Sharks swallow Palm Muara United
Sunday, June 13, 2010
THE match between two unbeaten teams certainly lived up to its billing last night as the Sharks prevailed over Palm Muara United with a 91-88 victory to remain the only unbeaten team left in the 2nd Queenielin's Cup. Sharks, who hit 10 treys, was led by a balancedattack, with four of their players scoring into double figures.
Aries Castro top scored for Sharks by pouring in 31 points. Apollo Bibat and Dania Ong each contributed 12 points and Elvin Requintin chipped in 11 points in the victory.
Meanwhile, Don Mordeno scored a game-high of 40 points to pace Palm Muara United in a losing effort.
Both teams got off to a high intensity start, exchanging baskets with the
scoreboard reading 9-10 in favour of Palm Muara United.
Sharks however managed to pull off a 10-0 run in the next few minutes by going on the break before capping it off with a three-point buzzer beater by Marlon Cruz to put his team up 27-19, heading into the second quarter.
Palm Muara United were controlling the boards but Sharks clamped down on defence in the paint to prevent any easy baskets.
On the other hand, Palm Muara United failed to cover the passing lanes, allowing Sharks to penetrate into the rack. Sharks had opened up a double-digit lead at 35-25 midway through the period but Palm Muara United would counter with their own 10-1 run led by Mordeno's eight points to pull within 38-37 at halftime.
Mordeno was carrying his team on offence but Sharks would not be put down as they rained in a barrage of threes.
In addition to this, they were driving to the hoop just to dish out to open teammates for easy points to end the third stanza with a 71-62 cushion. Read More...
Source: The Brunei Times | photo: Yee Chun Leong
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