UM played another OUTSTANDING game just now. We started out with GREAT 21 defense and great attacking offense with excellent dribble penetrations by Irfan and Jack. UMP had 2 fouls on the 1st possession and a 3rd foul on their 2nd possession. On the next 4 or 5 possessions we drew fouls on almost every possession. UMP were in red flag after just 2 minutes.
Meantime our defense denied them any good looks and we jumped out to an early 9-2 lead. From there we continued to maintain our great defense and steadily pulled away. By half time we had a 44-28 lead.
In the 3rd we pushed the lead up to 18 or 20 but with their 3 point shooting, UMP could not be taken lightly. Time and again they pulled within 15 or 12 and even 11 but each time we answered and pulled the lead slowly back out again.
That became the "game flow". They would struggle against our defense, we would steadily score and pull slowly away, they would hit a few big 3 point shots and pull close again. However they never managed to bring our lead down to single digit. On the last occasion they brought the lead down to 12, we answered with two 3 point shots in quick succession (by Heng and Max) and pulled it out to 18 points again. That finally broke their spirit and we were able to coast from there.
Final score : 77-54.
UM is back in the Semi Finals! We now have a quick turnaround and our Sem-Finals is 5pm today vs either UITM or UIAM who are now playing their QF game against each other (UITM leading 18-15).
This UM team is growing up and maturing right before our eyes!! Well done, UM!!
Cheers, Coach LY.
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