Aramis took on U6BC Junior today, Sunday, 14/12/08 at 2 in the afternoon. Again only 6 players were available to play today. The players came with higher fighting spirit than the game before. It was obvious by the body language of the players which were going to play that they had more spirit than the game before.
Today they (U6BC) came with a slightly different squad taking Kishaf out and putting in young basketball sensation Jia Wei *Please take not that all the Jia Wei in italic is the Puchong player.* from Puchong only aged 12 and already playing for the state team. He started along side Jia Wei(U6BC player) as forward and Gavin at center and the two guards played by Aaron and Jason.
U6BC started of well ending the quarter with two foul in by Jia Wei and Gavin each which ended the score 18 to 16 in the first quarter. Aaron had to hit 3 points from way downtown to go ahead by the 4th minute. Within the 1st quarter, Gavin and Aaron was in foul trouble both picking up 2 fouls. Both fouls were rather a big mistake as both of them made four lazy fouls, sticking their hand in when their opponent were going of the lay up.
After the 2nd quarter started, the U6BC players lost concentration and barely managed to pass the half court line when they were in bounding. That led to a 12 - 0 run by Aramis in the starting minutes of the second quarter. Zoe, head coach of U6BC, quickly called a time out to re-group the players. They managed only very few points in the 2nd quarter letting Aramis out score them 33 - 8 in the 2nd quarter. The first half ended with U6BC trailing Aramis by 21 points with the score 49 - 28 at the break.
After talking about the team strategy during the half, U6BC started the 2nd half without their center Gavin due to a minor injury. Minutes into the second half Gavin was fit to play again and continued playing taking out Garry. Again they failed to beat their opponents loosing by 2 points in the 3rd period.
By the start of the fourth quarter U6BC were trailing by 23 points. With a change of strategy during the 3rd quarter between Jia Wei, Aaron and Gavin assigned by Leonard, assistant coach, they managed to work out the plan well during the fourth quarter and made a 14 - 4 run. Zoe called a time out with 1:56 on the clock left and the score at 66 - 60, U6BC trailing. They got out on to the court and within seconds, Gavin who started the 4th period with four fouls called for his fifth foul because of an elbow while taking rebound and moving away from his pivot foot. Garry replaced Gavin as he had to sit on the bench for the rest of the game. Without their only center, they lost by 12 points with a 12 - 0 run after the time out. The players really played all out during the 4th period winning the period by 13 points but it wasn't enough to beat Aramis which played hard too.
Aaron was top scorer with 24 point and Jia Wei (PCH player) with 22 points. All the players did very well and again Jason had a very good performance at guard again. Jia Wei and Aaron had a very good game both combining to score half of the teams' score. Aaron showed a little of a sulking body language in the 1st and 2nd period but still put on a got performance. All did play well and put on a good show. Everyone could see that this team never gives up and always continues playing hard till the buzzer sounds.
Next game is on Wednesday, 17/12/08 against DNA Blue at 9 PM.
*if possible to any parents of supporters for U6BC please bring a camera to take some pictures so the updates wont be so boring. thanks.*
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