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.
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