Cedar Girls’ defeat Yuying to emerge as B Division South Zone basketball champions

By Vanessa Lim/Red Sports

Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall, Thursday, March 10, 2009 - Cedar Girls’ Secondary defeated Yuying Secondary 63-60 in a hard-fought match to win the B Division South Zone Basketball Championship title.

The match started with Cedar taking the early lead. Goh Wan Jun (#5) contributed eight of the 23 points in the first quarter for Cedar, while the Yuying Tan Li Ying (#11) , Chia Pei Sze (#12) and Tan Ee Ni (#13) put together 14 points.

Leading 23-14 at the start of the second quarter, Cedar turned over the ball enough times to allow Yuying to narrow their lead to just one point by half-time.

An exciting third quarter saw Yuying pull themselves into the lead. But it proved short-lived as Cedar responded. In the last few seconds, both teams were tied 46-46 with Jia Yan (Yuying #8) tying it up with a free throw.

Unexpectedly, with about 5 seconds remaining, Goh Wan Jun (Cedar, #5) scored a 3-pointer to put Cedar back in front at 49-46.

Cedar managed to maintain their lead throughout the last quarter despite Yuying breathing down their necks to finish off the game 63-60 winners.

Match Statistics
Q1: YY 14 CED 23
Q2: YY 31 CED 32
Q3: YY 46 CED 49
Q4: YY 60 CED 63

Scorers
Yuying
Chia Pei Sze(#12) - 19 points
Tang Choy Ting (#14) - 18 points
Jia Yan (#8) - 10 points
Tan Ee Ni(#13) - 8 points
Tan Li Ying(#11) - 2 points
Heng Huai Ping(#7) - 2 points
Chua Wei Kiaw(#6) - 1 point

Cedar
Goh Wan Jun (#5) - 21 points
Rachel Wang (#12) - 14 points
Tan Yen Yi (#15) - 13 points
Oor Jia Jian (#8) - 7 points
Ong Jiamin (#13) - 4 points
Lynn Toh (#7) - 2 points
Joline Lim (#9) - 2 point

See highlights of the final few minutes of the girls final match:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyy2mOXPEXE

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