SEGAMAT lifted the women's National Basketball League title, six years after the winning the last tournament was held, after holding off the challenge of Bina Puri in the final for a 60-51 win at the Maba Stadium in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
The champions led from start to finish as they ended the tournament by winning seven matches in a row following an opening day defeat to Bina Puri."We had a bad start but it's a wonderful ending," said Segamat coach Tai Chen Kiun. "The players did well defensively and the shooting power was much better than before. We are very happy to have won the title."
In the men's preliminary league, Westports Malaysia Dragons blew a 27-point half-time lead and fell four points behind with four minutes remaining but recovered in the last 60 seconds to edge defending champions Sarawak Firehorse 72-71.
It was Firehorse's first defeat in three matches while the Dragons improved to 3-1 after Patrick Cabahug and Moala Tautuaa each sank two free-throws in the last minute as the Dragons scored the last four points in the game.
Earlier, Farmcochem claimed their second win by beating Crouching Tiger 72-65 to leave the national junior team winless in three games. By Devinder Singh
