BASKETBALL

adidas It Takes 5ive Schools Basketball Championship
Yishun Secondary School vs Yuying Secondary School
Thursday, 23 August 2007 at CCAB

Update and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures

Yishun booked themselves a semifinal place when they crushed Yuying 51-29 in their adidas It Takes 5ive quarterfinal game.

Lim Zheng Jie drives to the basket. Zheng Jie scored 11 pts for his team. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

At the end of the first quarter, Yishun had a commanding 18-1 lead. Yuying managed to rouse themselves in the second to score 14 points to walk off at half-time trailing 15-34. In the third quarter, Yuying outpointed Yishun 8-5 to make it 23-39 but the slow start in the first quarter cost them and they could not catch up in the fourth quarter.

Yishun:

#4 – Tan Yuan Bin
#5 – Charles Ngiam
#6 – Soh Jun Hong
#7 – Toh Hong Sheng
#8 – Lim Peng Seng
#9 – Wong Say Jong
#10 – Lim Zheng Jie
#11 – Zhou Zhen Qiang
#12 – Tan Jun Ming
#13 – Qamarul Ariffin
#14 – Bernard Chan
#15 – Warren Tan

Yuying:

#4 – Chia Wen An
#5 – Neo Seng Yu
#6 – Edmund Goh
#7 – Ong Deng Ju
#8 – We Shu Rong
#9 – Marcus Tan
#10 – Lim Jian Cheng
#11 – Clarence Neo
#12 – Lim Guo Dong
#13 – Tan Jian Kang
#14 – Johnathan Yeo
#15 – Lee Kok Hao

Match statistics:

1st quarter: Yishun 18-1 Yuying
2nd: 16-14
3rd: 5-8
4th: 12-6

Top scorers:

Yishun: Lim Peng Seng (16 pts); Lim Zheng Jie (11 pts)
Yuying: Tan Jian Kang (15 pts)

Editor’s note: More pictures in the gallery.