Home United (U18) Secured Another Win

(Pictures by Huijun and Kelvin)

Home United surprised DOS with a win, when they put together some fine display to beat DOS 66-57 at Singapore Basketball Center today at 4pm.

This match, which was postpone from last night due to rain, held at SBC earlier today. What more can we say, the right venue and awesome plays from both sets of players. Mitchell (no.8) and Jason (no.9) were in top form today to upset DOS. Although Mitchell was unable to covert most of his shots outside, but his penetration to the paint to assist and score really run out DOS's defence. With DOS, No.8 Hanpin trying his best to man-mark him, he really couldn't do much to stop him. While Mitchell was pushing his team on, Jason Wong shared his burden by scoring some fine field goals and from the 3 point line.

But what is winning without defence? Home United's No. 4, Run Chao and No. 5 Jia Hao also put in some fantastic effort to keep DOS's point-guard No.7 at bay. His play was limited and his team mates suffered deeply without his assists. Home United's No.6, Ziqi also did a great job to limit DOS power forward, No.9 who was given a technical foul towards the end of the game. It clearly showed that he had a bad game.

But Mitchell could only made 1 out of the 4 free throws, or else it would be a bigger margin win. Nevertheless, the whole team showed some character to take down this game. Home United took another small step towards the finals.

The Home United under 16 will be taking on WRS in their last game of the tournament. It's gona be a game where they will need to win their pride back... Go on Home United U16 team. On the girls side, Home United Under 18 team will need to win against Singapore Schools to keep their hopes alive for the top four finish.

They will need to find No.4 Koh Hui Jun and No.12 Elica Foo Hirayama in top form and inspires the team push Singapore Schools all the way. It's going to be an uphill task. But WE ARE HOME UNITED, we never says die......

Home(U16) Crashed out of Milo Cup

(pictures by bball fan)

Home United (U16) campaign in this year’s Milo Cup came to an end when they lost to Tagawa 79-39 last night.

Tagawa started off strongly but have to pull off Home’s strong resilience in the first half. However, it was all gone when Home United seems to give up in the 3rd quarter. The boys don’t seem to give all their best. It was a match of lots of miss chances from the Home side.

It should be hard to swallow for the Home Team to be knocked out of the tournament like that when they were playing so well in the first round. Some of the players’ performances were slacken as the team progresses. It’s always a pity to see a team with talented and potential players misses out the top 4 spot.

Their last match will be against WRS, a match they need to win to get their pride back.

Final Round Fixtures for U18 Tournament

The final round for the under 18 teams kicks off tomorrow. Home United will play their first game against the mighty DOS.... Catch Home United in action and render them your supports...

29 June 2007 @7pm : Home United vs DOS [ AMK CC] - Postponed to 30 Jun 2007, 4pm at SBC.
3 July 2007 @ 8.30pm : Singapore Schools vs Home United [Yuhua CC]
7 July 2007 @6pm : Tagawa vs Home United [SBC1]
8 July 2007 @5.30pm : Home United vs Whye Nam [SBC 2]

Match Preview – Home United vs Tagawa

Tagawa continued to surge forward to the finals as they faced Home United today at Kovan CSC, 8.30pm. Home United who need a win in this match in order to qualify for the Semi-final should go all out and win this tie.

Home United’s center have not been playing up to par in this campaign. Neither offence nor defence is up to par with their reputation in this age category. Against a more consistence Tagawa, Home United would need to hit them right from the start. Home will look at their centers to perform today as well as No.5 Larry, No.6 Jun Hao and No.14 Wei Hao to get their shots back into the basket.

They would need to stop Tagawa’s No.9, the soul of the team, in order to progress further. Although Tagawa has a pool of talented players in the squad, their plays revolved around their No.9. Another one to watch out will be their No.8. Bless with pace and built, this forward can terrorised any defence on his day.

It will be an uphill task for Home to beat Tagawa given that they are running a straight 2 loses. It would be difficult for any youth players to regain their moral especially losing in the last 2 matches with such a big margin. But again, if they don’t bounce back today, they will never be as today is the crucial match for them to progress further in the competition and progress to be a better player.

The Day We Play Against Transformer.....

Transformers seems to be in the trend recently. Ever wonder what if you got to play against them? My say...... no matter who your opponent is.... let's get them....

(No.15 Mingjun and No.14 Wei Hao)

Home United (U18) in Milo Cup's Final Round

Home United U18 beat Tampines East 77 - 73 last night to book a place in the final round of the Milo Cup 2007. DOS, Singapore Schools, Tagawa, Min Yi are among the teams that's in the final round as well.

