Story by REDintern Tamara Lie. Photos by REDintern Dylan Chua.

Kai Xuan (CHS #4) surveys the court on offence. He finished with a team-high 11 points in the victory. (Photo  © REDintern Dylan Chua)

Kai Xuan (CHS #4) surveys the court on offence. He finished with a team-high 11 points in the victory. (Photo 1 © REDintern Dylan Chua)

Singapore Basketball Centre, Wednesday, January 27, 2016 – Catholic High School defeated Punggol 74-27 for their fourth straight win in the North Zone B Division Basketball Championship.

Punggol’s Roshan Ahmad (#6) had a game high of 14 points while four players from Catholic High contributed 11 points each for the win.

Catholic High played their best in the first quarter with both an aggressive offense and tight defence. Punggol were unable to penetrate their defence and resorted to shooting from outside the paint.

Punggol’s Roshan Ahmad (#6) led his team with a 3-point shot towards the end of the first quarter. However, they only managed five points and ended the quarter trailing 5-26.

Catholic High continued to pressure Punggol in the second quarter and scored many baskets from fast breaks. Punggol, pressured by Catholic High, made many mistakes which gave Catholic High the advantage. Evan (#69) from Catholic High sank a three-point shot towards the end of the quarter to give his team a 42-point lead.

Punggol fought hard despite the large score difference and played their best in the third quarter. Colin (#8) scored Punggol’s first basket in the third quarter with a 3-pointer to start a series of 3s by Punggol. Punggol made four more 3-point shots for the rest of the game but it was not enough to overcome Catholic’s high’s large lead from the first two quarters.

Catholic High did not play as well in the last two quarters but still managed to outscore Punggol and win 74-27.

Catholic High’s Travis (#3) said, “We had good defence and offence as we used the fast break to our advantage. We hope to bring this level to our next game. I think we can improve on our 3-point percentage and speed.”

Catholic High next face Deyi Secondary while for Punggol, this was their final game of the season as they did not qualify for the next round.

Score by Quarter
Catholic High vs Punggol
1st Quarter: 26-5
2nd Quarter: 25-4 (51-9)
3rd Quarter: 11-10 (62-19)
4th Quarter: 12-8 (74-27)

Top Scorers
Cat high
Kai Xuan (#4) – 11 points
Luke (#5) – 11 points (1 x 3-pointer)
Keith (#15) – 11 points
Evan (#69) – 11 points (3 x 3-pointer)

Punggol
Roshan Ahmad (#6) – 14 points (3 x 3-pointer)

Catholic High Roster
Evan (#69), Kai Xuan (#4), Travis (#3), Luke (#5), Jay (#11), Yao En (#2), Gideon (#91), Yiheng (#27), Joshua (#7), Justin Lee (#1), Keith (#15), Choon Leng (#22)

Punggol Roster
Nicholas (#4), Iad (#5), Roshan Ahmad (#6), Jia Song (#7), Colin (#8), Rohan Ravichandran (#9), Brandon Tan Shen Kai (#10), Tan Jun Liang (#11), Ryan Lim Bao Tian (#12), Lim Zhi Yu Kendrix (#13), Verrandy Djajadi (#14), Tan Wei Yuan Mike (#15)

North Zone B Division Basketball Championship – fixtures and results

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