AdU-N Samar cops PWBL title

MANILA, Philippines - Adamson University added the Burlington-BioFresh Cup of the Philippine Women’s Basketball League to its growing list of titles as it downed Lyceum-Jaguars, 67-65, recently at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

Backed by Northern Samar, the Lady Falcons leaned on the steady hands of player-coach Emelia Vega to beat the Lady Pirates for the second straight time. They won the best-of-three series, 2-1.

Vega, a many-time member of the RP team, calmly hit two pressure-packed charities with barely a second left to power the Lady Falcons to the victory in the event sponsored by LWUA chairman Butch Pichay, Gov. JunJun Ynares of Rizal, Burlington Philippines and BioFresh.

“It was a very close call, but we have to follow the rule which states that any last second action that may decide the outcome of the game must be reviewed on available video replay to ensure that correct decision is made,” said commissioner Nilo Fernandez. “It took some time to get the clear picture of the situation but what’s important is that correct call was implemented.”

Lyceum took Game 1, 75-72, but Adamson evened the series in Game 2, 76-68.

The event was supported by Wilson, Everlast, Foton, Moldex, Atlanta, Nation, GSIS, Pagcor, PCSO, Province of Northern Samar, Asics shoes and Molten, the official ball of PWBL.

Highlights of the championship game will be aired on Thursday at 10:30 p.m. on Basketball TV.