(Reported by Mark, minor edits by Wee Xuan)
Even before the start of the game, we could see that all of their players were bigger and taller than us. Their play was simple. Move around, get ball in the paint and throw it up, then go for a rebound put-back. Our defense was decent but we still allowed them to get many offensive rebounds. We should have boxed all of them out of the area because we will definitely lose to them if we tip the ball with them.
In the third quarter, the pressured us when we were starting the ball. Due to our inexperience, we made bad passes allowing them to catch up. This happened a few times, for example, in the third quarter, they were down by 6 points, but managed to catch up and tie with us in a short time span of less than 2 minutes.
Still, we played good basketball, with a good number of fast breaks which we converted. We also did as what was instructed by the coach, and thus we ran the offense very well, with lots of good passes.
However, this game was an extremely physical game, with both sides pulling and pushing each other, and the opponents using vulgarities. Nevertheless, even if the opponents were calling us names, or playing dirty with us, we should not lose our temper, or sneer at them when we get the basket plus the foul. If we do so, we not only not be able to concentrate on shooting the free throws, we will also play a bad game overall. Moreover, we should not follow the opponents, and purposely hurt others, or even kick the ball just because you are not happy. (Correction by WeeXuan: we should not be played by our opponent mind games' and follow suit to foul them.) Not only will you get a technical foul, it also shows the poor sportsmanship in you.
Lastly, kudos to Kevin for scoring his first basket of the season. J
Scoring by quarters:
1st Quarter -- UWC 11 RI 4
2nd Quarter -- UWC 7 RI 12
3rd Quarter -- UWC 9 RI 16
4th Quarter -- UWC 10 RI 16
MVPs:
RI: Ming Jun and Phi
SAS: #16
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