Barracudas back at office

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

 

THE Barracudas were back in full swing yesterday with all players on their roster attending a training session at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

It was their first training session after the 70-56 loss to the Philippine Patriots in their Asean Basketball League (ABL) match at the Ynares Sports Arena in Manila on Dec 21.

Brunei's first professional basketball team are now in fifth place in the six-team ABL standings holding identical 4-6 win-loss record as the KL Dragons and fighting for a slot in the playoffs. Only the top four teams advance to the playoffs which will start on Jan 30.

Francis "Kiko" Adriano, the captain of the Barracudas, feels that the team could have been in a better position in the standings.

"The previous match (against the Patriots) was a must win game. Victory in Manila would definitely be a major boost for the team," said Adriano in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday.

"Victory would also place us in fourth tied with the Thailand Tigers but we are dealing with it and putting the loss behind us," added Adriano.

On what needed to be improved, the 34-year-old Filipino said: "There's always room for improvement, but most importantly we just have to make sure that everyone is not complacent after the break. We will just have to keep practicing and try to win the rest of our games for a run to the playoffs." Read More...

Source: The Brunei Times