RI vs Pierce

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25th January 2007

Raffles showed up with a stellar shooting performance and a highly commendable rebounding game as we beat Pierce Secondary 87-33. The game started off with both teams trading baskets and Pierce looked prepared to stop us in our tracks. As we know, basketball is a team game and the occasional slip up and unawareness of one our players on defense resulted in a frustrating and tough first half as we couldn't pull away from Pierce by more than 10 points. Pierce even saw a glimmer of hope when they sunk a 'hope-for-the-best' shot from half court with 1.67 seconds left in the second quarter, closing the gap to 10 points.

However, we stepped our game up and overwhelmed the Pierce team in the second half. Tenacious defence resulted in several steals. Good shooting by the backcourt, fierce offensive rebounding and second chance baskets also contributed, as we outscored Pierce 50-6 in the second half. We out-hustled them and they ran out of gas in the end.

We managed to rotate the full team and had a good game to prepare ourselves for Newtown next Tuesday. Raffles is technically through to the second round, with the top spot to fight for in our remaining game of the 1st stage. Newtown won't be easy, but if we show up with determination and intensity like today's, we'll be able to match up/overcome any team in Singapore. We won't be looking at the chances of drawing Gan Eng Seng & Catholic High in the second round, instead, we'll be looking to win every game - the way a Championship team would want to play in the National Finals.

Defence wins games. Rebounds win Championships.

Dream.Team.Fight.Win

We face New Town on Tuesday, 30/1 1300 hrs and the draw for the second round is on the 9th of February. Semifinals on 2/3/07 1500 hrs and Final 8/3 1500 hrs, if we get there