Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
GS Spectra hung on to defeat Tutong Basketball 79-73 in their YOU.C1000 Cup Group D encounter on Sunday night.
They had four players in double figures with Roel Cuadrillero leading the way with a game-high of 22 points.
Florante Boadilla added 17 points while the duo of Ernesto Baldemor and Justine Lagasca chipped in 13 each.
On the other side, Mike Teo topscored for Tutong with 15 points.
The pair of Mahyuddin Tengah and Jiun Jet had 14 apiece while Darrell Neo was the other in double figures with 11 to his name.
GS Spectra had opened up a 10-point lead early in the fourth quarter at the BBA Court in Batu Bersurat.
The game was all tied up at 69-69 after a layup by Darren Lee off a fastbreak with under two minutes to play.
GS Spectra then came out of a timeout to score six unanswered points within the next minute.
Lagasca converted his field goal plus a foul but missed on the ensuing freethrow.
But Tutong turned the ball over for Cuadrillero to score before Baldemor picked their pocket for an easy two.
Teo hit a trey at the other end to give Tutong a lifeline.
Lagasca hit two freethrows with 40 seconds to go to make it a two-possession game forcing Tutong to take a timeout.
However, they turned the ball over off the inbounds and Lagasca capitalised to put the game to bed.
