Aziz Latif & Co post third win in LBC Cup

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Friday, November 20, 2009

AZIZ LATIF AND COMPANY (ALC) left it till late to end any hopes of Liga Bumiputera making it into the semifinals by defeating them 82-67 last night in Group B of the regular seven stars category of the LBC Cup at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

ALC had a balanced offence with Ralph Borja leading the way with 15 points, all coming in the fourth quarter, and Ron Ang contributed 13 points. On the other hand, the trio of brothers led the way for Liga Bumiputera with Hj Md Rahmat with a game-high 22 points while Hj Md Badri and Hj Md Sabri Hj Suhaili each had 11 points.

Both teams started out equally as they exchanged baskets through the quarter. ALC were controlling the boards as well with their height and size advantage. However, Liga Bumiputera edged ahead to take 21-19 advantage into the second period.

ALC then picked up their defence and decided to feed their big man in the low post to score. Chris Mariano, who finished with 12 points, heated up by putting in three three-pointers that helped ALC grab the lead from their opponents at 42-36 going into halftime.

Liga Bumiputera, knowing that only a win would give them a chance of survival to make it into the semi-finals, pushed forward in the third period as they were running the floor well. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times | photos: BruneiBasketball.com