Sharks crush Hope

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Monday, November 8, 2010

A THIRD quarter eruption by Sharks helped them get crowned the champions of 38-year-old and below category of the Syarikat MK Jazmar Cup and defeat Hope 93-88 in the final at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat last night.

Aries Castro, who is dubbed the scoring machine of Sharks, had a game-high of 27 points after a slow start with only four first half points. Don Mordeno added 26 points in the winning effort.

Hope played well as a team with five of their players notching double figures. Marcelino Magaan topscord for Hope with 20 points and Benjo Ramos added 16. Danny Felicilda, Marjomar Aying and Mike Nuguid added 14, 13 and 12 points respectively to a losing cause.

Both teams came out ready for battle and they played with caution. Sharks were doing a great job at the defensive end with a box-one strategy putting Daris Alnajer on Aying.

However, Hope played to their strengths by taking it inside the paint with their height advantage to score easily.

Sharks failed to box out which resulted in Hope cleaning the glass in the opening period as they opened up a 20-15 advantage heading into the second quarter.

Hope continued their form and were making the extra pass inside to score. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times