18-05-2018 | News

WNBL Game Day 13

16 May 2018

WNBL Game Day 13, Wednesday 16 May: Hillcrest Grays 58-34 Jumpshot and Qian Xi Red 87-20 Kembangan Chai-Chee.

In the first match at 7.30PM, Hillcrest Grays secured its 6th win in the competition, amassing 13 points with one game left to play, second in the table. Should they win their last round, semi-final berth is almost certain. At the other end of the table, Jumpshot suffered its 6th lost in the competition and had only a win with 8 points. They can still climb up the table though if results go their way in the last round. In the first period, Jumpshot had only scored 2 points vs 15 points of Hillcrest Grays, Jumpshot fought hard to win the tie around, with the last 2 periods 13-11, 11-10 Hillcrest Grays - Jumpshot. Loiter Ariel Xiang Ying of Hillcrest Grays is the top scorer of the game with 19 points, and Chang Chun Tzu of Jumpshot scored 9 points for her team.

In the next game at 9.00pm, Qian Xi Red won its 7th match out of a possible 7 and is poised to proceed to the semi-finals of the WNBL 2018 with a game to spare. In dominating fashion, Qian Xi Red defeated 6th placing Kembangan Chai-Chee right from the start of the first period to the end. Kembangan Chai-Chee couldn’t keep up with the scoring form of Qian Xi Red from the first to the last periods: 21-7, 18-4, 25-5, and 23-4. Most of the shots from Qian Xi Red were scored from inside the 2-pointer while Kembangan Chai-Chee tried their luck from 3-pointer but were mostly unsuccessful. Top scorer for the game unsurprisingly goes to Qian Xi Red: Ang Siew Ting Pauline with 14 points while Chua Cunfang of Kembangan Chai-Chee had 8 points.

In the upcoming Game Day 14 before the semi-finals on 22 May, Adroit (新加坡圣公文化) Red take on Qian Xi Blue at 4.00pm. Semi-finals favorites Qian Xi Red taking on Siglap with both sides looking for a win with much at stake at 5.30pm. Qian Xi Red will be hoping to go to the semi-finals unbeaten while Siglap will be hoping to secure a place in the semi-finals. Next game at 7.00pm, other semi-finals favourite Hillcrest Grays vs Radin Mas where Radin Mas will need very optimistic results to go their way to qualify to the semi-finals. In the last game at 8.30pm, Jumpshot will be against Kembangan Chai-Chee with both teams looking to improve their table rankings.

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