AFTER two greatescapes in Game One, the Abra Solid North Weavers seek a more convincing win over the Quezon Huskers in Game Two at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the 747. LIVE presents MPBL 2025 Season National Finals at the Gov. Andres B. Bernos Memorial Gymnasium in Bangued, Abra. Trailing by 10 points with 2 minutes and 58 seconds left, Abra banked on Jason Brickman’s back-to-back triples and John Uduba’s back-to-back 3-point plays to force overtime, 72-all.
Behind by eight with 2 minutes and 23 seconds to go, Abra blanked Quezon the rest of the way and bunched 9 points, 5 by Mike Ayonayon, two by Uduba and the last two by Brickman to extend its record winning streak to 34 before an overflow crowd and 120,000 live viewers.
Having shrugged off the rust of a long break, the North Division champion Weavers are favored to repeat over the South Kings in the best-of-five series. Top Gun Dave Ildefonso, Encho Serrano, Brickman, Ayonayon, Uduba and twin towers Geo Chiu and Raven Gonzales will again lead the Weavers’ charge against the Huskers, who were hampered by their 3 of 10 performance from the charity stripe.
The Huskers, who proved that they are at par with the Weavers, will lean on Ljay Gonzales, Christian Pagaran, Simone Sandagon. Joseph Gabayni, Alfrancis Tamsi and Gab Banal in their bid to level the series.
If they fail to do so, the Huskers will put up their fiercest stand at their homecourt—Quezon Convention Center÷÷in Game Three on Tuesday. Abra Weavers team owner Rep. JB Bernos echoed the sentiment of Abrenos to the heart-pounding win.
“A miracle happened tonight, not once but twice! Thank you, THE ONE ABOVE! ,” Bernos posted on Facebook.
