IVP Basketball (Men): SIM dominate both ends of court to beat NTU 77–57
Wong Wei Long (NTU #1) and Ng Hanbin (SIM #22) were joint top-scorers with 25 points apiece.
Wong Wei Long (NTU #1) and Ng Hanbin (SIM #22) were joint top-scorers with 25 points apiece.
Andrew Zee (NTU #14) led all scorers with 18 points, while Toh Qing Huang (RP #7) and Lim Boon Kiat (RP #14) had 10 points apiece to lead their team.
After a close fight throughout the first three quarters, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) pulled away in the final quarter to beat the National University of Singapore (NUS) 60–51.
Republic Polytechnic (RP) fended off a valiant Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) comeback in the final quarter to secure a 58--56 win in the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Basketball Championship.
Only the top three teams from SUniG and the top three from the POL-ITE Games now play in the IVP.
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) hung on in the final quarter to eke out a 53–51 win against Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) in the opening game of the IVP Basketball Championship.
Benny Tan, 28, is part of the Singapore Judo contingent at the 2013 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. He is competing in the Nage no Kata event, an event where throwing techniques are demonstrated.
Sean Ang, 17, stopped school this year to train full time for the SEA Games.