Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
D'BARKADZ came back from 15 points down to defeat Team OBS 68-50 in Group A of the YOU.C1000 Cup on Saturday.
With the game tied at 50-50, the reigning champions held their opponents scoreless in the last 7:15 minutes to get in the win column.
Jomarie Corpuz, who was plagued by foul trouble after picking up his fourth just before halftime, finished with a team-high of 19 points for D'Barkadz.
Patrick Rubillar added 14 in the victory.
On the other hand, Ahmad Termizi Hj Noordeen was the only player in double figures for Team OBS with 21.
Team OBS came out of the game strongly at the BBA Court in Batu Bersurat.
Good defence allowed them to open up a 23-10 lead at the end of the opening frame.
Mizi capped off a good period with a trey to bring his tally to 13 points.
Team OBS led by 15 points early in the second stanza but a handful of misses allowed D'Barkadz back in the match.
Corpuz despite facing a box-one defence throughout finished on the break.
A pair of freethrows by Ren Yuri Sanchez saw them go in front at 34-32 with 35 seconds left.
Corpuz was whistled for this fourth personal foul with less than a second left for a push off on Asyraf Samin.
The latter sunk both his attempts from the charity stripe to out his side ahead 37-34 at halftime.
It was a see-saw battle in the third and the biggest lead was by two possessions.
Team OBS used a 5-0 run to end the period to see both teams deadlocked at 46-46 heading into the decisive frame before D'Barkadz took over.
