[Academic Basketball]Men’s National Basketball Team narrowly defeated Yinghua in overtime and defeated the Women’s National Basketball Team to achieve 17 consecutive championships

[Tilu News]The A Grade final of the Kowloon D1 Inter-school Basketball Competition was held tonight (24th) at Southorn Stadium. In the boys’ group, Diocesan Boys’ School and Yinghua College competed for the championship. In the end, the two teams fought fiercely until overtime. The men’s team won the championship with a narrow victory of 51:47. In the girls’ category, Heep En Secondary School defeated Diocesan Girls’ School 37:23, achieving its 17th consecutive victory. In the Kowloon D2 girls final held on the same day, Good Hope School defeated Hong Kong Pui Ching Secondary School 35:25 to seal the place.

The men’s varsity team and Yinghua had already met in the group stage. At that time, Yinghua won by 4 points. They met again in the final. Yinghua quickly took the lead at the beginning. Wu Weijun scored 3 points and then counterattacked successfully. Personally Scored 7 points in the first quarter. On the other hand, the men’s basketball team didn’t feel smooth. They only scored 5 points on free throws in the whole quarter and fell behind 5:11 in the first quarter. Wu Weijun scored another 3 points in the second quarter and became the first player to score in double figures. However, the men’s basketball team, whose shooting percentage had improved, went on a 9:2 offensive and used free throws to lead 22:21 before halftime. .

The two teams continued to fight after changing sides. Yinghua led 28:25 at the end of the third quarter, and once had a 5-point gap in the final quarter, but could not maintain the advantage until the end. The men’s basketball team finally tied at 35:35. The two teams The battle will last until overtime. In overtime, Yinghua had 3-pointers from Chung Zi-ho and Ng Wai-jun, and once led by 4 points. However, after the men’s champion Liang Junlang hit a 3-pointer, Yinghua fought back. Huang Haoting and Chen Weibang scored successively to help the men’s team take the lead, with up to 6 points. advantages. Wu Weijun scored a 3-pointer in the last 11 seconds, scoring a game-high 21 points, but was still unable to help Yinghua equalize. The men’s team won 51:47.

The men’s varsity team was found guilty of violating epidemic prevention regulations during the semi-finals last year and was disqualified on the eve of the finals. At the same time, it missed the elite competition. This year it successfully regained the championship. Captain Chen Weibang said it was of great significance: “Last year was the first year that the academic competition was restarted. Let us I am very disappointed. This championship is to help our seniors win back last year. And we are often underestimated, so this victory is of great significance.” He also pointed out that the team lost to Yinghua in the group stage, which made the team lose this battle. He added: “Maybe because we lost in the group stage, we don’t have too much burden. Everyone didn’t focus on the outcome before the game. They thought it was enough to do their best.” He looked towards the elite competition and hoped that the team would continue to focus on doing well. , and strive for good results.

In the women’s A Grade final, after Xie En led the women’s team 14:9 in the first quarter, they created a second offensive opportunity by grabbing rebounds many times. In addition, the women’s team failed to effectively break through Xie En’s full-court pressure. The counterattack opportunity was in vain, and Xie En pulled the score to 24:13 at halftime. After changing sides, Xie En failed to significantly expand its advantage, and the women’s team also failed to narrow the gap. In the end, Xie En won 37:23, achieving 17 consecutive victories in the Kowloon District.

After the game, Xie En captain Lu Jialan said that defending the title made the sixth form players’ academic career successful. He mentioned that the injured players gave the team more motivation to win: “Although the injured players cannot leave the field, they still insist on the sidelines and continue to support us mentally. We will want to do more for her.” Talking about the pressure of being a captain, she said: “Of course there will be pressure, but it will be transformed into motivation and push us to a higher level. As the captain, I hope to inherit the legacy of my senior sister With the fighting spirit, we can continue to win the championship.” She hopes that the team can better adapt and improve its strength, so as to meet the elite competition with a higher level of performance.

In the Kowloon D2 women’s final held earlier on the same day, Dewang made a 16:2 offensive comeback after falling behind by 8 points in the third quarter and defeated Pui Ching 35:25 to win the championship. De Wang and Pei Zheng also qualified for the December Classic.

Pictures and text: He Ziyuan

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