Batch 2000 relishes its title win in the 2019 SHAABAA Summer League.
Cebu City, Philippines—The backcourt of Batch 2000 showed their veteran mettle down the stretch to help repulse Batch 2015, 74-67, and claim the 2019 SHAABAA Summer League Bad Boys Wingz Cup championship in the deciding Game Three on Friday, May 17, 2019, at the Magis Eagles Arena.
2000 led by as many as 15 but the young 2015 cagers showed no quit and pulled to within three, 62-65, after a basket by Daniel Mayol.
However, 2000’s wily guard Serg Go Bui drew a foul and calmly sank two free-throws to push their lead back to five with 2:41 to go.
On their next possession, Go Bui completed an and-one to raise their lead to 70-62.
Still, 2015 kept at it and brought the deficit down to three, 67-70, after a triple by Anton Chua and a deuce by Joshua Cabatingan, time down to 1:26.
However, 2000 guard Dave Ting came up with a dagger, burying a three-pointer with 27 seconds left to raise their lead to six and put the game out of reach.
Joevince Canizares capped off his stellar performance in this competition with yet another masterpiece, as he piled up 25 points, 18 rebounds, seven assists, four steals and two blocked shots.
Go Bui and Johannes Chua added 14 markers each while Ting put up 10.
Mayol led 2015 with 17 points while Chua had 14. / bmjo