Pine one win away

Article by Justin Marville

ANOTHER LATE-GAME THRILLER. Another Pine victory.

The team that just can’t lose is only one win away from the title, as Orange 3 Pinelands survived another fourth-quarter rally to hold on to an 81-78 Game 2 victory over Station Hill Cavaliers on Tuesday in the Co-operators General Insurance Premier League basketball finals.

Barbados Community College was the scene of their latest triumph, with Pinelands winning a fourth straight postseason contest – and 14th consecutive overall dating all the way back to March.

Yet that streak looked like it was coming to an end, just like in Game 1, as Station Hill rallied from their second double-digit deficit of the series before Darren Hunte led a stirring go-ahead fourth-quarter run.

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