| James Kon & Fadhil Yunus |
WOLVES basketball team started their campaign perfectly after crushing Team TSL Construction 117-102 last night in the Men Open Toolbox Cup under Low San Basketball Tournament at the Brunei Basketball Association’s basketball court in Batu Bersurat.
Five Wolves’ players scored double digit for their first win in the Group ‘B’ encounter before the opening ceremony. Vincent Superio and Damel Dela Cruz each contributed 17 points, Aldrian Dela Cruz grabbed 16 points while Austeo Fullado had 12 points and Roger Pasag scored 11 points.
The game started off hot with Team TSL Construction took a four point lead by the end of the first quarter.
Keeping the score tight, both teams traded baskets in the second quarter and Team TSL Construction held on to a fragile three-point lead heading into the interval.
With height advantage and in-depth bench players, Wolves managed to lead in the fourth quarter by out-rebounding their opponents despite their star player Damel Dela Cruz fouled out with six minutes remaining.
TSL Construction couldn’t regain their hot shooting streak in the final quarter with several shots failed to make the basket. Wolves basketball team took over the match and extended their lead to double digits to win the game.
Wolves’ coach Kenny Ching expressed confidence that his team will do well in the tournament.
“Overall the team did well despite the slow start in the opening quarter.
“We feel confident of doing well in this tournament. Our team finished third place in the recent Seria Golden Jubilee tournament.”
Eighteen teams have registered for the Men Open Toolbox Cup namely: Juramas, Street Roc, Rotary, YTE TSC, Wolves, Walltique, TSL Construction, ElBombaza / Buycour, Hainan Association, Propel, Honey Carsmart, St Andrew School, 10PM, MBA, Coopt Engineering Sdn Bhd, Sabli’s, Fashion, NLPS Bamboonets. Four teams are competing for the Ladies Open Sherwin Williams Cup, which are Berrywan Company, Juramas, Brunei Shield–Mum Bakery and SSBN Honey Carsmart.
The Veteran Open of the Low San Shield Cup will see six teams: TK Teahouse, Concept/GMT, Fitness Zone, Linktech, Digimark and GHK.
The opening ceremony was officiated by Ong Tiong Oh, owner of Low San Hardware. Also present was Kwang Ming Heng, Chairman of BBA and other members of the association.
Meanwhile, Juramas secured an 89-81 win over YTEXTSC in the second Group ‘A’ game of the Low San Brunei Open 2017.
On paper, Juramas looked to be a decent contender to progress to the next round while YTEXTSC could join them if they pull a good run of victories over their sleeves.
The tie was evenly contested at the start of the first quarter with Juramas and YTE exchanging points but later midway the former created a distance.
The early Group ‘A’ favourites notched up a 10-point lead as their offensive looked a major force evident with their combination of physical strength and electric pace.
YTEXSC managed to trim the lead down to six points after one of the players snaked through the defence.
But Juramas had other ideas up their sleeves and gathered momentum to steady their lead up to 10 points up to the halfway mark. Their solid and organised defence proved difficult to break down but YTE responded by finding an angle to rake in important points.
Juramas had similar approach passing the ball to the most advanced player as well as options using the flanks and benefited from a player who had the flexibility to turn the ball into the net.
The tournament began yesterday and will run until December 3.
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