Lai Kuan (SMU #6) curled the ball into goal direct from a corner kick in the early minutes of the match for her first goal and repeated the same trick barely two minutes later to give SMU a lead that left SIT reeling. Lai Kuan could have scored a hat trick but she smacked a free kick in the closing minutes of the game against the horizontal bar.
Despite Peter Soo's (SMU #14) game-high 17 points, NTU's balanced scoring and defense gave them their home victory.
RP rained down 11 three-point shots with seven coming from Priscilla Wong (RP #5) who had a game-high 21 points.
Desmond Loh (RP #32) scored a game-high 14 points in his team's victory over SMU.
Peter Soo (SMU #4) had a game-high 22 points while Jonathan Teo (#10) led SP with 10.
Singapore Polytechnic (SP) survived a comeback by Singapore Management University (SMU) in the third quarter to win 44-39.
Singapore defeated France 2-0 to win the bronze medal.
This was the first win for NUS after they lost their previous matches against NTU and SIM. SMU finished fourth in the four-team tournament.
