INA – Satria Muda are champions again

SURABAYA (NBL Indonesia) - Satria Muda BritAma became the champion club team of Indonesia for the fifth year in a row after defeating CLS Knights 67-50 in Sunday's title game.

In the final of the 2010-11 season - played in the newly-formatted NBL Indonesia - the Jakarta-based club fought back from a first quarter deficit and went from strength to strength thereafter.

Playing in front of their home crowd, CLS Knights led 16-13 to end the first period.

However, Satria Muda steadied the ship by outscoring their opponents 22-13 in the second quarter for a 35-29 edge at the break. They did not relinquish control of the game from that point on.

Amin Prihantano hit four three-pointers to pace Satria Muda with 16 points. Chris Sitepu added 13 points and Youbel Sondakh had a dozen.

Rachmad Febri Utomo’s 18 points was a game-high but he was the only CLS player to score in the double digits.

PJ Esia win 3rd place play-off

Earlier in the day, regular season champions Pelita Jaya Esia outscored Dell Aspac 21-17 in the final frame to register a 62-61 win in the play-off for the third place.

Dimas Dewanto scored 11 points for PJ Esia. Vinton Surawi had 13 points for Dell.

Satria Muda had defeated Dell 76-69 and CLS overcame PJ Esia 68-53 in the semi-finals earlier in the weekend.

FIBA Asia