The Istorya.net Huskies rode on the endgame heroics of Samsam Gullas and Chowking Mariano to grind through a 72-70 victory over the Sunday Group and clinch the championship of the Professional Youth Fellowship Basketball Advocacy Season 6 crown at the Visayan Glass Gym in Brgy. Guadalupe, this city.
Gullas charted 18 points for the Huskies, who gamely held off repeated attempts by the Sunday Group to pull away in the closing seconds of the contest.
The Sunday Group succeeded in knotting the count at 70-all with two seconds remaining. Lady luck, however, smiled at the Huskies as the Sunday Group committed an ill-advised foul on Mariano.
Mariano showed nerves of steel to calmly sink his two free throws. Sunday Group’s Jun Gaed then threw a desperate 3-pointer that went airball as the gameclock expired.
Thus, the Huskies joined the elite list of champions in the league that include the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R), YCSC, Innodata Dribblers, Jaymar Sportline, San Jose Blazers, and Athletes for Christ through Evangelical Service (ACES) of coach Al Solis.—Caecent No-ot Magsumbol