Scintillating offensive displays see Team Seafood top the East Zone Group A charts on Opening Day in the U19 Boys Category
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20 February 2022, Singapore - The ActiveSG Cup 2022 basketball 3x3 competition got off to a mouth-watering start at ActiveSG Pasir Ris Sport Centre in a group that witnessed "The Battle of Food Names".
Team Seafood took on Charcoal Waffle, in a clash that saw Seafood coming out as 12-7 winners to continue their fine run in Group A on the opening day of the ActiveSG Cup 2022 Basketball East Zone Competition.
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Record Winning Margin
Coming into this match high on confidence having set the record for the largest win margin of the East Zone Qualifiers (they defeated Siglap CSC E 21-3), Team Seafood were hungry for more but had to contend with a stubborn Charcoal Waffle rearguard that did not make it easy for them.
Team Charcoal Waffle on the other hand, suffered consecutive defeats and were looking to rediscover their winning form, in what was the fourth and penultimate match of the day in Group A of the U19 Boys category.
As with their previous matches, Team Seafood was quick off the blocks and raced into an early lead of 6-4 in the first half of the 10-minute match. Though momentum shifted temporarily in favour of Charcoal Waffle early in the second half as they narrowed the points gap, the early leaders quickly wrestled back control and re-established their advantage on the board.
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Dominating Possession
Dominating possession of the ball for most of the match, Seafood opted for a more offensive strategy, leaving Charcoal Waffle with little choice but to strengthen their defenses.
Despite the comfortable winning margin for Team Seafood, the match was one that was closely fought.
Reflecting on it afterwards, Chace Ng from Team Seafood said: “The match was one of the toughest of the four games we’ve played because I think [Charcoal Waffle] are quite well trained and they’re very fast.”
Similar thoughts were expressed by Charcoal Waffles’ Beck Low, who said: "It was definitely a tough match, I would say our opponents are tip-top and a lot more experienced and a lot more skilled than us, but I think we showed great fighting spirit."
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"We want to bounce back and hopefully end the day on a high and not succumb to our previous failures."
Despite their loss to Seafood, Charcoal Waffle managed to come good on their aim to get back to their winning ways, taking the victory against Siglap CSC C in the final match of the day.
Seafood also defeated their final opponents of the day, Goons, with a score 17-11, to remain undefeated in the competition. Only two of the other 15 teams that are competing in the East Zone Under-19 Boys group have managed the same feat—PrimeTime and Mcbuckets.
All the teams completed their first five matches yesterday on day one of the competition. Siglap CSC, Goons, Indian Pacers and Swee Win won three matches each, with every other team bringing home two or fewer wins.
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Food the Inspiration behind Team Names
When asked about the origin of the team’s unusual food-themed team name, Teo Yung Juen from Team Seafood said: “There’s no meaning behind the name ‘Seafood’—at the time I was eating seafood so I just decided ‘seafood lah, sounds like a good name’”.
It was a similar story for Team Charcoal Waffles’ Beck Low, who said: “I was having charcoal waffles the other day and I sought inspiration from that.”
The East Zone Under-19 Boys teams will take to the court again on 26 Feb for their next five matches of the qualifiers.
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ActiveSG Cup 2022 Basketball 3x3
Full Results from Sat, 19 February 2022
East Zone, Boys U19 Group A
ActiveSG Pasir Ris Sport Hall
Swee Win 7-10 Charcoal Waffle
Koalas 3-4 Siglap CSC C
Ngang Gina 4-7 AEther
Siglap CSC E 6-10 Siglap CSC
Cyan 1-9 McBuckets
Seafood 11-8 Indian Pacers
Siglap CSC B 6-10 Goons
Siglap CSC D 9-15 Prime Time
Swee Win 11-4 AEther
Siglap CSC C 4-7 Siglap CSC
Charcoal Waffle 10-11 McBuckets
Koalas 8-11 Indian Pacers
Ngang Gina 3-21 Goons
Siglap CSC E 6-14 Prime Time
Cyan 7-4 Siglap CSC D
Seafood 19-6 Siglap CSC B
Swee Win 12-10 Indian Pacers
McBuckets 12-10 Goons
Siglap CSC B 7-9 Ngang Gina
Siglap CSC D 9-13 Koalas
Prime Time 10-4 Charcoal Waffle
Goons 17-8 Siglap CSC C
Indian Pacers 15-4 Aether
McBuckets 14-5 Siglap CSC
Swee Win 12-4 Cyan
Seafood 21-3 Siglap CSC E
Siglap CSC 11-12 Prime Time
Aether 5-14 Siglap CSC D
Siglap CSC C 14-3 Siglap CSC B
Charcoal Waffle 7-12 Seafood
Koalas 9-8 Cyan
Ngang Gina 2-5 Siglap CSC E
Swee Win 10-11 Siglap CSC D
Prime Time 21-8 Siglap CSC B
Goons 11-17 Seafood
Indian Pacers 21-5 Cyan
McBuckets 15-2 Siglap CSC E
Siglap CSC 16-4 Ngang Gina
AEther 8-7 Koalas
Siglap CSC C 11-17 Charcoal Waffle
About Basketball 3x3, ActiveSG Cup 2022
The ActiveSG Cup 2022 is a basketball tournament for youths 15-19 years-old.
There is a centralised venue playing host to the qualifiers in each of the five zones, with ActiveSG Clementi Sport Centre hosting the Central Zone and ActiveSG Pasir Ris Sport Centre hosting the East Zone.
The top two teams from each zone will qualify for the Super League, while the teams that rank third and fourth will qualify for the Prime League, with these taking place on 18 and 19 March, before a Grand Final to finish off the ActiveSG Cup action at Our Tampines Hub on 20 March.
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