The final day of the HPB Invitational ended on a controversial note as the 3rd-4th placing match descended into bedlam, overshadowing the gold-medal match up between the Shanxi Zhongyu and Taiwan Beer, which, incidentally, had been a one-sided affair with Shanxi Zhongyu winning 102-69.

The 3rd-4th placing game between the Yulon Dinos and Kyung Hee University bordered on travesty as the game played out with a 1-on-4 situation in the closing three minutes after a flurry of ejections, leaving Kyung Hee with only one player left to play and Yulon with only four.

Although the final score was 64-94 in favour of the Yulon Dinos, this final match for Malaysia in the HPB Invitational allowed the team to end the tournament on a good note. The two objectives the team set before the game, namely: to score more than the previous two games, and not to let the opponents break the century mark, had been met.

The Malaysia Men's team played their second game in the HPB Invitational yesterday against the Shanxi Zhongyu team from the China. In a 52-91 loss, Malaysia, as in the previous game before, slowed the tempo of the game and successfully prevented the Shanxi team from breaking the century mark.

The Malaysia Men's team opened their campaign at the Hualien Probation Basketball Invitational this afternoon, facing the NCAA All-Star team from the USA. Our boys were physically out-matched against their bigger opponents, and with hot shooting from this American All-Star team, Malaysia lost the game 45-99.

The Malaysian Men's National team has flown off to Taiwan this morning to participate in the HPB International Basketball Invitational Tournament. Our team last participated in this tournament in 2007.