By Valerie Chia

AFTER opening their Asian Youth Games campaign on a losing note against the Chinese behemoths on Wednesday, Singapore's boys basketball team crushed Uzbekistan 34-9 in their Group D match on Thursday at Anglican High School.

The Republic raced to a 14-0 lead in the first period and never looked back.

Although towering centre Russel Low was double-teamed by the aggressive Uzbeks, that only left space for skilful play by captain Jabez Su and sharp-shooter Larry Liew, who executed a series of brilliant three-pointers to rack up the points.

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