Tigers beat Brunei Barracudas 77-66

James Kon

It's back to the drawing board for Brunei Barracudas after losing to the Thailand Tigers 77-66 at the Nimibutr National Stadium in Bangkok yesterday.

Looking for its first back-to-back win in the Asean Basketball League, the Barracudas however, wouldn't lift themselves out of shooting slump in the match-up.

In total, the Barracudas' field goal percentage was appalling at only 30.8 percentage, shooting 28 balls into the basket out of 91 attempts for the whole game where as compared to the Tigers whose shooting was at 51.7 percent.

Surprisingly, Celedon Camaso has the highest points among the Barracudas by contributing a total of 17 points while new import Reggie Larry has 15 points with 11 rebounds as compared with the 32 points in last weekend victory against the same team. Another American import Mike Pilgrim could only contribute 10 points with nine rebounds. Chaz Twan Briggs, the foreign import for the Tigers has a high scoring game of 27 points with 14 rebounds while another import Ikenna Chukwuemeka Nwankwo was also in double figures of 17 points.

Following the tip off, the Barracudas and Tigers fought point-for-point and by the end of the first quarter, the Tigers led 19-17.

In the next quarter, the Barracudas took charge of the match by taking a six-point lead of 39-33 before the interval.

After the breather, the Tigers rallied back strongly to level the score of 54 a piece going into the final quarter

The Barracudas will have a long break before facing the KL Dragons at home on Dec 9.

Source: Borneo Bulletin