Peirce maintain early lead to beat Gan Eng Seng 48-37 in Boys B Division South Zone basketball

Picture Story by Erwin Wong and Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports

CCAB, Friday, February 5, 2010 - Peirce Secondary School scored the first 14 points of the game and beat Gan Eng Seng Secondary School 48-37 in a Boys' B Division South Zone basketball Group X second round match.

Muhd Noorhadi led Peirce with 12 points, while Gan Eng Seng's Shi Jian had 16 points for his team.

Peirce, who were South Zone semi-finalists last year, will next play Kent Ridge Secondary School, while Gan Eng Seng will be up against perennial South Zone favourites Raffles Institution. Both matches will be played at CCAB, Evans Road on Monday, February 8, at 1300hrs.

Team list:

Peirce Secondary:
#4 Leong Wei Hao
#5 Ong Kok Cong
#6 James Gay
#7 Low Qi Kang
#8 Lowell Leong
#9 Tan Kok Tiong
#10 Muhd Nurhadi
#11 Tan Bai Yong
#12 David Tham
#13 Cheng Kam Ler
#14 Ng Jun Rong
#15 Ong Ren Yong

Gan Eng Seng:
#4 Ray Ang
#5 Loh You Ren
#6 Jian Yong
#7 Jeremy Yeo
#8 Jeremy Chng
#9 Jia Wei
#10 Marcus
#11 Shi Jian
#12 Delvin Goh
#13 Adrian Tay
#14 Sean Lee
#15 Dylan Quek

Scoring breakdown by quarter:
Peirce v Gan Eng Seng
1st Q: 16-5
2nd Q: 15-8
3rd Q: 8-12
4th Q: 9-12

Top scorers:
Shi Jian (Gan Eng Seng #11) - 16 points
Muhd Nurhadi (Peirce #10) - 12 points
Tan Bai Yong (Peirce #11) - 10 points
Jian Yong (Gan Eng Seng #6) - 7 points