A fantastic team display by d’Overbroeck’s saw them beat Bartholomew 52-40 in a well contested semi-final play-off. Excellent team defence saw d’Overbroeck’s edge a close, but low scoring first period 10-6. In the second period d’Overbroeck’s started to find their range with some superb shooting and driving from the outstanding Fong Wu. This was aided by a much improved offensive performance by Duncan Churcher who converted several rebounds, whilst the introduction of Tianhan Tan lead to some important points from open play and the free throw line. At half time the score was 20-10 to d’Overbroeck’s.
In the second half Bartholomew came out hard playing a full court press, putting the defence under a lot of pressure. Thankfully Vlad Baranchikov and Marko Stupar were coming up with the big defensive rebounds and in an even quarter the lead was kept to 10 points. Bartholomew were desperate for possession in the last quarter and that led to them giving away lots of fouls. Eventually d’Overbroeck’s were able to seal the game from the free throw line and never looked like losing their lead.
The team consisted of players form all three parts of the college, including a debut for year 10 student Kwame Sellick.
Congratulations to the team on making our first final: Marko Stupar (Captain), Duncan Churcher, Juan Churcher, Toby Sun, Tom New, Vladimir Baranchikov, Fon Wu, Tianhan Tan, Edison Fai and Kwame Sellick.
Player of the match: Fong Wu, who scored 32 of our points.
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