B Division Nationals Round 2 game 2: Raffles Institution vs North Vista Secondary (42-64)

Raffles Institution vs North Vista Secondary (42-64)


Points by Quarter:

             1st-------2nd-------3rd-------4th
RI-------14--------8----------7--------13
NVS----18-------10---------12--------24


The game started off with both teams driving in and attacking the basket with much ease as we both ran our offense well, getting high percentage shots. We made use of our half court offense to get drives to the paint and one on one opportunities whereas North Vista had most of their points come off fastbreaks. It was more of the same in the 2nd quarter as we both continued to pour in points at a steady rate, neither side being able to pull away. After the first 20 mins, we were only down by 6 points.

However, it was the 3rd quarter once again which was our downfall as we started being extremely careless with the ball, turning it over at our own side of the court and giving them easy baskets as our defense could not run back in time. They also forced some of our turnovers by aggressively double teaming our players and covering passing lanes very well. This allowed them to outscore us by 5 points in the quarter and stretched their lead all the way to 11 points.

The onslaught continued as they also started crashing the offensive boards and getting many putbacks. These easy baskets allowed inside eventually blew the game wide open. While we did a good job protecting the 3 point line, making sure we limited the number of 3 point shots they made, we could not contain their drives as they were able to kick it out for 3 point shots immediately when their drives got covered. We had to pick our poison with their offense running like a well-oiled machine. Eventually their offense was too much for us to handle and they emerged victorious.

This loss has eliminated us from the Nationals for this year. However, we have not finished playing our games yet and will have a rematch once again against a familiar foe in ACS (Barker Road). Game will be played on thursday at 4pm as both us and ACS (Barker Road) have been eliminated from the Nationals with North Vista Secondary and Dunman Secondary proceeding on to the semi finals.