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XIS’ Elementary Basketball Team won two games on Saturday, May 15, 2021 and clinched the #3 seed in the 2021 Xi’an Elementary Basketball Tournament.

Both games featured terrific sportsmanship and quality competitiveness throughout! It was a great day of community, learning and fun!

 

Game 1

In Game 1, XIS took the court against DeHong International School’s Team #2. Following a balanced scoring attack paced by Preston Papendorf, XIS went into halftime with a 14-6 lead. After halftime, DeHong International scored 11 points in a stellar second half effort, but the Warriors stayed in control of the game defeating DeHong 22-17.

 

Game 2

Game 2 featured a close contest in the first half with Dehong taking a 7-6 lead, but XIS scored the last 4 points of the half going into halftime with a 10-7 score. Following halftime the XIS Warriors pulled away, outscoring DeHong 12-8 in the second half en route to a 22-15 victory.

 

Next Game

With the win, XIS earns the #3 seed in the 2021 Xi’an Elementary Basketball Tournament hosted at XLIS on Saturday, May 22. XIS will play against the tournament’s #2 seed at 9:30am on Court 2. The game will be a tournament semifinal.

 

Special Thanks

Thanks to our volunteer student referees, parent volunteers, and vendors for their hard work at today’s games!

 

Scoring Summary

Final Score

XIS: 22

DeHong (Team 2): 17

Points

XIS: #6 Preston Papendorf – 12, #2 Evan Fong – 4, #8 Jason Tang – 4, #5 Kylie Kahler – 2

DeHong (Team 2): #8 Mark – 10, #5 Leo – 3, #4 Sam – 2, #7 Harry – 2

Team Fouls

XIS: 4

DeHong (Team 2): 2

 

Game 2

Final Score

XIS: 22

DeHong (Team 1): 15

Points

XIS: #6 Preston Papendorf – 14, #2 Evan Fong – 4, #4 Katie Parrett – 2, #8 Jason Tang – 2

DeHong (Team 1): #4 Jack – 11, #5 Arvin – 4

Team Fouls

XIS: 5

DeHong (Team 1): 6