RI 37 - 34 Fairfield

This was a close match from the beginning and we only started to pick up the pace in the 2nd quarter. We trailed behind by 1 point at the end of the 1st quarter. At the start of the 2nd quarter, our zone defense started to work out. However, we were just very rushed in this match and failed to listen to the coach's instructions. Luckily there was internal dispute among the opponents which helped us a little. In the last few seconds. the opponents started to foul us intentionally out of desperation. We managed to keep our cool and maintain possession.

This was a rather good match. We definitely have overachieved, but could have pushed harder and get even better results in this South Zone Tournament.

1st Quarter--RI 7 FMS 8

2nd Quarter--RI 8 FMS 13

3rd Quarter--RI 15 FMS 4

4th Quarter--RI 7 FMS 9

RI 50 - 60 Queensway

This was a really bad match, we were just not in the game throughout the whole match. We also had very low intensity showing that we just were not prepared. We lost mainly due to too many silly mistakes and poor weak side rebound.

Coach prepared us well for this match, but the moment we stepped into the court, we just did not play to what we trained. We failed to deny their key player, had bad weak-side rebound and outlet passes. Every time we caught up, we simply made several silly mistakes and gave the opponent the lead again. It was basically a really disappointing match.

1st Quarter--RI 7 QSS 15

2nd Quarter--RI 13 QSS 14

3rd Quarter--RI 11 QSS 14

4th Quarter--RI 19 QSS 17

RI 60 - 27 Pierce

This was the last match of Round 2. Our defense was not working out very well throughout this match. We had a 13 point lead in the first quarter and managed to maintain the lead, taking home this match.

Our main goal now is to defeat Queensway this Wednesday and progress to the finals to face off with Catholic High. Although we are quite familiar with Queensway, defeating them will not be an easy task(especially since we lost to them before), they have several skillful players and move the ball fast. We have to play extremely solid defense in order to emerge victorious.

1st Quarter--RI 20 PS 7

2nd Quarter--RI 12 PS 7

3rd Quarter--RI 7 PS 10

4th Quarter--RI 21 PS 3

RI 78 - 40 PeiCai

This was the first time we ever scored more than 70 points in any match we had played before. With this victory, we secured a spot in the semi-finals.

We started off the match with a close fight due to our inability to block the cutting lanes and stop the drives. We ended off the 2nd quarter losing 20-22. However in the 3rd quarter we managed to step up the pace and shoot consistently with slightly better defense. Thus, by the start of the 4th quarter we had gained a big lead(44-29). In the 4th quarter we played extremely good offense and scored 34 points in just 10 minutes!

We hope to improve ourselves as we will meet stronger teams like Cat High and Queensway in the semi-finals.

1st Quarter--RI 8 PCS 12

2nd Quarter--RI 12 PCS 10

3rd Quarter--RI 24 PCS 7

4th QUarter--RI 34 PCS 11

RI 67 - 66 Guangyang

This match was a very close and exhausting match and we only managed to win by a narrow margin. Our intensity was not as high as our previous match and our defense was not very good in the 1st quarter. We failed to deny their key player and had little help side defense, allowing the enemy to cut to the basket easily. We also had way too many fouls(24).

In the 2nd quarter we managed to play slightly better defense and offense. The game was still very close and we trailed behind by 3 points. However we manage to out score them in the 3rd quarter, making the score 41- 41. In the 4th quarter both teams fought hard to win the game but ended up with a tie 56 - 56 leading to overtime(OT).

In OT we managed to maintain our composure and concentration, play out our plays on the offensive end and secure our basket on the defensive end, allowing us to win. We also faced 2 difficulties in this match. No.1 2 of our key players were fouled out. No.2 another 2 of our players were injured.

We hope to win the next two matches and make it to the semi-finals as the top of our group.

1st Quarter--RI 14 GYS 16

2nd Quarter--RI 12 GYS 13

3rd Quarter--RI 15 GYS 12

4th Quarter--RI 15 GYS 15

OT--RI 11 GYS 10

RI 58 - 48 Fairfield Methodist

This was the first game of the 2nd round and we were up against quite a strong team with big players. We started off strong but as we entered the 2nd quarter some of us lost concentration. We played strong defense except for several leaks where their point guard was able to dribble all the way down. We managed to get back our momentum in the 3rd quarter and maintained the lead. This is probably one of our best games yet and we hope to strive to win the next few games and emerge as top in our group.

1st Quarter--RI 19 FMS 8

2nd Quarter--RI 9 FMS 13

3rd Quarter--RI12 FMS 10

4th Quarter--RI 18 FMS 17

RI 45 - 24 Gan Eng Seng

In this crucial match we managed to win by 21 points to secure a place in the 2nd round of the SZ Tournament. We played solid defense, with good help side and had few fouls. We got a big lead by the 2nd quarter, making us complacent, allowing the opponents to score fast breaks and open shots. They even managed to out score us in the 4th quarter

We hope to try and beat Fairfield Methodist-a strong team, on Friday.

1st Quarter--RI 10 GES 4

2nd Quarter--RI 17 GES 2

3rd Quarter--RI12 GES 8

4th Quarter--RI 10 GES 6

RI 57 - 24 Henderson Secondary

In this match we started off slow and played quite solid defense, stepping up the pace in the second quarter. We cut down on our fouls from 23 during the ACS Barker match to 8 fouls. However, our weak side rebound was not very good and a lot needs to be done in preparation for the crucial GES match.

We hope to win GES and proceed to the 2nd round.

1st Quarter RI 10 HSS 2

2nd Quarter RI 15 HSS 9

3rd Quarter RI 17 HSS 4

4th quarter RI 15 HSS 9

RI 50 - 25 ACS Barker

This was the 2nd game of the season. After our loss to Queensway we started trying to fix our two problems especially our weak side rebound. Despite this big win we could have done better and scored about 60 points if we had not missed easy baskets. During the first quarter we pressed them hard with our full court man defense and managed to get several easy lay-ups. By the end of the 2nd quarter we already managed to maintain quite a huge lead(28-5). We had managed to grab most of our defensive rebounds and quite a few offensive ones too. However another big problem arose during this match, there were simply just too many fouls. We had 23 fouls, most of which were unnecessary. The main problems was everyone was just using "too much hands and too little legs" on defense. This caused ACS to get a lot of chances at the FT line.

Anyway we hope to learn from this and win the next match against Henderson on Friday and the crucial match against Gan Eng Seng following Thursday and be able to proceed to the 2nd round.

1st Quarter--RI 14 ACS 4

2nd Quarter--RI 14 ACS 1

3rd Quarter--RI 14 ACS 8

4th Quarter--RI 8 ACS 12

Queensway Secondary 48 - 30 RI

This was the first game of the first round for South Zone and we had quite a tough pick. This was an important match which we disappointingly lost. We did not really know much about the team, but we were able to pick out their 3 key players (7, 11, 12). We played acceptable defense and started out strong but lost in the end due to 2 fatal mistakes - weak side rebound and stopping of the opponents fast breaks. We lost about 8 points due the the fast breaks and another 16 points due to no weak side rebounds. Queensway simply just shot, picked up their own rebound and put it back in.

We hope to try and fix those two big problems and win ACS barker on Wednesday!

1st Quarter--RI 4 Queensway 6

2nd Quarter--RI 4 Queensway 14

3rd Quarter--RI 11 Queensway 14

4th Quarter--RI 11 Queensway 14