ABL: Macau Wolf Warriors stun Alab Pilipinas

Doug Herring Jr.

Macau Wolf Warriors put the clamps on the 7-foot-5 Sam Deguara and leaned on Douglas Herring Jr. (191-G-87, college: Utica)'s clutch plays to stun San Miguel Alab Pilipinas, 98-93, Sunday night in the Asean Basketball League Season 10 at Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan. Hounded by veteran Steven Thomas (204-C/F-81, college: MTSU), Deguara was held to a season-low four points before Herring hit a fadeaway with 1:14 remaining to extend the Wolf Warriors advantage 96-91. A turnover by Jason Brickman (181-PG-91, college: LIU Brooklyn, agency: Interperformances) on the next play led to a Keng Tang Zhi basket on the other end as Wolf Warriors avenged their overtime loss to the Filipino club last December and improved to 3-5. Herring who won an ABL title last season with the CLS Knights tallied 21 points and 10 assists while teammate Julian Boyd (201-F-90, college: LIU Brooklyn) who knocked down a triple before Herring's big shot had 16 points and nine rebounds. 'It's a good win for our organization after a difficult year last year,' said MWW coach Todd Purves , who once served as consultant to the San Miguel franchise in the PBA. 'Herring made some big plays for us and Tang made big hustle plays for us. I though that Steven Thomas made a big difference defensively. It's tough to defend Big Sam and he was able to do a hell of a job.' Alab lost for the first time at home this season, falling to 4-2 for solo second behind Mono Vampire of Thailand. Nick King shot a personal season-best 33 points, while Khalif Wyatt had 15 points, but missed seven of his eight attempts from beyond the arc.
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