Home United starts off the 1st quarter strongly with a 7-0 run. They continued to put pressure on Tampines and ended the quarter with the score 20-13. But Tampines did not give up their hopes of qualifying. They knew that just by winning the tie, they are in the final round. Their determination cut the lead to 4 points at the end of 3rd quarter.

It's a real disappointment to see some of the Home's players not giving their best in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. Their display clearly shown lacks the passion, fighting spirit and concentration. It's like lost soul in the court.

The score were real tight in the last quarter. With Tampines kept pushing forward. Tampines No.14 was fouled with 1 min left in the last quarter. Tampines were trailing by 1 point as he hit 1 of 2 free throw from the line. With the clock ticking down, Tampines lost their patience as they tried to double team Mitchell at the top of the key. That led No.4 Runchao all open at the side, received a pass from Mitchell and hit a big 3 from downtown. Home United extended their lead to 4 points with 14 sec left on the clock. Tampines tried to score from the 3-point line but the ball just did not entered the basket. In the end, Home United won the game 77-73.

This is first time in the tournament that Home United conceded 70 over points. Whatever the reason is, they really need to play with more passion and surely no space for taking a breather in the next round against strong teams like Singapore Schools and DOS.

Come on Home United, give your best shot for the last round...... If you think u can do it, you'll do it.... All of us are right behind you guys.

Home United Girls (Under 18) Line Up

(Picture by Marina Chang)

We have received the complete line up for Home United Girls U18. (Thanks to Jessie).

No.4 - Koh Hui Jun
No.5 - Marina Chang
No.6 - Jessie Ong
No.7 - Nur Fitrisna
No.8 - Tan Sohhwee
No.9 - Serene Chong
No.10 - Joyce Ng
No.11 - Denise Tan
No.12 - Elica Foo Hirayama
No.13 - Lam Minyi
No.14 - Berlinda Soh
No.15 - Tina Toh

Under 16
No.4 - -
No.5 - Clarissa Kor
No.6 - Elaine Ong
No.7 - Dawn Wong
No.8 - Tan Weiting
No.9 - Cherie Chia
No.10 - Koh Peizhen
No.11 - Lim Jingya
No.12 - Lee Peijing
No.13 - Tan Weena
No.14 - Kimberly Hor
No.15 - -

Maybe someone can send their photos in? It would be so much nicer. Anyone can contribute to the boys and girls team?

Match Preview - Home United vs Tampines East

Home United, with 2 wins in their bag will faced Tampines East tomorrow at Yuhua CC, 8.30pm. Tampines East who lost to Min Yi in their previous match needed to win in order to qualify for the final round. Home United on the other hand would like to get their 3rd straight win.

A win is important for Home United as the result will be carried forward to the next round, even if a defeat of 1 point will mean Tampines and Home United qualify for the next round, which also mean Home United starts the final round with a game lost. Anything more than a 6 points defeat will see Home United Knocked out of the competition.

Home United's captain (No.8) has been a pillar for the team. He would need to lift his team again to overcame Tampines East resiliance. The rest of Home United players must also show faith and confidence in themselves to win this encounter.

Home United (U18) record another win while U16's hopes suffered a knock

(All photos by bball fan)

Home United (U18) boys won last evening game against Cyber Relax with the score 76-48. Mitchell (No.8) was on fire in the 1st quarter when he hit four 3-pointer in a row. The 1st quarter ended with Home United leading 25-8.

Home United started to slow down their pace in the 2nd and 3rd quarter resulting Cyber Relax to closing up the gap. The lead was reduced to 14 points at the end of the 3rd quarter. Home United started the last quarter strongly and eventually won the last quarter 22-8. The final score 76-48 sees Home United moving a step closer to the final round.

While the Under 18 continued to march to the final round, the Under 16's hopes for qualifying the final round suffered a blow when they lost to Singapore Schools, 85-41. Although they lost by a 44 points margin, they performed much better compared to their last game against Whye Nam. It seems like the boys have slowly adapted to big matches and its a good sign for the coach when they faced Tagawa in "must win" match on Thursday.

The Under 18 girls were outclassed by KG Ubi Kembangan as they lost 49-61. It was their second lost in the final round as their result with Stackers was brought forward to this round. Their remaining matches are against Singapore Schools, Hong Kah North and NYJC. With little hopes against the mighty Singapore Schools, Home United must win against Hong Kah North and NYJC to finish top 4.

