Easyway defend their way to U-21 crown
Sunday, May 2, 2010
SOON LEE/EASYWAY defended their way to their second consecutive championship with a 58-54 victory over Prysmian in the 2nd Under-21 Brunei Youth Basketball Championship (BYBC) at the Kampung Baru basketball court in Seria last night.
Hj Md Badri Hj Suhaili of Soon Lee/Easyway had the game-high of 16 points, all coming in the second half.
Lim Liang Wei was the other player with double figures contributing 10 points in the victory.
On the other hand, Yeo Chun Kiat topscored for Prysmian with 14 points while Liew Ming Yang and Ho Boon Siong each chipped in 11 points to a losing cause.
Prysmian had taken a 39-38 lead over Soon Lee/Easyway heading into the final stanza, but the defending champions stepped up at the defensive end with a full court pressure defence and limited their opponents at the offensive end with their first field goal coming after three minutes of play in the fourth quarter.
Hj Md Badri had the hot hands knocking down three triples in the period for 11 points.
Prsymian couldn't break the press and were making passes which were easily turned into fastbreak points for Soon Lee/Easyway.
The all-Seria side were facing a 51-41 deficit at the midway mark but fought their way back with some good defence and offensive rebounding.
With the scoreboard reading 58-56 to Soon Lee/Easyway with 30 seconds to go, a quick pass at the halfway line by Yeo was easily intercepted which led to a foul on Soon Kian Leong at the other end. Soon would calmly sink both free throws making it a two-possession game that sealed Prsymian's fate.
"It was all about the focus. I scored zero points in the first half but kept my emphasis on defence. I had the rhythm going on offence in the second half with the pressure coming from the crowd and I just wanted to make my shots," said Hj Md Badri.
Prysmian got off to a better start compared to Soon Lee/Easyway scoring the first two baskets of the match to open up a 5-0 advantage. However, that was all they could put on the scoreboard in the opening period as they went cold from the field as Soon Lee/Easyway capped off a 14-0 run to end the quarter up 14-5.
Soon Lee/Easyway couldn't get anything going on their set plays while Prysmian applied their half court trap in the second period and started to score again. Read More...
Source: The Brunei Times
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