Aewon Cup: Wardah leads Brunei-Muara comeback
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
A STRONG second half performance powered Brunei-Muara to a 62-42 victory over Tutong in the women's category of the Aewon Cup 2011 at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat last night. Wardah Hj Mekrat had the hot hands for Brunei-Muara, pouring in a game-high of 17 points including nailing five from beyond the arc.
Marnelah Izzah was also influential in the win contributing 15 points for Brunei-Muara.
On the other hand, Huang Shao Yin led Tutong with 12 points and Wong Yii Shin added 11 points in a losing effort.
Brunei-Muara got off to a slow start struggling to find their rhythm at the offensive end. Tutong took advantage of their rivals' weakness and with Huang the go-to-person for the team they opened up a 10-5 lead heading into the second quarter.
Things remained the same in the second quarter with Brunei-Muara relying on their outside shooting until Wardah caught fire nailing three from beyond the arc in the stanza. One of the baskets came just under two minutes to go before halftime and that gave Brunei-Muara the lead for the first time, at 19-18.
Brunei-Muara worked hard at the defensive end with full court pressure defence and this made life difficult for Tutong, but it was all tied up at 20-20 at the break.
Stepping up on the defence, Brunei-Muara got off to a blazing start in the third quarter for a 7-0 run in the opening three minutes.
Tutong were held to only one field goal and Brunei-Muara were ahead 32-23 midway through the period. Read More…
Source: The Brunei Times
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