Whye Nam Cruised Past Home United

(photos by bball fan)

The much anticipated match ended with Whye Nam criusing pass Home United with the score 66-48. Whye Nam proved too strong for Home United when they practically killed the game in first quarter leading by 22-5 at the end of the quarter.

It's not easy for any team to come back from behind after trailing by so many points. Home United tried hard to fight back but were unable to close the gap. Although Home United win the second quarter by 1 point, 14-13, it was not enough to bring the game back. Whye Nam win the 3rd quarter by another 20-14 run, throwing Home United really back behind.

Maybe what is worth mentioning was Home United fighting spirits. Though falling behind, they fought hard to come back. They were once trailing by 12 points. It's a pity that they were unable to overcome Whye Nam fastbreak. It the end, Whye Nam won the game 66-48.

Judging by Home United performances in the first round. They were to slow to start off in every game, which is a killer to any team. Today match was another good example. It also show that they were unable to cope with big match pressure. Or maybe ladyluck was not on their side. The shooting percentage were way too low.

It's going to be an uphill task for them as they were drawn against Singapore Schools, Tagawa and Woodlands Ring Sec in the last 8. Now it's a test of mental strenght. Home United boys must look up and play extremely hard for every match to pogress further. Most importantly, is to stay focus right from the start. Come on Home United... It's all in your mind to take on any opponent and win them.


*Thank you Bball fan for your contribution of your pictures!

Fixtures for Under 16 Boys

24 Jun 2007 @10.30am (SBC2): Singapore Schools vs Home United
28 Jun 2007 @8.30pm (Kovan): Home United vs Tagawa
1 Jul 2007 @2pm (SBC1): Home United vs Woodlands Ring Sec

Home United Girl U18 in Final Round

The Milo Cup Tornament 2007 (Girls U18 Category) has entered the final round. Home United successfully entered the last 6 after their win against T-net Club. Same as the U18 Boys format, the final round will be played in round-robin format.

Home United's result against Stackers in the preliminary round will remain in this final round. Which also mean that Home United starts off with a lost in their hand. In order to qualify for the semi-finals, Home United need to win at least 2 more games or more (depend on other teams results) to get through the passage to the finals.

It's going to be tough for the girls. But since they have progressed so far in this tournament, we bet that they will give all out for the remaining matches.

Well done girls, keep the Home United Flag flying high....

Fixtures for the Girls U18

24 Jun 2007 @3pm (SBC2): Home United vs KG Ubi Kembangan
1 Jul 2007 @6.30pm (SBC1) : Home United vs Singapore Schools
8 Jul 2007 @5.30pm (SBC1) : Hong Kah North vs Home United
11 Jul 2007 @7pm (SBC1) : NYJC vs Home United

Match Preview - Home United (U16) vs Whye Nam

It's going one of the biggest match of the Milo Cup Tournament for the under 16 category when Home United plays Whye Nam in their final game of the preliminary round. The match, much anticipated by fans of both sides take place at Singapore Basketball Center tomorrow at 4.30pm.

Home United, who won their last two matches passing the 100-point mark and their impressive defence will be put on test tomorrow against a talented Whye Nam side. On paper, Whye Nam's physical advantage and talent pool stand an edge over Home United. But Home United has shown that they worked well together as a team this year as compared to last year where they were knocked out in the first round. Although both teams have already qualified for the next round, it should not be a match that bored the crowds. They will be fighting for the top spot so that they will get to ballot 2 runner-up teams for the second round.

The market are marking Whye Nam as favourites for this game. Can Home United outclass them? It going to be difficult to tell. But if Home United fight hard enough, anything can happen. The ball is round.......

Home United Past First Hurdles

Home United (U18) boys beat last year champion's Min Yi last night with the final score 61-57. It was a tightly contested match with both teams fighting hard to win their first match of the second round. Mitchell (no.8) and Leonard(No.15) leads the team's scoring with 26 points and 12 points respectively, secured the win for Home United.

Home United was trailing behind in the first two quarters. The first quarter end with the score 17-18. Min Yi tried to put Home United behind but can only lead 4 points at the end of the second quarter. Home United's attack were in the first two quarters were miserable. With Mitchell(No.8) and Leonard (No.15) putting Home in contest for the game.

When the 3rd quarter started, Home United seems to put more pressure on their opponent. The coach deploy a full court man press and full deny on Min Yi's No.6 - The players behind their set play. It seems effective as he was not able to create too much problem for Home United. No.4 Runchao and No.9 Jason Wong put together some fine defence to hold off Min Yi's No.6. The third quarter ended with Home United leading by 2 points, 41-39

Mitchell hit two 3-pointer in the 4th quarter to put Home United right back on track. In the end,
it was a Home's team and fighting spirits that hold off their opponent. It was a sweet victory for Home United.

