The Losing-Winners

Shawn Lim

            It was the 3rd of December and the Dalat boys faced their first challenge of the year, the Island Shootout Tournament. Teams from Penang, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore came for a fierce battle on the hardwood floor.

            Dalat’s first battle was their long term rivals, the Youngsters. They had faced them twice already this season; the first time being defeated by 18 points. However, the next time they faced they took their revenge, defeating the Youngsters in a close margin of only 2 points.

             In their first game of the tournament, these two teams faced each other. The Dalat boys, however, started off their tournament well, defeating their rival 44-23.

            The second team the boys faced was ISKL. It was a match to be watched as the gym was packed with people. With Dalat’s tenacious defense, they were able to silence the Panthers and move on in the tournament.

            The next two teams they faced were teams from outside of Malaysia, being the AIS Sharks and the ICS Warriors from Singapore. With confidence alongside them, the Dalat boys were able to defeat both Singaporean teams with ease.

            The boys had gone undefeated throughout the whole tournament with a perfect record of 5-0. However, there was another team that was undefeated as well: Chung Ling Butterworth, lead by 6’7" post Andy Ooi.  These two perfect record teams faced each other in the final of the Island Shootout. Unfortunately, Chung Ling Butterworth came out on top.