Saigon 31st October 2015:
The Singapore Slingers bounced back from a close lose against defending ABL champions HiTech on Tuesday in Thailand with a start to finish win in Saigon against the Saigon Heat 86-74.
The Slingers were again led by imports Justin Howard and Xavier Alexander who had big games but it was the contributions of local Singaporean players Leon Kwek, Wong Wei Long, Desmond Oh and Filipino import Kris Rosales that help put the game away for the Slingers.
Q1 Saigon Heat 17 – Singapore Slingers 22
Q2 Saigon Heat 31 – Singapore Slingers 43
Q3 Saigon Heat 55 – Singapore Slingers 68
Q4 Saigon Heat 74 – Singapore Slingers 86
Singapore Slingers Leading Scorers:
Justin Howard: 25pts, 15rebs, 3assts, 2stls, 2blks
Xavier Alexander: 22pts, 8rebs, 4assts, 3stls, 3blks
Kris Rosales: 11pts, 3rebs, 3assts
Leon Kwek: 9pts, 1reb
Wong Wei Long: 6pts, 6stls, 3assts
Desmond Oh: 6pts, 5assts, 2rebs, 2stls
Delvin Goh: 6pts, 2rebs, 1asst
After starting the 2015-16 ABL season with 2 away games the Slingers now return home for 2 games.
Sunday 8th November
Singapore Slingers vs Mono Vampires (Thailand)
OCBC Arena
Start Time 4:00pm