On the other side, the girls team (U18) beat T-net with the score 52-35 to secure their place in the final round.

Match Preview - Home United vs Min Yi, Home United(U18 Girls) vs T-net Bt Merah

"Dark Horse" Home United will take on last year's Champion, Min Yi in tonight's second round of the Milo Youth Cup. The game will be played at Ang Mo Kio CC at 8.30pm.

Min Yi will not be as strong as compared to last year's squad. But they will not be easy meat for any takers. Unlike last year, they do not have any "superstars" in the team, but as a whole, they are very hardworking if you see them played against WRS in the last match. They worked well together as a team.

Home United has been quite inconsistance based on round 1 performance. They tend to relax when they met weaker opponents and played well when they are facing tougher and stronger teams. A sign which is not healthy to any youth team as their inconsistance may make them pay for the all important matches in second round.

The second round results will be brought forward to the final round of the tournament. Which also mean that every game is important. It will be best for any team to win all the games if they can in this round as to ensure a good start in the next round...

The last time Home United played well was against Tong Whye. That's the only match that they showed real hunger for a win, hunger for the cup. The real test has just begin. Can they handle such pressure, handle stronger offence and defence from stronger opponents? We shall see how they fare in their 1st test tonight.

Good Luck Home United.

On the other side, the girls team will take on T-net Bt. Merah tonight, 7pm at Singapore Basketball Center. Home United and T-net all have a chance to qualify for next round. T-net need to win by 8 points to qualify for the next round.

Home United should be able to win this encounter. Even if they lose, they will not lose more than 8 points. But afterall, the ball is round anything can happen in the game especially when they lost to stackers by 11 points. As long as they played good defence, I don't see any reason for them to lose to T-net.

Home United's No.4 and No.12 will play an important roles today. The duo can create alot of trouble for the opponents if they played well. No.7 who came off the bench last match played quite well too. She just need to focus on grabbing down all the rebounds and drive into the paint. But she must watch out for her fouls. A players who commits unnecessary fouls at times.

Let's hope that two Home United Teams can produce good results today!

Home United U18 topped group despite lost

Home United U18 boys topped their group despite the lost of their final game of round 1. With only nine players presented last night. They were unable to curb Teck Ghee CSC strong-will performace.

Teck Ghee who already out of the tournament managed to pull the strings together last night and upset the group winner with the final score 70-61. They coped well with Home United full court press and exposed their opponent weak defence.

It seems like the Home players were not putting in effort for their last group game. Already secured a group winner place, their plays and defence were sloppy. With the absence of their captain Mitchell and No.7 Xaiver, their fire power was strongly affected.

Home United really need to up the tempo for their next game. In the second round, there are no more weaker teams as most of the weaker team were knocked out of the tournament. Home United will play against last year Champion Min Yi this coming Wed 20 June 2007, 8.30pm at Ang Mo Kio CC.

From Home United's line up and performances, they should considered as "dark horse" for the final. Their first test will be Min Yi. Can they overcome the Champions? We should see.

Upcoming fixtures (U18)

20 Jun 2007 @ 8.30pm HUBC vs Min Yi (AMK CC)
24 Jun 2007 @ 6pm Cyber Relax vs HUBC (SBC1)
26 Jun 2007 @ 8.30pm Tampines East vs HUBC (Yuhua CC)

Match Report - Home United (U18) Girls vs Stackers

In any game, history don't really play a part. Stackers must surely agree on this. They beat Home United with the score 55-44. One of their biggest win against Home United in recent years.

Home United went in strong in the 1st quarter leading 6-5 at the start of the match. However, poor defending and passing leads to numerous unnecssary take-over made Home United pay for their sloopy play. Stackers counter them with fastbreaks and took a lead 14-8 at the end of 1st quarter.

Stackers deploy a 3-2 zone defence hit Home United right on the spot. Home United players simply can't make any shots outside the paint. Home United's No.4 and No.12 were the only players who made the basket. But their play were too predictable, they only drives towards the basket. 2nd quarter was a quarter of missed chances and bad passing from both sides. In the last 30 seconds of the half, stackers No.8 made a 3-point basket and push the lead to 30-20 at the end of 2nd quarter.

Home United started to step on the pedal a little bit in the 3rd quarter, they managed to put in some nice set play and was trailing by 4 points with 5:42 left on the clock. At the end of 3rd quarter, Home United trail by 6 points with the score 34-40.

