defeat will not drain us

Today's second preliminary basketball match between Hall 7 and Hall 2 was one dripping with excitement, cheers and a few heart-stopping moments. Both teams can be said to be of equal calibre as they sought to pit their skills and strategies against each other. It was truly a clash of the titans and the game was fought right down to the wire before Hall 2 claimed their victory.

Hall 7 started the game as underdogs as we faced defending champion, Hall 2. We know victory was not going to be easy, thus, we have to capitalise on Hall 2's mistakes and to bring the game to them instead of sitting back and defending. The game started in which both teams levelled each other and each hall took alternate turns at leading the game. Both halls fought relentlessly and things were starting to look ugly as fouls flew here and there. However, players from both side managed to keep their cool and not destroy the game.

Hall 7 was only trailing by 4 points by the end of the third quarter and there were many time outs as Hall 7 tried to re-strategise. However, the defending champions proved to be too strong and our players were drained out which allowed Hall 2 to widen their lead by 8 points with 2 minutes more to go.

Eventually, Hall 7 had to go down in defeat as the game ended 43-30. However, both sets of players display great gamemanship and we still have a chance to go to quater finals, if we win the next game against Hall 12.

GO TEAM SE7EN BASKETBALL GUYS! (:

-Toh Ling Hui