Friday, June 29, 2007
South Zone 1st Round: RI vs Peicai Secondary
Final Score:
RI 112-15 Peicai Secondary
RI swept aside Peicai by a margin of 97 points in the 2nd match of the South Zone tournament. Although we didnt reach our goal of keeping the opposition under 10 points for the whole game, we are still rather pleased with the result.
The first quarter ended with a scoreline of 28-7 in our favour, after their main post player made a few turnaround shots.
We upped the tempo in the second quarter, and limited them to just 4 points to lead 56-11.
The 3rd quarter showed many signs of tiredness as the scoreline came to 72-15.
The last quarter was by far the most memorable as we whitewashed them 40-0 with our half court and full court man to man defence.
As Coach puts it, he wants to see the fight and fire in us through our communication, defense intensity, and rebounding, and we must remain confident but not cocky after winning this match.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
First Match of South Zone
Yesterday was the highly anticipated first match of the south zone tournament, against ACS I.
Final Score: RI 108-8 ACS I
RI played with great heart and blew away the opponents by a margin of 100 points.
Our next match is against Peicai on friday at 2pm at CCAB.
Final Score: RI 108-8 ACS I
RI played with great heart and blew away the opponents by a margin of 100 points.
Our next match is against Peicai on friday at 2pm at CCAB.
T Net Final
Sorry for the late post.
Final Score: RI 36-40 Jurong
RI lost the final to Jurong on the 16th of June in a closely contested match.
RI dominated the boards in the first half, to lead by a score of 20-18.
Evidently distracted by the half-time performances, we lost our concentration and played out a 3rd quarter in which they outscored us 14-7.
We weren't able to salvage the situation in time and we lost the match 40-36.
All in all, we could see their shooting and intensity of defense was better than ours.
We've gotta fight to make sure we get back on par with them!
Final Score: RI 36-40 Jurong
RI lost the final to Jurong on the 16th of June in a closely contested match.
RI dominated the boards in the first half, to lead by a score of 20-18.
Evidently distracted by the half-time performances, we lost our concentration and played out a 3rd quarter in which they outscored us 14-7.
We weren't able to salvage the situation in time and we lost the match 40-36.
All in all, we could see their shooting and intensity of defense was better than ours.
We've gotta fight to make sure we get back on par with them!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
RI-Unity
Final Score: RI 43-28 Unity
This game was played on 12/6/07 and was the final match of the 2nd round of the T-Net tournament, and was crucial in every sense of the word. If we had won, we would be through to the finals, having won all our 2nd round matches. If we had lost, we would have made it to the 3rd-4th placings. We WON and we're IN THE FINALS!
So the game was like this:
In the first quarter, we managed to stop their star tall player No. 3 and played great zone defense with communication rated 7/10 by coach (10/10 he says includes trash talking like "shoot" and "drive" and daring the opponent to do something) and the scoreline said it all-- 14-4 after the first quarter to us.
In the next few quarters, RI and Unity exchanged blows when they played man-to-man full court. Without their main star player who had apparently gone to genting, Unity appeared out of offensive threats other than their No. 3 who controlled the ball extremely well.
We won in the end by 15 points, a respectable margin by all sorts.
This game was played on 12/6/07 and was the final match of the 2nd round of the T-Net tournament, and was crucial in every sense of the word. If we had won, we would be through to the finals, having won all our 2nd round matches. If we had lost, we would have made it to the 3rd-4th placings. We WON and we're IN THE FINALS!
So the game was like this:
In the first quarter, we managed to stop their star tall player No. 3 and played great zone defense with communication rated 7/10 by coach (10/10 he says includes trash talking like "shoot" and "drive" and daring the opponent to do something) and the scoreline said it all-- 14-4 after the first quarter to us.
In the next few quarters, RI and Unity exchanged blows when they played man-to-man full court. Without their main star player who had apparently gone to genting, Unity appeared out of offensive threats other than their No. 3 who controlled the ball extremely well.
We won in the end by 15 points, a respectable margin by all sorts.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Raffles-Christchurch Secondary
Final Score: RI 59-31 Christchurch Secondary
This morning, we played the 2nd match of the 2nd round of the T-Net tournament.
We were up against Christchurch Secondary and their star Malaysian no. 12.
