Pictures and story by Ian Chew/Red Sports.

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No way through – Anglican High (in green) put up a stifling man-to-man defense to deny Yishun Sec players space. Point guard #7 of Yishun Sec (in black) eventually ended up with 12 points. © Ian Chew/Red Sports)

CCAB, Friday, 13 June, 2008 – Anglican High eased to a workmanlike 74-45 win over Yishun Secondary to qualify for one of the top-six positions of the T-Net Cup. This tournament is organised by the T-Net Club for the Under-14 school basketball teams as a tune up for the upcoming Inter-Schools C Division Basketball Championship in July.

Anglican High jumped to a 28-10 lead from the start and never looked like relinquishing its lead throughout the match despite rotating its entire bench for the game. Yishun Sec, on the other hand, were heavily reliant on a few key players.

Forward Sherwin (#5, AHS) proved too fast and strong for the Yishun defense, leading his team with 19 points. He was joined by teammates Jeremy (#8) and Jasper Choo (#6) with 15 and 12 points respectively.

Jasper, though understandably happy with his performance, was guarded about his team’s chances in the competition.

“There are many other good teams… but we are especially wary of the Unity basketball team,” was his reply. Unity Sec had earlier cruised to a 56-37 win over Jurong Sec to qualify for the top-six position while Raffles Institution beat Hougang Sec 55-26 to qualify as well.

Yishun Sec were not without its positive moments. Point guard #7 led his team with some robust play to score 12 points. He was also involved in an intense personal duel with Anglican High’s Sherwin midway through the game which threatened to boil over. Fortunately, good sense prevailed. Teammate Kamaruddin (#13) also had a good game with 14 points.

The rest of the matches continue on Monday at CCAB with six other team vying to clinch the remaining three spots for the final-six places.

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Yishun’s forward Kamaruddin (#13) also had a good game with 14 points, but he failed to prevent the more experienced and bigger-sized Anglican High team from winning. (Photo © Ian Chew/Red Sports)
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Anglican High’s Sec 1 small forward Wei Qiang (#9) tracked back to intercept a fast break attempt by Yishun’s Tay Wen Cheng (#4). With such a deep bench, they are firm favourites to lift the cup. (Photo © Ian Chew/Red Sports)
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Yishun’s guard (#14) contributed 5 points for his team, including a late 3-pointer in the fourth quarter. Yishun Sec amazingly outscored Anglican High 14-10 in that quarter. Or perhaps it was just Anglican High easing off on the pedal? (Photo © Ian Chew/Red Sports)