Our boys suffered their first defeat of the tournament against the Pure Youth Construction team. Coach Goh had commented the day before that our boys only had a 20% chance of victory. True to his words, the Malaysia Men's team were unable to penetrate the impregnable Taiwanese defense and the Pure Youth team avenged last year's loss with aplomb.

The boys from Pure Youth Construction had come to play tonight, putting on their strongest players to start the game for the first time since the beginning of the tournament...

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.

Kew Suik May opened the match with a 3-pointer, but as the game went on, it was evident that it was not a good night for the Malaysian shooters. Both teams started off tight and shots from both teams refused to fall. The Chinese, with their size advantage over our girls pounded the ball inside and managed to score in the paint. The first quarter ended with a score of 7-14...

The Haishan girls opened their campaign with an easy 74-36 win over Home United. Touted as an exciting match-up, the reality of the situation became clear after the first half, where the much fitter and stronger Haishan girls outscored and outrebounded the fast-tiring Home United squad.

Both teams exchanged baskets in an exciting first half. Home United team opened the game with a 3-pointer by Li Xue Ling, while the younger Haishan girls seemed jittery. The older Home United team were able rely on their experience to keep the score close in response to the fast-breaking Haishan girls...

The Hong Kong China team picked themselves up from last night's loss to the hosts and beat the older Zhuhai Enterprise team 97-76.

The Hong Kong China team led from start to finish and after 3 days of play, signs of fatigue were showing from the Zhuhai squad. Hong Kong controlled the tempo of the game, forcing the Chinese to run with them...