Raffles Institution vs Guang Yang Secondary

Raffles Institution vs Guang Yang Secondary (53-35)

Points by Quarter:

1st-----2nd-----3rd-----4th
12------17------12------12-------Raffles
6--------8-------10------11-------Guang Yang

Guang Yang was our last opponent for round one and both schools were fighting for the top place in the group. Although both teams would get into the second round anyway, we still took the game very seriously. However, most of us were nervous as we knew that Guang Yang would definitely be better than the previous three schools that we had met and as a result, we did not play properly and had unnecessary turnovers. The score in the 1st quarter was thus quite close at 12-6. However in the second quarter, we were all warmed up and started to pull away, creating a 15 point separation between ourselves and Guang Yang and held the lead throughout the rest of the way. Though we won, it was worth noting that in the 3rd and 4th quarters, we only managed to outscore them by 2 points and 1 point respectively. This was disappointing as our school is known for fighting all the way to the end and never giving up. We seemed to relax a little during the 2nd half which should not be the case. We did well on our perimeter shooting for this game as well as we were able to score 5 three pointers, which was the most we have ever scored in one game in the first round. This game helped us gain some confidence on our perimeter shooting. It was a good game, but we are now entering the second round where things would not be as easy and we cannot afford to be complacent.