Story by REDintern Alan Chiang. Photos by Vanessa Lim/Red Sports.
Jasmine (SAJC, #10) throws the ball high as Hwa Chong Institution defenders try to block. (Photo © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Singapore Basketball Centre, Monday, May 4, 2009 - Hwa Chong Institution prevailed over St Andrew’s Junior College 58-20 for its first victory in the A Division girls’ basketball quarter-finals.
Boasting the championship title from last year, Hwa Chong Institution did not take long to discover their scoring touches as they ran riot right from the start of the match-up.
They romped to a 20-1 lead by the end of the first quarter, a reminder to other opponents of their status as defending champions. On top of that, the points came from six different players for Hwa Chong.
St Andrew’s began the second quarter promisingly after Jasmine (SAJC #10), their top scorer with 11 points, scored the first two points. But it was all Hwa Chong from then on as St Andrew’s committed far too many mistakes in the game.
Again, Jasmine (SAJC #10) churned out the first points in the third quarter. In addition, she sparked a 6-0 run for St Andrew’s late in the period to outscore Hwa Chong, 10-7.
In the final quarter, Hwa Chong maintained their dominance in the game with the first points and never looked back. Matters got worse for St Andrew’s as they failed to keep out seven different players from getting their names on the scoreboard. In the end, they had to surrender to the better opponents on the first day of the quarter-finals.
On the other court, it was also a one-sided affair as Raffles Institution overcame Nanyang Junior College with ease, 48-30.
Starting line-up
HCI: Sara (#4), Jieying (#5), Athena (#9), Cindy (#10), Ying Ming (#11)
SAJC: Wan Ting (#7), Jasmine (#10), Yu Hong (#12), Daphne (#14), Xia Yu (#15)
Scores by quarter
1st Q: HCI 20 - SAJC 1
2nd Q: HCI 12 - SAJC 4
3rd Q: HCI 7 - SAJC 10
4th Q: HCI 19 - SAJC 5
Top scorer
HCI
#5 - 10 points
#11 - 9 points
#15 - 9 points
SAJC
Jasmine (#10) - 11 points
Sara (HCI, #4) closes in on Jasmine (SAJC, #10) to intercept the ball. (Photo 2 © /Red Sports)
A Hwa Chong Player jumps and catches a rebound as SAJC players try to knock it away. (Photo 3 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Jasmine (SAJC, #10) tries to shoot as (HCI, #15) raises her hand to block. (Photo © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
A Hwa Chong player jumps and shoots past the SAJC defenders. (Photo 5 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Both sides fighting for the ball. (Photo 6 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Derniese (HCI, #7) looks for an opening to pass the ball as a Saints player tries to block. (Photo 7 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Priyanka (SAJC, #13) tries to knock the ball away from a Hwa Chong player, but fails. (Photo 8 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Sara (HCI, #4) goes past the Saints defence for a lay up. (Photo 9 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
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