Prysmian-AII have s-final date

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Friday, April 30, 2010

PRYSMIAN were right on cue with a 94-52 demolition of Yun Hin in the
quarter-finals of the 2nd Under-21 Brunei Youth Basketball Championship
(BYBC) at the Kampung Baru basketball court in Seria last night.

Liew Ming Yang was the topscorer for Prysmian with 19 points while Yeo Chun Kiat contributed 16 points in the lopsided victory.

It was a closer affair in the first half with Prysmian, who were missing two key players Darren Wong and Justin Ling, opening up a 48-32 advantage at halftime. They caught fire after the interval using water tight defence
to cruise to victory.

"The game went really well for us and it was smooth sailing. Now we're just looking forward to the semi-finals," said Yeo, a forward of Prysmian, in an interview with The Brunei Times, after the triumph.

"It was a very satisfying win especially sincewe managed to do a bit of full court pressure defence and put the set plays that we learned during training into use," added the 17-year-old cager.

Prysmian will now face American International Industries (AII), who easily defeated Starz Boutique 107-72 in the other quarter-final last night.

Loo Zhi Hung was the go-to-man for AII with a game-high of 26 points while Tony Bong scored 20 points in the victory.

AII started brightly and were in the driving seat at 40-32 at halftime. They then switched gears in the second half for the lopsided victory.

Prysmian said they are ready to go all out against AII in their semi-final clash.

"We need to get our game together against them. Most important for us is to box out for the rebounds as they have got some tall players," said Yeo.

"We're confident we can make it to the final with the momentum that we've got. We'll have Darren and (Justin Ling) Jia Hau back for the match which is a plus as we will have more substitutions," added the forward.

The competition continues today with defending champions Easyway going up against Chicken King at 7pm in the first semi-final.

The game between Prysmian and AII follows at 8.15pm.

The final will be held tomorrow at 8.15pm right after the third-place playoff.

Source: The Brunei Times