As Head Coach Tan See Wah mentioned, there will always be the pressure of expectation when playing in front of a home crowd. Perhaps that was what plagued our girls tonight.

We are at the third day of the men's competition in the MIBC and today, the women are set to take the stage. This is the first time the MIBC has a women's category and the four women's teams will duke it out in a single round-robin format to determine the winner.

The Malaysia Men's team managed a hard-won 79-74 victory over the Hong Kong China team during their second game of the MIBC.

IMAGINE spotting the Malaysian women’s team playing in a league outside the country. This could turn into reality as the Sports Ministry have expressed their readiness towards any ideas that could further build and expose the national cagers to greater heights.

The Malaysian National Men's team got off to a brilliant start in their bid to retain their championship crown in the Malaysia International Basketball Championships (MIBC). Our boys defeated the China Zhuhai Duty Free Enterprise Group team by a 25 point margin with a final score of 85 to 60.

KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champions Malaysia will be in uncharted waters when they take on China Zhuhai Duty Free En­­ter­prise Group in their opening match of the second Malaysia In­­ter­national Basketball Cham­pion­ships, which begin today at the Maba Stadium here.