B Division Girls’ Basketball: Christ Church edge out RGS 40-39 for opening win in nationals

Picture story by REDintern Xaveria Mo

Clementi Sports Hall, Monday, March 28, 2011 — Christ Church Secondary, Unity Secondary, Anglican High and St Margaret’s Secondary tipped off their season with victories in round one of the girls’ National B Division Basketball Championship.

The pick of the ties was Christ Church’s one-point, 40-39 victory over Raffles Girls’ School in Group C. RGS tied it up 39-39 with a few seconds left on the clock. However, with 0.2 seconds left, an RGS player committed a foul, awarding Christ Church with two free-throws. Christ Church took hold of the chance and won the game by sinking one of the two shots given.

In another Group C game, a few three-pointers by Violet Chua (Manjusri #11) and a tight Manjsuri defense forced Unity into a hard fight. The West Zone champions eventually won beat Manjusri 63-45. Unity led 28-22 at half-time.

In a Group A game, St Margaret’s beat Woodgrove 35-15. St Margaret’s managed to convert a number of interceptions into points throughout the game. This forced Woodgrove into changing their tactics in order to keep their turnovers minimal. Trailing 10-21 at half-time, it was hard for Woodgrove to come back and they faced an average deficit of 10 points in the second half.

In another Group A game, East Zone runners-up Anglican High beat Nanyang Girls’ High 43-29.

National B Division Girls’ Basketball Championship — Full fixtures and results

Match Statistics
Raffles Girls’ vs Christ Church
Q1: 10-11
Q2 8-15 (19-26)
Q3: 9-2 (28-28)
Q4: 12-12
Final: 39-40

Unity vs Manjusri
Q1: 11-9
Q2 17-13 (28-22)
Q3: 12-8 (40-30)
Q4: 23-15
Final: 63-45

Anglican vs Nanyang Girls’
Q1: 15-5
Q2 5-8 (20-13)
Q3: 8-7 (28-20)
Q4: 15-9
Final: 43-29

Woodgrove vs St Margaret’s
Q1: 3-4
Q2 4-11 (7-15)
Q3: 3-6 (10-21)
Q4: 5-14
Final: 15-35

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