Stackers up the pace in the last quarter. No.13 hit a 3 and push the lead to 7 points with the score 43-36 with 7:15 left on the clock. It was Stackers no.5 who stole the show for a minute. She was the one pulling down all the rebounds for stackers and made thing really difficult for Home United. Home United did not give up. No.4 came dashing into the paint and scored. Trailing by 6 points, Home United deployed a full court press in anticipation that the opponent would fumble and made turnovers.

The full court press was not effective. They did not help out each other, instead they were just man-marking their own man. A screen and their man was free from marking. Stackers made the final 3 point shot of the last quarter and they won the game with the score 55-44.

A Stacker's player was so delighted that she kept chanting... "We beat Home U, We beat Home U"

So it was left with the last match that Home U need to win against T-net to enter the second round.

Photos and match reports

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Match Preview - Home United (U18 Girls) vs Stackers

A Must Win Match for Home United

Home United girls team (U18) face Stackers in a match which they need to win to book their place in the next round of the Milo Cup. The game, will be played at Singapore Basketball Center (SBC) on Sunday 17 June 2007 @12pm.

Base of head to head track record, Home United's chances of winning this tie seems higher. But while most of the players and coach changed in this squad, everything will be back to square one again. Home United girls youth team's performance so far in this tournament has been a roller coaster ride. They performed badly on their first game but were lucky to win. They seems to be more composed in the next two games but were still making too much takeovers.

Their passing and teamwork were obviously lacking in the first match and could cost them dearly if they started off too slow in this game. The gals need to stay focus right from the start and score early to shake off stackers' counter.

Stackers on the other hand made some impressive wins in the group. Despite a slow start against Team HARV, they manages to run down the rest of their opponents with some impressive fast-breaks. It will be a hard nut for Home United to crack in tomorrow's game.

Will Home United stands tall after the game? Or will Stackers put up another impressive performance to win the group? I guess it will be an interesting game tomorrow. Fans of HUBC, your suppport at the court will surely be the sixth man on the court.

Match Preview - Home United (U18) vs Teck Ghee CSC

Home United Under 18 boys will be playing against Teck Ghee CSC tomorrow night at the Singapore Basketball Center at 7.30pm.

For Home United, already qualify for the next round should win their opponent in their next game. If they perform what they have performed so far, they should cruise pass this game. The only thing that will make them lose it is - themselves.

They have to keep their feet on the ground and play every game seriously. Last match against PPH CSC was a good example of slacking. The HU players were not focus on that game and did not put in their 100% effort. Though winning the game by a big margin, that type of performance is no where near champion standard.

Tomorrow's game main point will be the HU players themselves, whether they starts to think they are championship material already or they have realised that they still have a long way to go to match against top Youth Clubs. Another interesting area will be the coach of Teck Ghee. A so called "public enemy" in local basketball scene. How he behaved and how he plot his pit against Home United is something everyone would want to know. Nevertheless, we expect the court to be real noisy when Teck Ghee's coach is concerned.

My heart will flow with the Home United's players. But I urges the team to put on a good fight, a good show and not a performance seen from the last match.

Go Home United....... win the game with pride and win it nice.

Youth Team players of HUBC 2007

The line up for Home United Basketball Team Under 18
No.4 - Huang Run Cao
No.5 - Oh Jia Hao
No.6 - Liau ZiQi
No.7 - Xiaver Heah
No.8 - Mitchell Fredrick Folkoff
No.9 - Jason Wong
No.10 - Jeryl Yee
No.11 - Alvin Kang
No.12 - Lin Shiyang (Injured)
No.13 - Lim Yong Chiang
No.14 - Chen Qiangsen
No.15 - Leonard Ong

Under 16 Youth Team Squad
No.4 - Lim Sihua
No.5 - Larry Liauw
No.6 - Soh Jun Hao
No.7 - Gavin Yong
No.8 - Lee Kah Liang
N0.9 - Gerald Toh
No.10 - Ong Jia Jun
No.11 - Aw Jun Xian
No.12 - Kelvin Liang
No.13 - Teo Kun You
No.14 - Lim Wei Hao
No.15 - Hoe Mingjun

Welcome Home.... Home of HUBC

Hi, this is a newly created blog for Home United Basketball Club. This blog is by all mean not releated or setup by the club. This is purely setup by myself to pen down my own comments or reports of HUBC's games....

Well...... welcome to the home of Home United Basketball Club. (Or visit their website at www.hubc.org.sg)

Let the play begins.....