Reece eyes national hopefuls

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Monday, May 30, 2011

National coach pleased with talent pool

THE national basketball team have probably found the missing pieces to the puzzle.

The curtains came down on the Aewon Cup 2011 on Saturday night after Le doux Patisserie/Sia N Tang Music defeated Chevrolet Cruze 80-73 in the final at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

Le doux Patisserie/Sia N Tang Music, who are made up mostly of national cagers, went eight for eight in the tournament and eventually won each game by an average margin of almost 30 points in the round-robin stage.

Being such a dominant force in the competition, it was a different affair in the final having to face a 37-40 deficit at halftime but managed to turn things around within a minute in the third quarter with a 10-0 run that settled the tie.

However, the main aim of the tournament was to select players for the upcoming Borneo City Cup to be held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in August.

National basketball coach Kevin Reece was on hand to watch most of the games at the two-week tournament and he felt that there is plenty of talent. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times