.

Scoring by Quarters
T-Net@Bt Merah v Singapore Schools
1st Q: 13-19
2nd Q: 7-15
3rd Q: 13-19
4th Q: 13-13

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See 4th Quarter:

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

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First Round Girls (17 and under) Fixtures (correct at time of posting)

DATETIMETEAMPTSTEAMPTSGRP
Sat, 5 Jun1600S'pore Min Chong Sports Club64Teck Ghee CSC70A
1600Qun Yan61Unity Sec Alumni28A
1730Kaixuan40Jurong West Sec56A
1730Fu Tian Dian Athletic Assn38Singapore Schools70B
1900Eng Tat Hornets65Stackers29B
1900T-Net @ Bt Merah East47T-Net @ Bt Merah48B
Sun, 13 Jun1300Teck Ghee CSC55Unity Sec Alumni61A
1300Jurong West Sec40Qun Yan66A
1430S'pore Min Chong Sports Club53Kaixuan36A
1430Singapore Schools101Stackers27B
1600T-Net @ Bt Merah62Eng Tat Hornets39B
1600Fu Tian Dian Athletic Assn44T-Net @ Bt Merah East51B
Sun, 20 Jun1730T-Net @ Bt Merah East38Singapore Schools64B
1730Stackers32T-Net @ Bt Merah64B
1900Eng Tat Hornets37Fu Tian Dian Athletic Assn40B
1900Kaixuan34Teck Ghee CSC49A
2030Unity Sec Alumni33Jurong West Sec36A
2030Qun Yan48S'pore Min Chong Sports Club35A
Sat, 3 Jul1600Teck Ghee CSC51Qun Yan56A
1600S'pore Min Chong Sports Club55Jurong West Sec67A
1730Kaixuan28Unity Sec Alumni38A
1730Singapore Schools82Eng Tat Hornets8B
1900Fu Tian Dian Athletic Assn35T-Net @ Bt Merah49B
1900T-Net @ Bt Merah East67Stackers32B
Sun, 4 Jul1600T-Net @ Bt Merah50Singapore Schools66B
1600Stackers21Fu Tian Dian Athletic Assn64B
1730Eng Tat Hornets46T-Net @ Bt Merah East72B
1730Jurong West Sec56Teck Ghee CSC40A
1900Unity Sec Alumni75S'pore Min Chong Sports Club42B
1900Qun Yan43Kaixuan22B
Wed, 7 Jul1900Singapore Schools61Jurong West34Semi
1900Qun Yan55T-Net @ Bt Merah54Semi
Sat, 10 Jul1600Jurong West Sec45T-Net @ Bt Merah463rd/4th
1900Singapore Schools61Qun Yan54Final

First Round Girls (19 and under) Fixtures (correct at time of posting)

DATETIMETEAMPTSTEAMPTSGRP
Sat, 5 Jun2030Eng Tat Hornets59Jurong West Sec16A
2030Stackers26T-Net Club @ Bt Merah58A
Sun, 6 Jun1000Kg Ubi Kembangan CSC75The Amazons32B
1000Zhenghua YEC28Qun Yan63B
Sat, 12 Jun2030The Amazons29Zhenghua YEC43B
2030Qun Yan52Kg Ubi Kembangan CSC49B
Sun, 13 Jun1000Jurong West Sec41Stackers43A
1130T-Net Club @ Bt Merah52Eng Tat Hornets44A
Sat, 19 Jun1600Eng Tat Hornets68Stackers32A
1600T-Net Club @ Bt Merah67Jurong West Sec22A
1730Kg Ubi Kembangan CSC60Zhenghua YEC33B
1720Qun Yan90The Amazons21B
Wed, 7 Jul2030T-Net Club @ Bukit Merah53Kg Ubi Kembangan CSC55Semi
2030Qun Yan62Eng Tat Hornets54Semi
Sat, 10 Jul1730T-Net Club @ Bukit Merah67Eng Tat Hornets553rd/4th
2030Kg Ubi Kembangan CSC60Qun Yan59Final