Home United Finished Third in Superstar Challenge

Defeat from the Taiwan Yulon and Singapore Cagers saw our Local Champion Home United finished Third in the Jumpshot Superstar Challenge. 

Taiwan Yulon cruised past Home United in their opening match. Yulon defeated Home by 28 points. Home United then pitted against the Singapore Cagers which made up of some local lads and two foreign imports from Africa. Standing at 2m tall, these guys really caused some problem to Home. Despite having the two foreign import, the cagers only managed to win the game 95-80. Home went on to secured a 40 points win against the local Philippines team and finished third in this tournament. 

The future still look bright for Home despite the two losses. Home seems to be able to dominate local basketball arena for another couple of years, unless BAS allow teams to import foreign like cagers without any special conditions. Couple of the local lads from cagers seems promising, but they still have a long way to go in order to stamp their foot on local basketball arena. 

You played well Home United, the fans are always behind you. With the fact that you did not import any foreigners to take part in this tournament and giving exposure to our very own local lads , we salute you! 

Home United Line Up for Superstar Challenge

Announcing the line up for Home United 

(Photos and profile provided by Meng Koon)

JUMPSHOT Superstar Challenge 2008

Book your calendar for this coming 2-4 August 2008 as JUMPSHOT Superstar Challenge is coming! Watch professional players from Taiwan and Philippines rubbing shoulders against local Champion, Home United and the newly formed local basketball Team, the Cagers.

Team participation in this invitation tournament are, Taiwan Yulong Basketball Team, Philippines Ginebra San Miguel Basketball Team, Home United Basketball Club and Cagers Basketball Team. Expect lots of actions and pace from these teams as they are all powerhouse in their homeland.

For those Home United Fans who are unable to travel with the team to other countries or Malaysia to support the team when they played against other powerhouse, this is a good chance for you to support them! Get your tickets now!

For more informations, visit http://www.jumpshot.com.sg/events.html

Congratulations to the Home Youth Teams.

The blog admin would like to congratulate Home United Boys Under 16 (Dragons) and Home United Under 18 girls for their achievement in this year’s Milo Cup.

The Boys finished fourth while the girls team finished runner-up in the competition. Kudos to the talented youths of Home United Basketball Club!

We would also like to apologise for the lack of coverage towards the end of the Milo Cup as there were no submission from anyone and the team is too tied up to cover for the remaining matches. Once again, well done boys and girls!

Protectors and Dragons Took a Step Closer towards Next Round

The Home United Under 16, Protectors and Dragons took a step closer towards the final round of the Milo Cup 2008 when they secured a win in their opening match in the second round.
Protector won Paya Lebar 77-43 while the Dragons overcome Zheng Hua's resistance and won 71-55.

Paya Lebar CSC took their chances in the 1st quarter and gave the Protectors a hard time when they took the lead early in the game. The score tied at 13-13 at the end of 1st quarter. The Protectors stepped up on their defence and overturned the tie. The game turned into an one-way traffic subsequently when Paya Lebar was unable to break away from Home's full court press.

The Dragons had a uphill task when they took on Zheng Hua on the same evening. Having already lost to Tong Whye in the first round, they have to win their remaining games in order to stand a chance to qualify.

During the first quarter, Zheng Hua was on the roll when they hit Home's sloopy defence. Things got tougher for Home when they trailed 10-16 at the end of first quarter. After the break, the Dragons back to their normal full court man-mark and closed down the lead. They were 1 point behind when the 2nd quarter ended 29-28 in favour of Zheng Hua.

With such depth in Dragons squad, Zheng Hua soon ran out of steam as they mainly relied on a few players. Dragons kept rotating their players and they were still fresh towards the 3rd and last quarter. In the 3rd quarter, Home outscored Zheng Hua 24-7 and took the lead for the 1st time in the game. It was no turning back then, Home held on to their lead and won the game, taking a step closer to the next round.

The next game will be played at SBC on 16 Jun 2008. The Protectors will take on Chong Ghee at 8.30pm while the Dragons take on T-net at 7pm.

Protectors Progressed as Group Winner, Under 18 Faced Exits.

The Home United Protectors progressed to the second round of the Milo Cup after winning Kai Xuan Youth. While both the under 16 teams tasted successes in the first round, the Under 18 is eliminated in round one despite winning two of their 3 matches.

The Under 18 team suffered a big defeat during last night game against the Singapore School meant that they are being eliminated due to goal difference. The game last night marked the end of the season for the squad and a lot of work has to be done to improve this team if they are going to participate again next year.

The next game for the Under 16 teams will be on 14 June 2008 at Singapore Basketball Center. The Protectors will be playing at 5.30pm and the Dragon will be playing at 7pm. Let’s hope that this two teams are able to play well and progress to the final round of the tournament.

HUBC Blog Welcome Updates for Female team

As we are tied down with our personal commitment, this year’s reports are usually submitted by fans or anyone who watched the match. Although the reports are all on male teams, we are most welcome if female HUBC teams have got anything to submit to us for posting. Pls send all reports and pictures to homeunited.basketball@gmail.com

Dragons Suffered Costly Defeat

The Dragons suffered a costly defeat to Tong Whye Temple last night 73-71. The lost made Home United Dragons to progress to the 3rd round more difficult with BAS new tournament implementation in this year's Milo Cup

BAS implementing a new system for the 2nd round, which we find it impractical and unprofessional, the top two team of each group will progress to the next round with another top two teams from another group. Which also meant that Tong Whye and Home United will again be in the same group and last night result will be brought over to the next round. This also mean that when the 2nd round starts, two teams will start off with a win and two teams will start off with one loss. Should Home United Dragons and Tong Whye successfully proceed to the final round of 6. Their results in the 1st round will be again brought forward to that round. This is what we call, unprofessional and amateur why of organising a tournament. 

Aside from BAS ever changing management and organising of such event, the match involved two of the most talented teams, Home United and Tong Whye looks like a grand final match. Both teams gone through a see saw battle before Tong Whye finally emerged winner in the dying seconds of the last quarter. 

Credits must go to Home United although they lost this important game. Without their big man for this game, the rest of the squad managed to neutralise Tong Whye's big man play, unsettling their flow of play and made Tong Whye's centers work real hard to get the ball. 

Tong Whye scored through their main center, No.12 and Home answered back with their long rage shooting and fast break. No.7 Larry and No.11 scored 13 and 17 points respectively. Six 3-pointers between the two players and a total of nine 3-pointers from the team to keep Home closely contested in the game.

When a team is able to scored so many points  and 3 pointers in a game and yet lost, we have to point out that Home United's defence last night was not really up to par. although they did managed to cut off the Tong Whye's center supply, they lost focus at times to let their opponent scored through easy fast break and basket. This should be something for the team to work on. 

Despite the lost, Home are still hopeful to qualify for the next final round. They would need to beat their next two opponents in order to stand a chance to qualify. If they keep up with the way they scores and brush up their defence, this team could be one of the most difficult team to beat.