| Fadhil Yunus |
STREET Roc punched their ticket to the quarterfinals after registering a comprehensive 134-64 win over BBA in the MK Group Cup at the Brunei Basketball Association Court in Batu Bersurat last night.
The team tipped to occupy the final semi-final slot in the competition will need to stop the Easyway express in their final game to win Group ‘A’.
Street Roc head coach Pong Bing Chao was pleased with his team’s performance after seeing his side locking up second spot.
“The team is getting better and better since the first match. We have six new players excluding the import who just joined the team,” said Pong in a post-match interview with the Weekend Bulletin.
The six new players who linked up with the squad only during the past three months, have already shown experience especially with the national team.
The team had to make personnel changes following the exit of some players due to other commitments.
Pong explained experience will not be an issue but more focus will be towards working on communicating with the game and teamwork.
The win paved the way for an interesting group clash against defending champions Easyway, especially with the Street Roc players playing against one of their seniors on the opposite end of the court.
Asked how they would approach the Easyway game, Pong emphasised that they need to have a strong defence.
“We must work very hard on defence. Easyway have won many cups and since the first one until now they have maintained the same players so their chemistry is very good.”
Pong said they have to put the extra work in defence since they only have one import whereas other sides have the luxury of fielding two imports.
“I’m satisfied with the defence in today’s game. Scoring is not a problem but defence is a problem,” he said.
Street Roc’s Dandre Fey recorded a game high of 33 points while Tan Kah Boon clocked 16 points and Apollo Martinez contributed 15 points.
The head coach indicated that his charges have their work cut out against the title favourites which is scheduled tomorrow.
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