Satria close to SEABA crown

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Sun, 04/06/2008 10:45 AM  |  Sports

Satria Muda Britama edged closer to the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) championship after booking a 93-85 win over Harbour Centre of the Philippines at the Kelapa Gading Sportsmall, Jakarta, on Saturday.

It was sweet revenge for Satria Muda, which was denied last year's title after falling to Harbour Centre in the final.

On Saturday, it was Satria's turn to beam victorious. Alexander Gordon Hartman shone scoring 27 points, four assists and nine rebounds for Satria Muda, while fellow foreign player Jemino Kamal Sobers contributed 26 points and 11 rebounds.

"Our plan to defend their three-pointers worked out and we really utilized the role of our foreign players," Coach Fictor Gideon Roring said.

The former national player said he was confident about winning the title with his team seeded first.

Satria Muda will still play Hi-Tech of Thailand while Harbour Centre will face Malaysia in the final games of the round-robin competition Sunday.

Even if Satria Muda loses to Thailand's Hi-Tech, they will still win the title on condition Harbour Centre beats Malaysia, said basketball observer Toto Sudarsono.

"We use a head-to-head system to determine the winner if a draw in points occurs," he told The Jakarta Post.

In the first game yesterday, Cameroon forward Chris Kuete scored 31, four assists and 14 rebounds to help Malaysia win with a 101-78 victory over Hi-Tech.

"We learnt from the mistakes we made yesterday. Tomorrow, we have to go all out like today to face the Philippines," Malaysia's coach David Zamar said.

He said he realized his team would be the underdog against Harbour Centre on Sunday, as it was Friday against Satria Muda.

"Its OK for me. We will bounce back and prove ourselves," he said.

Hi-Tech's forward Jantharaniyom Pramoch said his squad lacked teamwork and was not strong in the last two quarters. He said losing their captain Piroon Piyapong, who scored 18 points, two assists and five rebounds for the team before he was fouled out, weakened the team's performance.

"I don't know what will happen tomorrow but we will use the whole morning to prepare for facing Indonesia ," he said. (ind)

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Paulin FOTI (not verified) — Sun, 07/06/2008 - 2:01am

if there is a man on this planet who cares the most about your Basketball it's your friend Paulin.#
never forget where you come from and what are your targets... the ones you had before leaving the country... i will always be behind u( CHRIS DANIEL KUETE) to provide all the support you need to meet your targets.
go ahead and always have your head up coz you have the potental and the charisma for that...
I PRAY 4 U my friend...

Matchbox (not verified) — Mon, 04/07/2008 - 4:18pm

I was really disappointed by the results of the '08 SEABA (South East Asia Basketball Association) championships. What happend I think would best describe as an "ambush"/ "sabotage" to RP HARBOUR
5, the organizers didnt allow one of RP's imports to play. His name was Sam Ekwe (203 cm/ 6'8 center), a Nigerian playing for San Beda Red Lions in the Philippine NCAA basketball. First they said that Ekwe lack some papers, and because of this Ekwe missed the first game of the RP HARBOUR 5, but by Friday, SBP President Patrick Gregorio followed the team and with him was the "missing" documents, proper papers and clearance but to no avail. Gregorio tried to call the FIBA secretary who's in charge of the tournament but the secretary went "missing" that important day. He
knew all along that Gregorio was comming and was carrying the documents and clearances he needs so he could approve Ekwe to play. It's so obvious the FIBA secretary played a favoritism
to the host country, Indonesia. Ekwe should have been a big factor in retaining the SEABA title for the Philippines, but unfortunately, they threw even the kitchen sink just to stop the Philippine team. What they did was an act of desperation to
overthrow the regions undisputed king of basketball. By next year the Philippines will host this event. Will be waiting for you!

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