Without too much exertion, defending champions Newman College have progressed to the semi-finals of the group stage of the Inter-school Basketball Marathon tournament.
In the earlier stage of the tournament, held at Harbour Road Sports Centre in Wan Chai, the group A seeded team crushed CCC Kung Lee College 44-9.
On Tuesday, they defeated Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College 41-14 with their better skills and physical advantage.
Newman ended the first-half 20-6 with a contribution from centre Szeto Wai-kit. They continued to dominate in the second-half with fastbreak plays by point guard Chan Yiu-cho and guard Oliver Chan Chin-chun.
Captain Yiu-cho believes the team has so far performed very well in the tournament.
'We took on the last couple of matches as warm-up games, trying to execute different plays to get prepared for the finals,' said the 19-year-old, adding that they have full confidence as they head to the semi-finals. He expressed his admiration towards Chin-chun.
