By Corey Kwok\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Renaissance Academy shot 62.5% from the floor during the first half and drained five threes along the way, to go up 27-18 with 2:24 to go in the second quarter. But Keppel countered with a 9-0 run to get even and ultimately beat the Academy 57-49 Tuesday in non league action.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Sam Thim buried three treys including one at the first half buzzer to tie it at 27.Thim pestered the Wildcats’ offense with back to back blocks on the same play in the first before rejecting another to the floor the next quarter.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The Aztecs\u2019 momentum carried into the next half and they began to paralyze Renaissance’s defense underneath with clutch post play.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 A pair of Justin Young free throws followed by a go-ahead Timmy Wong deuce 22 seconds later gave the Aztecs their first lead of the game, which they preserved for good. The crowd erupted two buckets later as Wong worked a double pump fake to the rack for a deuce to make it 35-31. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Troy Fontanilla hit one from the corner to close the gap to one, but a Wong free throw and back door alley oop from Justin Young to Jordan Young pushed Keppel advantage to six with just over a minute to play in the third.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The last of three Thim bombs plus another Wong free throw and Jordan Young put back jolted the Aztecs ahead by eleven, (50-39), 1:22 into the fourth.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The Wildcats made one last charge, scoring eight unanswered points to make it a three point Keppel ballgame with 3:51 to play. The Academy used a Vince De Guzman bomb, a pair of Brian Bourgeois free throws and a half court three from Jessy Cantinol to get back in it.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Thim found a driving Young, (Justin), underneath for a bucket for the Aztecs with 1:40 to play for a five point lead.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The Aztec trio of Young (Justin) (19 pts, 11 rebounds), Wong (16, 3 steals), and Thim (11) combined for 46 of the team’s 57 points. They also knocked down five of six free throws within the game’s final 49.7 seconds to clinch the Keppel triumph. Max Katz came away with the game ending rebound as a desperation bomb by the Wildcats turned into an air ball. \u00a0<\/p>\n
RA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0 49<\/p>\n
MK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0 57<\/p>\n
RA – Bourgeois 17, Tacita 11, Fontanilla 8, De Guzman 5, Cantinol 5, Burrows 3<\/p>\n
MK – Justin Young 19, Wong 16, Thim 11, Jordan Young 9, Katz 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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