Drama as Dragons down Barracudas in OT

Amir Amin

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Sunday, December 5, 2010

THE Brunei Barracudas were handed a 95-87 defeat at the hands of the KL Dragons at the MABA Stadium yesterday.

A win was all but guaranteed when the Barracudas led 79-76 in the dying seconds, only for the home team to be awarded three free throws for a personal foul on Patrick Cabahug in the dying seconds of the match. He successfully converted from the charity stripe to level the points and push the match into overtime.

It was just the wake up call the Dragons needed. The Malaysians picked up their game during overtime to condemn Brunei's first professional basketball team to their eighth defeat of the season.

Christopher Garnett scored a game-high 30 points and totalled 17 rebounds to notch a double-double.

He was not the only player on the Barracuda's roster with a double-double, teammate Chris Commons also firing in 29 points and 11 rebounds. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Will the Barracudas sink or swim this season?

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Saturday, December 4, 2010

THE conclusion of each story seems so familiar at this point. It ends up as a loss in the end when the game goes down to the wire.

That is the story of the Brunei Barracudas thus far in the sophomore season of the Asean Basketball League (ABL).

Fours times already has it happened to Brunei's first professional team this season and their latest setback came in the hands of the Singapore Slingers with a 90-94 loss last Tuesday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

The Barracudas had led most of the way in the match, only to crumble in the fourth quarter with poor execution down the stretch

Being one of the two teams in the six-team league that have played 10 games so far, Satria Muda BrtiAma being the other, the Barracudas now sit in fifth place with a 3-7 win-loss record. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Brunei take on Vietnam today

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Saturday, December 4, 2010

IT WILL be another hill to climb for the Brunei national basketball team when they face off against Vietnam today in Group B of the Third China-Asean Basketball Invitational tournament at Pingguo County, Guangxi, China.

The national squad were outclassed in both of their matches so far, starting off their campaign with a 100-58 demolition by hosts Guangxi on Tuesday followed by an 83-57 thrashing by Hong Kong on Thursday.

The national team have been suffering from attrition with several players picking up injuries in the two matches played and height have been the biggest factor in those losses thus far.

"Vietnam are bigger than us but not by a lot. We'll just have to go out there and play our game," said Kevin Reece, the national basketball coach, during an interview with The Brunei Times, yesterday.

The Vietnam team is represented by LQ Joton Inc, who recently won the 2010 Vietnam Basketball Championship Copper Cup, under the Vietnam Basketball Federation. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Hankook Komala too good for Kenview

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Friday, December 3, 2010

IT WAS another case whereby experience triumphs over youth after Kevin Tay put up a 29-point performance to lead Hankook Komala to an 86-69 victory over Kenview in Group B of the Open Category of the Chung Hwa Middle School (CHMS) Alumni Association 18th Anniversary Basketball tournament yesterday.

"We wanted to make it into the next round. I took that as the motivation but it was team effort that got us the win," said Tay, a forward of Hankook Komala, during an interview with The Brunei Times, after the win at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

The biggest factor in the match was that Hankook Komala connected on 12 treys from behind the arc.

Three other players got into double figures for Hankook Komala with both Lee Huat Beng and Mark See each pouring in 17 points while Lim Leng Ann added 13 second half points in the win. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Brunei outclassed by Hong Kong

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Friday, December 3, 2010

THE national basketball team went down fighting 83-57 to a much stronger Hong Kong side for their second straight loss yesterday in Group B of the Third China-Asean Men's Basketball Invitational tournament at Pingguo County, Guangxi, China.

Ben Sim had the game-high to lead the national squad with 20 points and 14 rebounds for his double-double.

Marjomar Aying was the only other player in double figures with 10 points and filled up other sections of the stats sheet with seven rebounds and five steals before fouling out in the fourth quarter.

So Sheung Ying topscored for Hong Kong with 14 points and 14 rebounds to record a double-double while Au Yeung Ching Pong and Chan Siu Wing added 12 and 10 points respectively in the victory. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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