Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
ERIC PALANCA completed a three-point play with 10 seconds left to lift Wan Sing to an 86-85 win over TK Tea House in the quarter-finals of the YOU.C1000 Cup on Monday.
Jauhali had knocked down a pair of freethrows to put TK in front with 18 seconds left to play.
Wan Sing called a timeout to draw up the play at the BBA Court in Batu Bersurat.
The ball was inbounded for Warren Endozo for the go ahead three but fell short on his attempt.
Palanca had the offensive putback and was fouled in the process.
He knocked down the ensuing freethrow for this 13th point to separate the two sides.
TK had a chance to get back in front as Ashali looked like he had an open lane but lost the ball resulting in a jumpball.
The final play was inbounded to Elvin Requintin down low but he couldn't score in traffic spelling their exit.
Joven Dungog scored a team-high of 25 points and Leonil Espina had 19.
On the other hand, Cleverson Baguioro had a game-high of 30 points, 28 of them coming in the first half.
Requintin dropped 15 points and Al Jauhali chipped in 14 in the loss.
Wan Sing used a box-one defence on Baguioro and it worked as he was held scoreless in the third period.
TK led by as many as 11 points in the stanza but Wan Sing used a 10-0 run to tie the game at 57-57.
Daniko Hidalgo then came off the bench for two field goals and created two other to help TK to go back up by seven.
Wan Sing scored the last five points to close out the frame to cut the deficit to 68-66 going into the final quarter.
TK stayed in front most of the way but they went without a field goal in over three minutes till the end.
A three-point play by Espina closed the gap to 83-81 with over two minutes left.
The game was tied with 1:26 left to play after a basket by Endozo leading to the thrilling finish.
