RI beats Guangyang

In a rather lacklustre performance, RI beat Guangyang Secondary School by a score of 55-40. It was a frustrating game, coupled with several instances of horrible defence. The energy level of the team was on generally on a low and some players were not prepared to come off the bench to play hard and fight. That resulted in us not being able to pull away by from Guangyang Secondary by more than 23 points even after outscoring them in the first three quarters. They outscored us 16-11 in the final quarter.

Despite all these, the perimeter players had a decent shooting game. Still, we couldn't dominate on the boards as much as we wish we would have. The opposite #13 was quite a handful, getting several rebounds on both ends, and often pulling our post players out to the the 3 point line and hitting a couple of 3s from downtown.

Overall, it was not a performance that we desired and RI would need to work on our focus and preparation over the Chinese New Year break. Only discipline and prepared minds will aid us in overwhelming Outram Secondary on the 21st of February which is the game deciding the runners-up for the group. They won't let us walk all over them, so we better be ready to fight hard just like how a Raffles team would, in the past, in the future and now!

Loss to Gan Eng Seng

In a poor game today, we lost to Gan Eng Seng 68-45. We were neck to neck with them in the first quarter, despite some no calls from the referee. But our main players were still not completely recovered from injury, and some of our players were sidelined with illness.

The main problem was the lack of rebounding and effort. The rebounds were snatched by Gan Eng Seng and they had many many second chance opportunities. We managed to go within seven points in the fourth quarter afer being down by 13. However, some poor decisions by us and fouls, and a period of no shots going in, changed the flow of the game and we did not manage to get it back into our rhythm, and we ended up losing.

We will have to see how Outram vs GES turns out on Wednesday. Until then, we will just do our best in the remaining games, and fight to the end.

Next match Guangyang Friday 16 Feb

South Zone 2nd Round

The draw for 2nd Round of South Zone Basketball Tournament was quite even.

Group X: Cat High, New Town, Queensway, Queenstown, Peicai
Group Y: Gan Eng Seng, RI, Outram, Guangyang, Henderson

12 Feb Monday 1415hrs: Gan Eng Seng vs RI
16 Feb Friday 1530hrs: Guang Yang vs RI
21 Feb Wednesday 1530hrs: Outram Sec vs RI
26 Feb Monday 1530hrs: RI vs Henderson