Singapore. 15th September 2014: The Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers & HI-TECH Bangkok City will square off at the OCBC Arena this Friday night at 8.00pm.
After a drama filled overtime match between the Slingers & HI-TECH back on August 31st, this encounter promises to be another marquee matchup. HI-TECH who still sit on top of the Air Asia ABL ladder with a 9-2 record will face a 8-5 Slingers team coming off a hard fought 76-73 road win against the Saigon Heat.
Key match-ups: Bangkok City center Chris Charles who leads the league in scoring and blocked shots against new Slingers import Justin Howard who began his Slingers stint with an impressive 18pt & 20reb performance v Saigon Heat.
The power forward position will feature Slingers high scoring import Dior Lowhorn and HI-TECH man mountain Steven Thomas. The battle of the point guards will be important to the outcome of this game with Slingers Wong Wei Long & Al Vergara matching wits with HI-TECH’s lightning quick point guard Jerick Canada.
Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers 2014 Season Stats Leaders:
Dior Lowhorn 27ppg & 8rpg, Justin Howard 18ppg & 20rpg, Wong Wei Long 11.1ppg & 1.2apg, Larry Liew 7.8ppg & 1.8rpg, Ng Han Bin 6.3ppg & 3.5rpg, Desmond Oh 6.1ppg & 1.4apg
HI-TECH Bangkok City 2014 Season Stats Leaders:
Chris Charles 22.2ppg & 13rpg, Steven Thomas 12.3ppg & 12.8rpg, Jerick Canada 11.1ppg & 4.6apg, Wutipong Dasom: 7.9ppg & 3.1rpg
Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers v HI-TECH Bangkok City
OCBC ARENA Singapore
Friday 19th September 2014
Tip-off 8.00pm
Photo courtesy of Hee Kuan Weng and Sportsg
