Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
EASYWAY cruised to their second win in Group A of the YOU.C1000 Cup with a 121-56 demolition of D'Barkad'Z on Tuesday night.
Jake Chong led all players with a game-high of 25 points to pace Easyway.
The pair of Ben Sim and Md Zainul Ashyraf Hj Hussin put up 12 points apiece while Andy Sim added 12.
Brendan Lim was the other in double figures with 10 to his name in the win at the BBA Court in Batu Bersurat.
On the other side, Kit Abdullah was the topscorer for D'Barkad'Z with 11 to a losing cause.
It was expected where the game was head with Easyway dominating early and jumping out to a 13-2 lead.
The defending champions could afford to unload their bench and extended their advantage to 28-13 at the end of the opening period.
Easyway were getting easy points on the break against their much older opponents.
Chong knocked down back-to-back treys to put Easyway up 47-17 midway through the second frame enroute to a comfortable win.
Tropang FBC edge Nuctech 92-82 in OT
Tropang FBC looked set for victory in their Group C encounter before Nuctech tied things up at 68-68 with just over two minutes to play.
Lim Chong Nam gave them the lead and Vincent Tie made it a two-possession game with a three with over a minute to go.
Mike Nuguid knocked down a pair of freethrows with 26 seconds left to put his team within reach.
Nuctech turned the ball over on the inbounds five seconds later but recovered with a defensive stop.
The game looked over after FBC were whistled for an unsportsmanlike foul right after.
However, Delson Khoo missed both his attempts from the line with 16 seconds left on the clock.
It was deja vu as Nuctech once again turned the ball over from the inbounds.
Nuguid was then fouled where he made his first free-throw and purposely missed on the second.
He may have got away with a lane violation enroute to the offensive rebound before cutting in for the game-tying layup to send the game to overtime at 73-73.
FBC led by as many as seven points in the extra frame with three minutes to play.
Their opponents got to within a point but Nuguid completed a three-point play to make it 86-82 with 29 seconds to play.
Nuctech came up empty handed the next possession and Anthony Alliawan would put the game to bed with a pair of free-throws.
