RI 68-28 ACS International

30/1/09
South Zone 1st Round
RI 68-28 ACS International

The inflated scoreline doesn't tell much about this scrappy game.

We were down 6-0 at the start, and even though we fought back after the initial shock, the quarter ended 11-12 in their favour. Weixuan's inspired play brought us back in the game and we romped to a 29-18 lead at the half, still nervous from what happened in the first quarter. By then we knew the game was ours and we pushed the pace in the second half, extending our lead to 40 points by the final whistle.

Yet, we did not manage to execute our plays properly and there wasn't enough intensity on our part.

Next Wednesday will be better.

ISIBL: U14 Schedule

Our C Div 2009 team starts their pre-season with the International School League.

UWC (A)

• 2^nd Feb (Mon) @ UWC 4:30pm
  

Cat High

• 11^th Feb (Wed) @ Cat High 4:30pm
  

Singapore American School

• 26^th Feb (Thu) @ SAS 4pm
  

Australia International School ‘A’

• 5^th March (Thu) @ AIS 4:45pm
  

ISIBL U14 Finals

• 14^th Mar (Sat) @ AIS 1pm – 5pm
  

Extension from the previous post.

TIP OFF

TIME OUT

RI 100-21 BSS

RI beat Bendemeer Secondary School 100-21 in the 2nd Match of their B Division Campaign.

As usual, we did our pre-match huddle routine to hype up and indeed it was so!

We started off the game with our press and completely denied them a chance to attack (until one slip up), ending the first quarter 22-2 up. We increased our momentum in the second quarter with various emphatic shots by Weixuan and led 53-4 at the half.

At this point, Swee Teck reminded us not to be cocky, and that the new half was a new game-sound advice which we heeded. Although we cut some slack on defense in the third quarter, Ryan's 3 back-to-back dramatic three-pointers which hit nothing but net stole the show. We wrapped up the game with a different press in the last quarter, winning 100-21.

This game was a great moral booster, and we hope to improve our play in the coming matches!

First Game of The Season RI 69 - 31 ACSI

RI 69 vs 31 ACSI

In the first game of our B Division season 2009, we beat traditional rivals ACSI this afternoon.

We went into the game confident, however left the first quarter feeling rather frustrated with ourselves, leading by a mere 6 points going into the 2nd quarter. A series of rushed shots and bad shot selection, coupled with rather dubious calls at times led to a really messy offense from us, and we certainly lacked the defensive intensity we had one month ago in Shanghai.

Thankfully, we pulled away in the second half and managed to emerge victorious. This is the first competitive game we have played for more than one month, and the first game all twelve of us have played together, and most importantly showed us many areas we can and have to work on.

We'll take it one game at a time, and capitalise on the 5 week first round schedule to constantly improve as thirteen individuals (coach included) moulded into one.

Many thanks to Mr Ong Swee Teck and some family members for coming down to cheer us on from the sidelines!

Our next game will be played next Wednesday, 12pm @ CCAB vs Bendemeer Sec School.

Dream. Team. Fight. Win. BROTHERHOOD.

Hi everyone,
sorry for not including the venue in my previous post.
All our games for South Zone (excluding sz final if we make it there) will be played at CCAB, which is at bukit timah, evans road.

It's very heartening to get such immediate response from the pioneers and old boys, the team won't let you all down! :D

B Division 2009

Hey everyone, it's been a long time since we've had a post here, so:

SOUTH ZONE B DIVISION 1ST ROUND SCHEDULE
14/1: RI vs ACSI 12pm
21/1: Bendemeer vs RI 12pm
30/1: RI vs ACS (Intl) 115pm
4/2: RI vs Holy Innocents' 230pm
11/2: RI vs Outram 115pm

All supporters are welcome (:
For all the Older Rafflesian basketballers who visit this blog, we hope you'll be able to come down to lend us your voices as our thirteenth man on court, especially our season opener against ACSI :D Thanks a lot!

Dream Team Fight Win guys,
Ryan