PASIG Chooks earned a spot in the main draw of the Chooks-to-Go Manila Challenger Saturday at SM Fairview.
Nikola Pavlovic buried the fadeaway deuce with 12 points seconds remaining to help the world No. 28 fend off Isabela City Chooks, 21-20, to top Qualifying Draw B.
"It's tough, but this is what we live for," said the Serbian reinforcement.
Pasig blasted Zamboanga, 21-9 earlier in the day.
Its 2-0 slate allowed Pasig to advance to Pool D of the main draw, where it will meet Mongolian side Ulaanbataar MMC Energy at 4:35 p.m., and Slovenian club Kranj at 6:10 p.m.
This also hiked the Filipino clubs to two squads in the main draw of the qualifier for the 2019 Fiba 3x3 World Tour Jeddah Masters, with Balanga Chooks already slotted in Pool A with Czech Republic's Humpolec Bernard (3:35 p.m.) and world no. 2 Riga Ghetto of Latvia (5:10 p.m.).
Also advancing to the main draw is Melbourne iAthletic, which went 2-0 in the Qualfiying Draw A.
The Aussie side decimated Jakarta South of Indonesia, 21-2, before stomping on the Marcus Douthit-powered Narvacan City, 22-13.
Melbourne iAthletic will make it to Pool C, where it meets Belgrade NetTV of Serbia at 4:15 p.m. and Gagarin of Russia at 5:50 p.m.
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