Raffles Institution vs St. Andrew's Secondary

Raffles Institution vs St. Andrew's Secondary (62-31)

Points by Quarter:

1st-----2nd-----3rd-----4th
13------11------15------29-------Raffles Institution
11-------5-------5--------9-------St. Andrew's Secondary

We started off really poorly in this game against St. Andrew's, allowing them to go on an 8-0 run to start the game in the first quarter. This was largely due to the fact that we were not confident in ourselves at the start of the game. However in the later part of the first, we were able to catch up and go on a run of our own, claiming the lead. The most serious problem with our performance in this game was our fouling. We constantly reached in to try to steal the ball and did not slide with them enough to beat them to the spot, resulting in us being called for blocking and reach-in fouls. This got us into the penalty really early in the quarter, and if we do this against stronger teams, it would definitely cost us the game. Also, the defense at the help side has to remember to always help out on the ball man, or else without help, there will be a clear way to the basket for the opponents. Despite our sloppy start, we played and fought hard for the rest of the way, building on our lead with every quarter that went by. Unlike the previous game against Guang Yang where we became complacent in the second half, we fought even harder, holding them to single digits in both the 3rd and the 4th and this allowed us to reach the target set by our coach of scoring 60 points. It is a good thing that we were able to hit the target set by our coaches and hopefully give us momentum into the next 3 games.