The Zamboanga Valientes pulled away in the second half and hacked out an 87-79 win over hometown bets Singapore Slingers to cap the Singapore Circuit of the ABL Invitational 2023 on a winning note on Sunday, Jan. 8 at the OCBC Arena. Jeremy Arthur goes for a layup for Zamboanga. Zamboanga closed out the opening circuit of the tournament with a 2-2 record and the win serves as a fitting momentum builder when it returns to action in the Batam Circuit in Indonesia set to fire off on Jan. 12 to 18. Zamboanga saw its comeback bid against Saigon go down the drain as the Heat escaped with a 75-71 win on Friday, Jan. 6. The Valientes then looked poised for a huge bounce back win a day after but couldn’t hold on to a 16-point lead it established, collapsing and succumbing to NS Matrix, 86-82.

Source: Manila Times January 09, 2023 20:02 UTC