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Saturday, December 12, 2009, Indonesia – Satria Muda BritAma met the Singapore Slingers for the third time today at The BritAma Arena, Jakarta, Indonesia. The closely fought match saw Satria Muda BritAma win 67 – 58.
Satria Muda BritAma, coming from their win against Garuda Flexi in the Indonesian Basketball League last night, showed no signs of fatigue in today’s match against the Singapore Slingers.
Satria Muda BritAma sent in Nakiea Miller, Christian Sitepu, Youbel Sondakh, Alexander Hartman and Rensy Bajar as their starting lineup against Singapore Slingers Kyle Jeffers, Michael LeBlanc, Marcus Ng, Al Vergara and Hong Wei Jian.
Slingers’ Kyle Jeffers won the jumpball against Satria Muda BritAma’s Nakiea Miller and the Slingers took an early lead in the first quarter which ended 17 – 15 against Satria Muda BritAma.
Satria Muda BritAma, trailing in the first quarter, fired up in the second quarter and took back the lead, ending it 35 – 31. After the half time break, Satria Muda BritAma continued to widen the gap and at the end of the third quarter, they were leading 50 – 41 against Singapore Slingers. At the final buzzer, Satria Muda BritAma emerged as winners, ending the match 67 – 58.
Satria Muda BritAma Coach Fictor Roring was very pleased with the team, “Today I'm pleased with the players. They played with spirit and team play and can beat the Slingers. And they can perform the instructions I gave well and they can minimize mistakes in the field. With this victory does not make us complacent, we will continue to practice to deal with the next game. We also continue to evaluateour performance to continue to improve our game.
Satria Muda BritAma’s Nakiea Miller was the teams top scorer with 19 points and 11 rebounds, followed by Alexander Hartman with 13 points. Singapore Slingers Kyle Jeffers ended the match with 21 points and 16 rebounds followed by Hong Wei Jian with a distant 7 points.
This win puts Satria Muda BritAma in second place in the League Standings and relegates the Singapore Slingers to third place.
Standings Table as at 12 December (Round 10)
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Position
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Team
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Played
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Won
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Loss
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For
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Against
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Points
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1
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Philippine Patriots
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8
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7
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1
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594
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506
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15
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2
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Satria Muda BritAma
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10
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5
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5
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735
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721
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15
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3
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Singapore Slingers
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9
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5
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4
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647
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635
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14
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4
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Thailand Tigers
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9
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3
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6
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662
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675
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12
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5
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Brunei Barracudas
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8
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3
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5
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615
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644
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11
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6
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KL Dragons
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8
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3
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5
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579
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651
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11
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For more information, please contact Mr Kuhan Foo, Chief Executive Officer of the ASEAN Basketball League via email kuhan@aseanbasketballleague.com, or Samantha Surin, Marketing at +6016 219 8847 or email samantha@aseanbasketballleague.com.
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