Penang SY - Sarawak CW 85-77Penang SY outrebounded
Fire Horse 48-31 including 18 on the offensive glass. American-Thailand point guard
Frederick Lish (175-1988, college:
USA) orchestrated the victory by scoring
35 points (!!!) and 5 rebounds. Ukrainian forward
Yevgen Sakhniuk (201-1995, college:
Jefferson) contributed with a double-double by scoring 11 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners. Australian guard
Alexander Mudronja (196-1999, college:
SMC) replied with
33 points (!!!), 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals and American forward
Alexander Starling (198-1989, college:
BCU) added 11 points and 10 rebounds in the effort for Fire Horse. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:Penang SY: F.Lish 35+5reb+2ast, S.Lee 18+5reb+1ast, Y.Sakhniuk 11+10reb+5ast, R.Miller 7+8reb+1ast, J.Lee 7+4reb+1ast, J.Chin 4+12reb
Sarawak CW: A.Mudronja 33+6reb+4ast, Y.Wee 11+1reb, A.Starling 11+10reb+3ast, W.Tan 6+1ast, J.Perry 4+7reb+3ast, W.Liew 4+2reb+2ast
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Johor Tigers - NS Matrix 104-93Johor Tigers shot the lights out from three sinking 17 long-distance shots on high 60.7 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists. The best player for the winners was the former international point guard
Yee-Tong Heng (180-1998) who scored 28 points and 8 assists. American forward
Christian Anigwe (206, college:
UC Davis) chipped in a double-double by scoring 17 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. American forward
Vance Jackson (206-1997, college:
ECU) produced 25 points and 4 assists and the former international guard
Chun-Hong Ting (193-1996) added 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists respectively for the guests. Five
Johor Tigers and four
NS Matrix players scored in double figures. NS Matrix's coach
Felton Sealey rotated twelve players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:Johor Tigers: Y.Heng 28+1reb+8ast, J.Bird 22+6reb+4ast, C.Anigwe 17+10reb+6ast, S.Hurt 16+7reb+3ast, K.Wong 10+1reb+1ast, J.John 8+1reb+1ast
NS Matrix: V.Jackson 25+2reb+4ast, C.Ting 17+5reb+4ast, Y.Wong 14+6reb, D.Abrom 11+5reb+5ast, W.Ong 9+3reb+3ast, W.De 7
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