Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Brunei basketball is in good hands

Sunday, August 28, 2011

(Top) Soon Kian Leong is one of the Sultanate's under-23 cagers who made history by winning the 13th Borneo City Men's Invitational Basketball Tournament 2011 earlier this month. Picture: BT file THERE is a bright future ahead for Brunei Basketball.

The national under-23 side playing under the banner of Easyway/CK Tang provided more than just a thrashing but a 112-35 demolition of Seria-based side NVP in the final of the Brunei Under-23 Basketball Tournament 2011 at the Kampung Baru basketball court in Seria earlier this month.

It is one of the most lopsided victories for a final in recent memory and it is one that foresees a bright future for basketball in the country.

They followed up that win with a tough loss to their seniors in the Aewon Cup 2011 Basketball Championship Tournament losing 65-59 in Group C.

The seniors themselves, 14 players in total, only had an average age of the 25.2 years old.

National basketball coach Kevin Reece felt that it was a win-win situation with the juniors giving the national cagers a good game.

That is exactly what the American expected and he believes that there is plenty left in the tank for the youths. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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