Dibuat oleh Admin. Pada 15 March 2025 - 13:15
Satria Muda Pertamina closed the March match with a good record. The team from Kelapa Gading managed to come out with a 4-0 record from four matches. After defeating Hawks and PJ last week, now it was Rajawali Medan (RJM) and Bima Perkasa's turn that they managed to conquer this week.
Facing RJM, Nash et al. practically experienced a little difficulty due to Quintin Dove's actions. Not finding the right guard pattern against Dove made SM still not safe from RJM's pursuit when closing the first half.
However, the momentum turned when entering the third quarter where SM players began to be disciplined with a defensive and attacking pattern. This managed to make them lead 36-15. The slick play of Julian Chalias and Wendell Lewis in the paint area finally made SM emerge as the winner with a score of 94-67.
Two days later, SM Pertamina will continue their journey in this season's IBL by welcoming Bima Perkasa. Facing this team from Yogyakarta, SM Pertamina practically did not find any significant obstacles. They even recorded several interesting points after defeating Bima Perkasa with a score of 83-59.
First was the courage of Youbel Sondkah who since the end of the third quarter had played their full local squad on the field. Then there was also the debut of Mario Davidson who ended with a record of 6 points. And finally the emergence of Sandy Ibrahim as the top scorer with 16 points.
"Praise God we were able to win today, an important victory for us too. Although in the second half our offense dropped a bit but I don't think that's a big problem because we were also able to hold them back by only scoring around 15 points and still managed to win in the end," said Youbel after the match.
"Actually our biggest homework is how we maintain our condition after this long break in the competition. How we have to be ready again next month because tough opponents are also waiting. But I believe in my players, they are professional and ready to follow all our training programs," he concluded.
With this result, SM Pertamina recorded 11-2 from 13 matches and occupied the top of the standings. (FR)
