IVP Bball: Hot-shooting RP beat NUS to clinch first title since 2012
Sparked by a hot-shooting Marco Kok and a blistering fourth quarter, RP defeated NUS 72–64 to clinch their first IVP Basketball Championship title since 2012.
Sparked by a hot-shooting Marco Kok and a blistering fourth quarter, RP defeated NUS 72–64 to clinch their first IVP Basketball Championship title since 2012.
SIM and NTU got the best of their respective semi-final opponents to set up a second clash, this time in the final of the IVP Women's Basketball Championship.
Thanks to a clutch trey by Zoel Lee in overtime, RP defeated defending champions NTU 81-75 and are on their way to their first IVP Basketball Championship final appearance since 2013.
Thrower Melissa Yee struck gold again on the last day of the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) track and field competition with a second gold medal and new personal best in discus throw, while National University of Singapore (NUS) had a clean sweep of the overall titles for the fourth year running.
National pole vaulter Chan Sheng Yao clinched his first ever IVP gold medal and set a new men’s pole vault record at 4.71m to complete a strong comeback after failing to clear any height in last year's competition.
National hurdler Kerstin Ong stood tall and finished strong on the opening day of the 2018 Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic track and field competition, winning the women’s 100 meter hurdles crown, spurred on by the outpouring of support from her peers.
NTU defeated NUS behind Russel Loh's (NTU #32) game-high 31-point performance to defend their title.
Despite a game-high 16 points from Bernice Yeo (NUS #4), NTU's defensive efforts and balanced scoring gave them their ninth title in a row.