At one stage of the game, PNG led 9-6 before the Leonard Whippy-captained side came back to take the first quarter by 20-9; second quarter 40-25 and third quarter 61-46.
In the fourth quarter, the PNG boys tried to make a comeback but it wasn’t enough to shut out the reigning Pacific champs
Coach Paul Whippy said all credit goes to the team as a whole for managing to stand up to the PNG team.
“It was the most pressured game they had and this was a good game for us as the earlier games weren’t so hard,” Whippy said.
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