Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
WONG Jun Yuan hit the game-winning basket to lift Salakau to the Under-18 title in Circuit 1 of the 2nd Brunei 3x3 Championship 2025.
He hit the go ahead two-pointer to beat CH Elite 15-14 in overtime in the final on Sunday.
The teams were deadlock at 13-13 at the end of regulation at the BBA Court in Batu Bersurat.
Wong eventually finished the title decider with five points.
Hayden Soon led the way with eight points while the other two were scored by Riley Coulter.
On the other side, Cris Angelo Camiring topscored for CH Elite with five points.
The duo of Phoan Xin Bo and Colin Picones provided three each in the loss.
CH Elite started off the better of the two teams to score the first four points of the encounter.
The game was tied at 6-6 four minutes into the game.
CH Elite created a gap to make it 12-9 before Soon hit a two-pointer with 2:30 left.
Wong put Salakau in front after completing a two-point play to make it 13-12 with 1:20 to go.
Camiring then tied the game and both teams had their chances to grab the win in regulation.
Soon was sent to the line with 5.9 seconds left on the clock.
However, he missed from the charity stripe before Camiring missed his final shot to see the game head to extra time.
Camiring put CH Elite in front with a layup.
Soon drove towards the hoop in the next possession before kicking it out for Wong to connect on a basket from behind the arc for the triumph.
Salakau finished the nine-team competition flawless.
They defeated SYTC 19-12 in the semis while CH Elite beat Bricks Squad Elite 16-11 to set up the final.
Bricks Squad Elite took home the bronze after beating SYTC 18-10 in the third-place playoff.
