A "roller coaster" match was displayed in SBC today which saw Home United walked away with a 48-41 victory over a talented Unity Secondary School. It was a match that both coaches know the importance of the game. With Huang Engineering the favourite to progress beyond this stage, Home and Unity are fighting for the last slot to the final round.
Home started to press Unity right from the start of the game. But the talented Unity players raised their game and keep up with Home for the 1st half of the game. There was a time in the second quarter where Unity was leading 22-12 forcing Home to call for a time-out. Home fought hard to get back into the game, trailing by 2 points at half-time.
At the starts of third quarter, Home used an unfamiliar 3-2 zone defence, It pays off well as it keep Unity outside the 3 point line. Unity unable to penetrate into the paint and unable to recover from Home United fast breaks cost them the game. At the end of the quarter, Unity Sec was leading by 1 point.
Home’s patience zone defence again pays off in the last quarter. Hitting on Unity weakness in shooting, Home United ran off with some fine fast break. Unity soon found themselves in trouble with the clock ticking down seconds by seconds. They tried to set a full court press towards the end of the quarter, but it was too late for them to overtake their opponent.
Unity will now have to beat Huang Engineer in order to progress and Home will able to put a foot into the final round should they beat Tangling Sec in tomorrow match up.
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Monday, 26 November 2007
Home United Under 14 Progress to Next Round
Home United under 14 squad progress to the next round of the Milo Under 14 tournament organised by BAS. The team beat Jurong West Eagles 84 -23 yesterday and had earlier won Admiralty CSC with the score 57-29.
Home started the match with 7 players, with 3 players coming late for the game. It caused the team to suffer some depth problem and was unable to cope with the game early in the first half.
Things began to flow more smoothly for Home in the third quarter. They managed to play some good defence and managed to stretch their lead to 39-22 at the end of third quarter.
The last quarter was all Home United show cruising pass their opponent to secure another victory in this tournament.
The draw for next round will be held in BAS tomorrow noon. The teams that progress to the next round will be evenly matched. The real test for Home United has just begun.
Home started the match with 7 players, with 3 players coming late for the game. It caused the team to suffer some depth problem and was unable to cope with the game early in the first half.
Things began to flow more smoothly for Home in the third quarter. They managed to play some good defence and managed to stretch their lead to 39-22 at the end of third quarter.
The last quarter was all Home United show cruising pass their opponent to secure another victory in this tournament.
The draw for next round will be held in BAS tomorrow noon. The teams that progress to the next round will be evenly matched. The real test for Home United has just begun.
Thursday, 22 November 2007
HUBC finished Third in Johore International Invitation Cup
Home United Basketball Club has got something for Singapore basketball fans to cheer about when they came in Third, behind runner-up Philippines and host country Malaysia in last week Johore International Invitation Cup.
The tournament consists of team from China Parklane Club, Indonesia Selection Team, Philippines C selection Team, Hong Kong National Team, Malaysia National Team and local Home United Basketball Club.
Home lead by Captain Koh Meng Koon and on loan Pathman s/o Matialakan (both currently playing for the Slingers) got off a flying start when they beat China Parklane by 23 points in their first game. They then went off to hold back Hong Kong National Team in a nail-biting and closely contested game. Home came from behind in the final quarter with Derek Aw making a buzzer beater to brush off Hong Kong with a 2 points win.
It was then downfall for Home when they suffered 3 straight losses in their remaining three games. But their two wins were enough to secure third placing.
Kudos to Home United, for making Singapore proud in the basketball arena once again.
The tournament consists of team from China Parklane Club, Indonesia Selection Team, Philippines C selection Team, Hong Kong National Team, Malaysia National Team and local Home United Basketball Club.
Home lead by Captain Koh Meng Koon and on loan Pathman s/o Matialakan (both currently playing for the Slingers) got off a flying start when they beat China Parklane by 23 points in their first game. They then went off to hold back Hong Kong National Team in a nail-biting and closely contested game. Home came from behind in the final quarter with Derek Aw making a buzzer beater to brush off Hong Kong with a 2 points win.
It was then downfall for Home when they suffered 3 straight losses in their remaining three games. But their two wins were enough to secure third placing.
Kudos to Home United, for making Singapore proud in the basketball arena once again.
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Home United Under 14 Win First Game
Home United under 14 boys bagged their first win in this year’s Milo Youth Tournament (U14 Cat). Home United cruised past Zheng Hua (Quan Feng) B team with the scoreline 19 – 100.
From Home United line-up, there are some players from Anglican missing in the team, As reported in the pre-season, none of the Anglican players were seen in their line-up. However, from the way Home played yesterday, they managed to cover the lost of these players at the moment.
Right from the start, Home United pressed their opponents hard with their full court man to man marking, causing Zheng Hua numerous turn-over. The game was almost gone during half time with the score read 48-8 in Home favour.
Zheng Hua has a little bit more space to breathe in the second half with Home deploying half court man-mark. But poor finishing and lack of team-work were the main reason for their defeat.
Home United’s big center, No.15 Toh Ming Hua made an impressive start for the tournament. His towering height advantage clearly dominated the paint for the team. He made a double-double in his field goal and rebounds.
The up-coming games will be much tougher test for Home United. Admiralty, Jurong West and Dragon Dos are no push-over. We shall see if Home United is up to the task.
Yesterday Home United Line Up
No. 4 Aloysius Chua
No.5 Sebastian Lim
No.6 Chia Puay Hong
No.7 Koh An Song
No.8 -
No.9 Ong Soon Lee
No.10 Peng Zhao Peng
No.11 Ten Jia Shun
No.12 -
No.13 Daniel Chia
No.14 Lee Guan Hui
No.15 Toh Ming Hua
Home First Round Fixtures
23 Nov 2007 (Fri) @ 1pm: Home United vs Dragon DOS (Tong Whye) [SBC1]
25 Nov 2007 (Sun) @ 2.30pm: Jurong West vs Home United [SBC 2]
26 Nov 2007 (Mon) @ 2.30pm: Home United vs Admiralty [SBC2]
From Home United line-up, there are some players from Anglican missing in the team, As reported in the pre-season, none of the Anglican players were seen in their line-up. However, from the way Home played yesterday, they managed to cover the lost of these players at the moment.
Right from the start, Home United pressed their opponents hard with their full court man to man marking, causing Zheng Hua numerous turn-over. The game was almost gone during half time with the score read 48-8 in Home favour.
Zheng Hua has a little bit more space to breathe in the second half with Home deploying half court man-mark. But poor finishing and lack of team-work were the main reason for their defeat.
Home United’s big center, No.15 Toh Ming Hua made an impressive start for the tournament. His towering height advantage clearly dominated the paint for the team. He made a double-double in his field goal and rebounds.
The up-coming games will be much tougher test for Home United. Admiralty, Jurong West and Dragon Dos are no push-over. We shall see if Home United is up to the task.
Yesterday Home United Line Up
No. 4 Aloysius Chua
No.5 Sebastian Lim
No.6 Chia Puay Hong
No.7 Koh An Song
No.8 -
No.9 Ong Soon Lee
No.10 Peng Zhao Peng
No.11 Ten Jia Shun
No.12 -
No.13 Daniel Chia
No.14 Lee Guan Hui
No.15 Toh Ming Hua
Home First Round Fixtures
23 Nov 2007 (Fri) @ 1pm: Home United vs Dragon DOS (Tong Whye) [SBC1]
25 Nov 2007 (Sun) @ 2.30pm: Jurong West vs Home United [SBC 2]
26 Nov 2007 (Mon) @ 2.30pm: Home United vs Admiralty [SBC2]
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