Brunei cagers to use Vietnam as SEA Games measuring stick
Friday, March 11, 2011
THE national basketball team will finally get to test their strength when they compete at the Vietnam Copperhead Classic at Ho Chi Minh between March 15 -25. "The aim is always to do well. We're looking to improve and show a better performance than in China," said national basketball coach Kevin Reece.
Held between Nov 30 - Dec 6, the national basketball team finished at eighth place at the 3rd China-Asean Basketball Invitational tournament at Pingguo County, Guangxi, China.
They lost 77-55 to Vietnam in the battle for seventh place. Their best finish was a fifth place finish three years ago whereby the Sultanate managed to capture three wins.
However, the national team have some new tricks up their sleeves and Reece believes this time they can put up a challenge against the other competitors in China.
"We have bigger sized players now. Ben Sim will also move from forward to play in point guard. That means we have three to four big players on the court at a time," said the American.
"We have put the work in and we should be prepared. We were beaten by Vietnam once and we beat them once (in China). So it will be interesting to see how much we improved since December," he added.
Much is at stake for the national basketball team in the competition, for it will provide an early estimate of how they would do in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in Palembang, Indonesia, in November.
Source: The Brunei Times
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