We started off with a 3-2 zone defense and clamped down on their star player's offense. We gave up some open looks, and the score settled at 12-10 to RI after a hard-fought first quarter.
In the second quarter, we played pressure defense and increased our lead to 25-16.
In the third quarter, their players seemed to have tired out and we put on the pressure with a 3 pt line man-to-man defense. Although the intensity wasn't as great as expected, we romped to a 40-22 lead by the end of the third quarter.
We played out the last quarter with average intensity and won the match 59-21.
Bad points:
1) Communication--coach gave us a 5/10 for this aspect of the game and there is much room for improvement
2) Rebounding--when to box out and when to rush in and get the ball (perimeter players must rush in and help too)
3) Game Intensity at the start--we dominated the first quarter with a great deal of the possesion yet the scoreline was only 12-10--we needed to finish our open baskets
Good points (from Coach):
1) First time we were able to maintain an average intensity throughout the game (consistent)
2) The WHOLE TEAM is back together
What Coach wants:
1) Talking to be 10/10 so that we frighten off the opponenents so much that they turn the ball over
2) Wants us to kill off all opponents such that RI would have a reputation which makes opponents tremble in their pants before they even get on court
3) More intensity
"Offense entertains, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships!"
This morning, we played the 2nd match of the 2nd round of the T-Net tournament.
We were up against Christchurch Secondary and their star Malaysian no. 12.
We started off with a 3-2 zone defense and clamped down on their star player's offense. We gave up some open looks, and the score settled at 12-10 to RI after a hard-fought first quarter.
In the second quarter, we played pressure defense and increased our lead to 25-16.
In the third quarter, their players seemed to have tired out and we put on the pressure with a 3 pt line man-to-man defense. Although the intensity wasn't as great as expected, we romped to a 40-22 lead by the end of the third quarter.
We played out the last quarter with average intensity and won the match 59-21.
Bad points:
1) Communication--coach gave us a 5/10 for this aspect of the game and there is much room for improvement
2) Rebounding--when to box out and when to rush in and get the ball (perimeter players must rush in and help too)
3) Game Intensity at the start--we dominated the first quarter with a great deal of the possesion yet the scoreline was only 12-10--we needed to finish our open baskets
Good points (from Coach):
1) First time we were able to maintain an average intensity throughout the game (consistent)
2) The WHOLE TEAM is back together
What Coach wants:
1) Talking to be 10/10 so that we frighten off the opponenents so much that they turn the ball over
2) Wants us to kill off all opponents such that RI would have a reputation which makes opponents tremble in their pants before they even get on court
3) More intensity
"Offense entertains, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships!"
Friday, June 8, 2007
RI (A)-Macpherson Secondary
This game marked the start of the 2nd round, and it ended with a final score of 57-26.
Coach had found out that their biggest threats were in their lanky and mobile posts, and ordered us to set up a 3-2 zone. This was a great tactic as we raced to a 26-5 lead in the first quarter. As we started our 3 point line man-to-man defense, it still looked bright as we romped to a 43-11 lead at the half. From there, we started to get cocky and felt that we had won the game already. Macpherson Sec outscored us 15-14 in a dispirited second half to end the game 57-26.
Lessons to remember:
1) Mindset--although we came ready to play (all the mental preparation and all) we didnt come ready to FIGHT and PUNISH the opposition for ALL 4 QUARTERS!
2) Adapting to defenses--this was no excuse as we had played the man to man since the beggining of the year
3) Fitness--we all were not very match fit and were panting after the first half
That's all so far we've got lots of training to do
Coach had found out that their biggest threats were in their lanky and mobile posts, and ordered us to set up a 3-2 zone. This was a great tactic as we raced to a 26-5 lead in the first quarter. As we started our 3 point line man-to-man defense, it still looked bright as we romped to a 43-11 lead at the half. From there, we started to get cocky and felt that we had won the game already. Macpherson Sec outscored us 15-14 in a dispirited second half to end the game 57-26.
Lessons to remember:
1) Mindset--although we came ready to play (all the mental preparation and all) we didnt come ready to FIGHT and PUNISH the opposition for ALL 4 QUARTERS!
2) Adapting to defenses--this was no excuse as we had played the man to man since the beggining of the year
3) Fitness--we all were not very match fit and were panting after the first half
That's all so far we've got lots of training to do
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