PSK: Brunei-Muara start strong

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Saturday, June 19, 2010

SOME things change while others stay the same.

Brunei-Muara are enroute to defend their title for the women's basketball event for the 9th National Sports Festival (PSK) with a 71-16 thumping of Tutong last night at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

Masyidah Abdullah had the game-high of 14 points, with 12 coming in the first period, for Brunei-Muara while Grace Chin and Tiong Sing Chung poured in eight points each.

Meanwhile, Liong Li Yen topscored for Tutong with six points.

The outcome of the match was never in doubt from the start as Brunei-Muara were dominant in every department of the game while their opponents failed to keep up.

It was 20-0 at the end of the first quarter and Tutong only managed to get on the scoreboard, courtesy of a jumpshot by Liong, in the eighth minute of the second period.

Brunei-Muara never let up and got everyone involved to power them to the win.

Brunei-Muara thrashed Tutong 76-14 in the two teams' previous meeting and their head coach, Christina Tan, felt that the game was not over until everything is said and done.

She is also anticipating a tough challenge from the Belait side.

Only three teams - Brunei-Muara, Tutong and Kuala Belait - are competing in the women's category.

"The ball is round so it'll be hard to say. Belait have got very quick and young players. Tonight's (Friday night) game was a lot easier and the team have not shown what they are capable of," Tan informed The Brunei Times after the triumph.

"The team have only trained together once before the tournament but most of them have gelled together from before while some have just returned back just in time from their studies abroad," added Tan. Read More...

Source: The Brunei Times