South Zone 2nd Round: RI vs Outram

Final Score:
RI 61-36 Outram

This was the second match of the second round, and was by far the most challenging. We played out a messy first quarter to lead 20-12, after giving away many fastbreak layups. The second quarter was where we started to focus, and extended the lead to a halftime score of 39-20. The third and fourth quarter were very tight, with us not being able to defend the high post man, and marred with some really vicious fouls from the opposing team. We ended the game on a high note, winning 61-36.

South Zone 2nd Round: RI vs Kent Ridge

Final Score: RI 84-16 Kent Ridge

This was the first match of the 2nd round of the south zone tournament. With some scares of diarrhoea and fever the previous week, we were back to full strength again (other than brandon's sprained ankle).

We started the first quarter playing good zone defense, storming to a 16-2 lead.
In the second quarter, we let our guard down, playing bad defense and executing poor offensive plays, barely beating them 12-10 and ending the quarter with a 28-12 lead. We regained our composure in the third quarter, limiting them to 2 points and leading 44-14. We did our 2-2-1 trap and full court man to man defense in the last quarter, killing off the game with a 40-2 swipe and winning the match 84-16.

C Div Boys 2007 1st Round

The C Div boys season is ON!

Click on the link for the complete SZ Fixtures!

Here're the RI fixtures (all matches @ CCAB):

• 27/6 Wednesday 1530hrs - ACS(I) vs RI 8 - 108
• 29/6 Friday 1415hrs - RI vs Peicai 112-15
• 3/7 Tuesday 1415hrs - Guangyang vs RI 27 - 51
• 5/7 Thursday 1300hrs - RI vs Fairfield Methodist 59-33

Look out for updates on our pre-season preparation!

Gryphons Cup 2007

Gryphons Cup 2007 is here!

(Every year, hundreds of Rafflesian basketballers across the decades gather to renew their ties and competitive fire in Gryphons Cup. This has become a permanent and important fixture in the calendar.)

Mark your calendar for 28 Jul, 29 Jul & 4 Aug.

The teams competing this year are:

1. RI Pioneers '79/80/81 (Swee Teck)
2. RI Classics (Red)
3. RI Black 95 (Low Jiaren)
4. RI 96 (Joel)
5. RJ 96 (Teh Hua Fung)
6. RI Blue 97 (Warren Mah)
7. RI Black (Junren)
8. RI Blue (Darren)
9. RI 02/03 (Zhaoming)
10. RI Black 04 (Nicholas Lim)
11. RI Blue 05 (Lim Ray Wen)
12. RI Yellow 06 (Daniel Wu Yang)
13. RI Red 07 (Chng Anzhen)
14. RI Black 08 (Yeo Siyuan)

SZ 1st Round: RI vs Fairfield Methodist

RI beat Fairfield 59-33 in the final match of the first round of the south zone tournament.

It was a very uplifting result, especially when we did not have all our players fully fit/ able to play.

The first quarter was played with little optimism, and somehow we ended it trailing 8-7.
We picked up the fight in the 2nd quarter and converted some fastbreak opportunites to lead 23-12 at the half.
We started tiring and in the third quarter, we played out a fairly even contest which ended 15-14 in our favour, making it 38-26.
The last quarter was a high scoring one, 21-7 to us, and we won the match 59-33.

Batch '07: A Walk to Remember! :)

South Zone 1st Round: RI vs Guangyang

The third match of the first round of the South Zone C div tournament was played today.
Final Score: RI 51-27 Guangyang

The first quarter produced a sluggish start from both sides which was full of missed under baskets and layups, ending 8-6 in our favour. After a scrappy second quarter, we managed to force out a slender lead of 9 points. 19-10 at the half.

The third quarter was where we extended most of our lead, with some fastbreak opportunities, ending 39-17. The last quarter played out a man-to-man defense for us, and the game ended 51-17.

All in all, it was a very very poor and dispirited performance by us, and we do need to buck up and concentrate more on the game. We were very confident after the first two 100-point games and our overconfidence showed.

We have to win on thursday