INQUIRER Sports

INDONESIA Satria Muda Britama climbed into a tie for second with the idle Philippine Patriots after pummeling the Kuala Lumpur Dragons, 91-67, Sunday in the Asean Basketball League at the BritAma Arena in Jakarta.

Julius Faisal Achmad and Theo Little combined for 32 points while Filipino import Rensy Bajar added 12 to lead the Indonesians to their first home-game triumph since their Oct. 10 opener, when they bowed to the Patriots, 76-69.

?Seven players scored in double figures, that shows that we played as a team,? Satria Muda coach Fictor Roring told the Jakarta Globe.

?It was our best game so far, but the boys should play better. We gave up lot of three pointers, so we need to tighten up our defense.?

Indonesia and the Philippines have 2-1 records behind the perfect 3-0 slate of the Singapore Slingers.

Kuala Lumpur, the only team in the fledgling six-nation league that didn?t tap a Filipino import, slipped to fourth at 1-2.

The 5-foot-8 Bajar, who previously suited up for the Alaska Aces in the PBA, completed a three-point play to spark a 14-5 run that gave Satria Muda its first double-digit spread, 26-16, from a slim 12-11 lead.

Satria Muda, which shot 54.4 percent from the field, opened the fourth period with a 10-0 spurt, including seven straight from Indonesian Youbel Sondakh for a 75-44 buffer.

The scores:
INDONESIA 91?Achmad 17, Little 15, Bajar 12, Hartman 11, Sitepu 11, Prihantono 11, Sondakh 10, R. Gunawan 4, Wijaya 0, G. Gunawan 0, Siregar 0, Situmorang 0.
KUALA LUMPUR 67?Brown 19, Chai 13, Loh 10, Koh 8, Lynch 5, Chee 5, Ho 3, Wee 2, Batumalai 2, Kwaan 0.
Quarters: 26-16, 46-32, 65-44, 91-67