Season 19 tryout game : Singapore edged out Asia S18 Defending Champ, Phillipines 123-122, in OT.
It's only a scrimmage, but Singapore does possess a high level of ballplay. Just like tonight.
Singapore were almost iced the game without OT with 113-110 lead in 13 seconds to go and even owned the final possession, but Sun Qing Xian bricked 2 crucial freethrows from a Fouls by Phillipines, and let Scott Famaran hits the triple to force overtime.
This time Phillipines speed up everything, run the score to lead 122-117 with 2 minutes to go in OT. But Ip Kai Chung scored two quick consecutive layup to decrease the deficit to one point game. And after a Phillipines miss, Sun Qing Xian dished neatly to a spotting Mohd Hairulnizam bin Jantan, and he hits the big jumper to regain the lead for Singapore 123-122 with 30 seconds to go. After timeout, Phillipines was unable to convert the shots, and Singapore escaped with one point victory.
Chung Wen Xin and Ang Han Yao each scored 21pts for Singapore. Lu Jun Siong 18, Ip has 14 pts, Jantan & Pang Jun Wai scored 13 pts, and Sun Qing Xian has 10 assists, but shot an awful 1/6 from the line that almost cost Singapore the game.
Next week will be the start of Consolation Tournament. Singapore will host Thailand for the first game, then travel to Denmark on the next week.
Last edited by SGP_BigBen(SGP-U21-Manager) at 2/15/2012 1:26:42 AM