Liga Bumiputera beat Fire Eater to boost semis bid
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Liga Bumiputera picked up their second straight win last night to
stay in contention for a semi-final slot in Group B of the 2nd Queenielin's Cup.
With four players scoring in double figures, Liga Bumiputera demolished Fire Eater 91-55 at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.
Lim Liang Wei and Khoo Chin Kai topscored for Liga Bumiputera with 13 points each while Md Azrani Hamzah and Faizuladzmi Tajuddin finished with 12 points apiece.
On the other hand, Arnold Patricio had a game-high of 15 points for Fire
Eater and McDonald Retuya scored 13 points to a losing cause.
It was much of an equally contested affair from the opening buzzer as both teams were playing at the same intensity, running up and down the court but it was Liga Bumiputera that stuck out 14-11 heading into the second period.
Liga Bumiputera picked up the slack in the second quarter with a full court pressure defence which their opponents failed to press break. They were limited to only seven points for the stanza that saw them trail 18-39 at halftime.
Everything was going right for Liga Bumiputera as they were on a rampage by penetrating the Fire Eater defence for easy baskets. They were unloading their bench while Fire Eater were suffering with only three substitutes. Fire Eater were making poor decisions on passes leading to fastbreak points for Liga Bumiputera and the game was over with the scoreline at 66-36 going into the final quarter.
"It was a good win especially that our coach (Maxim Yap) is not around. I'm happy with the win but not thoroughly satisfied as I believe the team is capable of more but we should be able to develop over time," said Wira Pori, the manager of Liga Bumiputera, in an interview with The Brunei Times, after the triumph.
"But it was good to experiment with our lineups and getting our bench involved. This will allow us to have a second unit that can play at the same intensity while the starters are resting," added Wira.
Tomorrow's matches will pit Hope against Shun Wei at 9pm and Urdan Express against Gills Sport Express also in Group A at 10.30pm.
Source: The Brunei Times
stay in contention for a semi-final slot in Group B of the 2nd Queenielin's Cup.
With four players scoring in double figures, Liga Bumiputera demolished Fire Eater 91-55 at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.
Lim Liang Wei and Khoo Chin Kai topscored for Liga Bumiputera with 13 points each while Md Azrani Hamzah and Faizuladzmi Tajuddin finished with 12 points apiece.
On the other hand, Arnold Patricio had a game-high of 15 points for Fire
Eater and McDonald Retuya scored 13 points to a losing cause.
It was much of an equally contested affair from the opening buzzer as both teams were playing at the same intensity, running up and down the court but it was Liga Bumiputera that stuck out 14-11 heading into the second period.
Liga Bumiputera picked up the slack in the second quarter with a full court pressure defence which their opponents failed to press break. They were limited to only seven points for the stanza that saw them trail 18-39 at halftime.
Everything was going right for Liga Bumiputera as they were on a rampage by penetrating the Fire Eater defence for easy baskets. They were unloading their bench while Fire Eater were suffering with only three substitutes. Fire Eater were making poor decisions on passes leading to fastbreak points for Liga Bumiputera and the game was over with the scoreline at 66-36 going into the final quarter.
"It was a good win especially that our coach (Maxim Yap) is not around. I'm happy with the win but not thoroughly satisfied as I believe the team is capable of more but we should be able to develop over time," said Wira Pori, the manager of Liga Bumiputera, in an interview with The Brunei Times, after the triumph.
"But it was good to experiment with our lineups and getting our bench involved. This will allow us to have a second unit that can play at the same intensity while the starters are resting," added Wira.
Tomorrow's matches will pit Hope against Shun Wei at 9pm and Urdan Express against Gills Sport Express also in Group A at 10.30pm.
Source: The Brunei Times
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