Bacolod Tay Tung High School eked past Living Stones International School with a 72-70 win during the National Basketball Training Center regional qualifying leg in Bacolod City at the BAYS Center over the weekend.
Tay Tung head coach Ronald ‘Yong’ Despi pointed out the team’s numerous turnovers, which resulted in the close game.
“I think my players were too complacent,” he said. “I reminded them that we cannot take them for granted because they came from a championship in Vigan.”
Down 70-69 with under a minute left, Tay Tung tied the game after a split free throw from Fritz Valencia, then, in the final 11 seconds, Kent Esparagoza converted a pass by Andy Villaver./ASC, WDJ