BY JONAS TERRADO
SAN Miguel Alab Pilipinas survived the host Macau Wolf Warriors, 114-110, in overtime Wednesday night for its first win in the ASEAN Basketball League at the Shishan Gym in Foshan, China.
Import Khaliff Wyatt scored eight points in the extension, Brandon Rosser made a chasedown block and Jason Brickman made a decisive basket in the final seconds as Alab bounced back from a 111-76 loss to Thailand’s Mono Vampire last May 17.
Fil-Australian Jordan Heading scored 27 points, Wyatt finished with 24 points, six rebounds and seven assists and Brickman added 14 points and 12 assists for Alab Pilipinas.
Julian Boyd had 38 points and 17 rebounds but the Wolf Warriors blew a 14-point lead to suffer their second straight loss in as many games.
Wyatt scored five straight points, including a three-point shot with less than two minutes to make it 110-105 for Alab.
Macau import Steve Thomas made two free throws to trim the deficit but Wyatt found Rosser underneath for a 112-107 Alab advantage going into the final minute.
The Wolf Warriors threatened again, scoring five straight before Cris Shentu had a chance to tie the game with a layup.
But Rosser came out of nowhere to block Shentu’s layup, also resulting in Alab regaining possession after the latter touched the ball before going out of bounds.
Brickman put the game in the bag on the ensuing play, blowing past Thomas before converting a layup with 9.2 seconds to go for the final count.
The scores:
ALAB PILIPINAS 114 – Heading 27, Wyatt 24, King 18, Brickman 14, Gray 12, Vigil 7, Forbes 5, Rosser 5, Domingo 2.
MACAU 110 – Boyd 38, Cai 22, Herring 19, Thomas 19, Shentu 10, King 2, Yan 0, Liu 0.
Quarters: 30-20; 53-45; 65-74; 96-96 (Reg); 114-110 (OT).
