RJC - AJC

Final score:
RJC 55-62 AJC

They say, "Offense brings entertainment, defense wins games and rebounds win championships". For a game we lost by a mere 7 points, defense was horrible and rebounds on both ends of the court was unbelievably shameful and suicidal.

This is a game lost on the boards. We started neck to neck ending the 1st quarter 13-13. When AJC started to pull away with 10 point leads, we never gave up and tried to pull closer each time. Lady luck was on our side and we were hitting our shots from downtown quite well - 11 team 3pointers by the end of the game (considering we were shooting about 20% from the 3 point line since game 1). However, everytime we tried to cut AJC's lead, their national player #9 would get an offensive rebound, score the second chance points and we, back at square one, could only whine and beg for proper block outs on the defensive boards. AJC's #6 also hit several crucial dagger 3 pointers that consistently hindered our efforts in making a run to cut their lead.

In the end, impressive composure by AJC's #6, a good outing at the 3 point line and a near 20-20 performance by their center #9 secured their victory. Our imbalance scoring at the offensive end, coupled with our decision to play the 2-2-1 despite AJC's success at press breaking made sure that the 7 point lead was insurmountable.