21-05-2018 | News

WNBL Game Day 14

21 May 2018

WNBL Game Day 14, Sunday 21 May: Adroit (新加坡圣公文化) Red 59-55 Qian Xi Blue, Qian Xi Red 69-39 Siglap, Hillcrest Grays 54-29 Radin Mas and Jumpshot 45-59 Kembangan Chai-Chee.

In the first match at 4.00pm, Adroit (新加坡圣公文化) Red beat third place Qian Xi Blue to remain 7^th place in the table with three wins, 11 points. In another closely-match game, both sides have similar shot-ratio in and outside the ring, perhaps with the objective to improve their overall standings in the table before the semi-finals; and the semi-finals berth for Qian Xi Blue. Top scorer for the game goes to Tan En-Min Jayne Sarah, a regular scorer for Qian Xi Blue with 23 points while her counterpart Chu Jacqueline Jia Jia also another frequent scorer, had 22 points. Qian Xi Blue now qualifies for the semi-finals, having won 5 games in regular season with 13 points. They will be preparing for its first leg on 22 May Tuesday at 9.00pm against Hillcrest Grays.  

In the second game at 5.30pm, Qian Xi Red had a dominating season so far, successfully maintained their unbeaten run in regular season of the competition, clocking 8 wins out of 8 with 16 points with a win over Siglap. Both teams now qualify for the semi-finals with Siglap in 4^th in the table with 5 wins, 13 points. Qian Xi Red surely is the hot favourite to win the title of WNBL 2018. Their first game of the first leg of the semi-finals is on 22 May Tuesday against Siglap in a ‘rematch’. Qian Xi Rd’s Lim Rui Jia Alanna is the top scorer for the game with 11 points while Siglap’s Lim Jing Jing Joanne had 10 points. Siglap will need to be on top of their game in their first leg against Qian Xi Red to have any chance to qualify for the finals on 27 May.

In 7.00pm’s game, Hillcrest Grays see off Radin Mas to go second place and qualify for the semi-finals with seven wins, 15 points. Radin Mas missed out on the semi-finals spot by a point to Siglap with four wins. Hillcrest is regarded as the ‘challenger to the title’ against Qian Xi Red, as evident in their consistent scoring form from the first period in the game: 16-7, 14-8, 14-10, 10-4. Their Valuable Player Yao Xiuxiu is the top scorer in the game with 14 points while Radin Mas’s Liew Panmeline Choon Hwee had 10 points. Hillcrest Grays face Qian Xi Blue in the first leg of the semi-finals on 22 May at 9.00pm.    

In the last game of regular season at 8.30pm, Kembangan Chai-Chee secured a win against 2^nd from bottom Jumpshot to consolidate its place in 6^th with three wins, against Jumpshot’s one win in the competition. Jumpshot had actually lead the game in the first 2 periods: 11-9, 18-14 but unfortunately a comeback from Kembangan Chai-Chee with 4-14, 12-22 turned the tables around. Top scorer for the game goes to Jumpshot’s Senin Nurdhia with 14 points and Kembangan Chai-Chee’s Tan Yaqi scored 13 points.

First Leg of Semi-Finals on Tuesday, 22 May:

·         QIAN XI RED VS SIGLAP (7.30pm)

 

·         HILLCREST GRAYS VS QIAN XI BLUE (9.00pm)

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