New Town and Presbyterian High set for second showdown in National B Division basketball boys final

By Vanessa Lim/Red Sports

Jurong West Sports Hall, Thursday, April 23, 2009 – Presbyterian High, who had surrendered weakly to New Town Secondary in the quarter-final stage, seemed to have recovered enough to brush past Anglican High 67-48 in the semi-final of the National B Division Basketball Championship. They will now meet New Town in the final.

Despite the convincing scoreline, the semi-final between Presbyterian High and Anglican High had in fact gotten off to a close start. Presbyterian High had struggled to level up to 16-16 at the end of the first quarter.

They came to life in the second quarter and started pulling away to lead Anglican High by six points. The gap kept widening in the next two quarters and Presbyterian High registered a comfortable 67-48 win at the final whistle.

In the other B Division basketball semi-final match that was going on simultaneously, New Town came back from the dead to overcome Dunman Secondary 65-62 to secure a spot in the final. Dunman had dominated the second and third quarters.

The heroes of the day for New Town were Hubert Neo (NTS, #12) and Lor Weng Siang (NTS, #9). Hubert’s 3-pointer put New Town ahead by just one point with 13 seconds left on the clock, before Weng Siang wrapped up the match with 10 seconds remaining by converting two free throws to add two more points to the score board and securing New Town’s ticket to the final.

Match statistics
Presbyterian High vs Anglican High
Q1: 16-16
Q2: 33-27
Q3: 48-35
Q4: 67-48

Presbyterian High
Russel Low (#5) – 25 points
Bing Yao (#6) – 16 points
Yao Ming (#8) – 8 points
Jonathan (#7) – 7 points
Jun Jie (#11) – 5 points
Nathan Ng (#12) – 3 points
Steven Teo (#13) – 3 points

Anglican High
Sean Hoo (#10) – 14 points
Sherwin Yen (#5) – 10 points
Jun Wei (#8) – 9 points
Jeremy Quah (#11) – 8 points
Chi Min (#13) – 4 points
Khan Liang (#7) – 3 points

Match statistics
New Town vs Dunman
Q1: 22-16
Q2: 34-37
Q3: 45-52
Q4: 65-62

New Town scorers
Hubert Neo (#12) – 22 points
Weng Siang (#9) – 17 points
Shi Hao (#8) – 15 points
Hong Kai (#10) – 4 points
Hibshamir (#7) – 3 points
Isaac Seah (#13) – 2 points
Shi Jie (#4) – 2 points

Dunman scorers
Adam Goh (#9) – 27 points
Chng Yong (#7) – 14 points
Jun Wei (#10) – 6 points
Ding Lun (#15) – 6 points
Chak Wa (#14) – 3 points
Zong Han (#8) – 2 points
Eric Lin (#11) – 2 points
Andy Sim (#13) – 2 points