Story by REDintern Beverley Goh. Photos by REDintern Chua Zhen Rong.

Aljon Derrick Belarmino (NB #10) looks to break past Iad Luther’s (PS #5) block. (Photo 1 © REDintern Chua Zhen Rong)

OCBC Arena, Tuesday, January 17, 2017 — Punggol Secondary (PS) showed determination to come from behind to beat Northbrooks Secondary (NB) 34-21 in the North Zone B Division Basketball Championship.

Shawn Seow (PS #6) had a game-high of 19 points and teammate Wei Jun (#30) added nine.

Edmund Tan (NB #6) sank the only 3-pointer in the game as teammate Hon Chi Wei (NB #8) led Northbrooks with 7 points.

The win gives Punggol a 2-0 win-loss record after their opening 34-23 win over Spectra Secondary. Northbrooks drop to a 0-2 record after having also lost their opening game 21-23 to Canberra.

Punggol trailed 6-14 after the first quarter, but remained focused to close the gap.

Said Shawn, “In the first quarter, we were down by 8 points, but I am glad we worked hard and spared no effort to come back and win. Our team chemistry is good and it is easy to communicate with one another.”

The second quarter saw Punggol score 10 points while not allowing Northbrooks a single point to lead by six (20-14) at half time.

While Northbrooks fought hard, Punggol kept up the pace to outscore them 7-4 and 11-3 in the remaining quarters to wrap up the win.

Vice-captain Champion Challander (NB #11) said, “Competing against Punggol Sec gave us more exposure to the different types of gameplay, and allowed us to learn more and seek areas of improvement.

“We played hard, which was respectable, and with every match, we’re getting a better hang of things. What I think was well done on our part was playing according to the gameplan.”

Scoring by Quarter
Northbrooks vs Punggol
1st Q: 14-6
2nd Q: 0-10 (14-20)
3rd Q: 4-7 (18-27)
4th Q: 3-11 (21-38)

Top Scorers
Northbrooks
Hon Chi Wei (#8) – 7 pts

Punggol
Shawn Seow (#6) – 19 pts
Wei Jun (#30) – 9 pts

Punggol Roster
Jiasong (#1), Daryl Ng (#2), Iad Luther (#5), Shawn Seow (#6), Nicholas Liang (#13), Kenneth Poh (#15), Tiew Li Wen (#21), Edson Ng (#23), Khairuddin (#24), Tan Chiang Sian (#28), Wei Jun (#30), Fu-ong An Li (#35)

Northbrooks Roster
Tang Yong Hua (#4), Jesse Baldevarona (#5), Edmund Tan Jian (#6), Gabriel Diego Dcruz (#7), Hon Chi Wei (#8), Aljon Derrick Bekarmino (#10), Champion Challander (#11), Riki Kimura (#12), Go Jay Hao Shaun (#14), , Lamjinhong (#15), Huang Shangfeng (#13)

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