XMUM staff team defeated Sinohydro Group team by 42-32 in a basketball match on Dec 16, 2017. This is the first victory of the XMUM staff basketball team since its formation.

For the fans of XMUM, this match was quite a thrill. Though XMUM team took a 10-4 lead in the first quarter, it was 6 points behind the Sinohydro team when the first half ended. The team finally took full control of the game in the last quarter by strengthening the press defense and gained points through steals, and won over Sinohydro at 42-32.

XMUM staff basketball team was set up at the beginning of December 2017, by a group of staff enthusiastic with basketball. Now the team has about 20 members, including one female player and trains about three times a week.

Currently, Sinohydro Group is undertaking the second phase construction of Xiamen University Malaysia, which is expected to be completed in April 2019.

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