Raffles Institution vs National Junior College (51-24)
This game against NJC was very crucial for both of the teams as both teams needed this win in order to advance into the second round. Thus we had prepared a lot for this game and put in tremendous effort in order to secure this win. After the tip-off, neither teams were able to get their engines pumped up and nobody was scoring for the first few minutes or so. However, we were able to find a way out of this stalemate with our vice-captain first knocking down a free-throw. Our offence then ran like a well-oiled engine and before we know it, we were already leading by 11 points by the end of the first quarter. The second quarter concluded with us easily outscoring NJC by another 8 points.
However in the third quarter, the tables turned as NJC started to break free of our full-court pressure easily, scoring many easy baskets. We also made several unnecessary fouls while trying to stop their lay-ups. These factors allowed NJC to score 12 points in the third quarter, while we only made 10 points. In the last quarter, the situation had gotten better but we still cannot stop the opponents from scoring. This could be due to our poor stamina as we had trained very little on stamina to begin with. Even though we did not stop them as effectively as before in our defense, we responded them by scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter, while NJC only scored 9. As the referee blew the final whistle, we emerged as victors, winning the game by a steady 27 points.
In general, we had a good game this time while NJC had a rather poor performance. There are still many areas for improvement for example how our rebound could be much better in the third quarter. We also have many more things to work on our full-court pressure as on several occasions, the opponent just drove past our pressure with ease. The next game against Guangyang will be critical as if we win, we will advance as the group champions but if we lose, there is a huge possibility that we would be knocked out in round 1. Guangyang currently has lost none of their games.
Points by Quarter
1st --------- 2nd -------- 3rd --------- 4th
RI: 12 10 10 19
NJC: 1 2 12 9
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