ACEC triumph in title clash.ARABIAN Consulting Engineering Centre (ACEC ACEC American Council of Engineering Companies (formerly American Consulting Engineers Council) ACEC American Consulting Engineers Council (now American Council of Engineering Companies) ) clinched the division 'I' title of the first Western Union Filipino Club Basketball Tournament with a 110-98 victory over New York Institute of Technology The function of higher education was highly debated at the time. There was growing concern that American schools and colleges were failing to meet critical national demands, particularly the need for scientists, engineers, and high-level technicians. (NYIT NYIT New York Institute of Technology ) in a high-scoring final played at the Muharraq Club Muharraq Club (Arabic: المحرق), is the oldest sports club in Muharraq island in the Persian Gulf region. Muharraq Club has won the Bahraini Football Premier League 29 times. in Arad. The newly crowned Saudi-based champions, composed of former professional players from the Philippines, used a strong second quarter to turn a 28-all deadlock at the end of the first to a 58-50 lead heading into the break. But the talented and lightning-quick NYIT youngsters ran circles around their older and more experienced rivals, and managed to cut the deficit to four, 81-85, heading into the final quarter. In the payoff period, however, ACEC's end-game poise and deep bench proved too much for their rivals. With 10 players fouling out from the contest, six from ACEC and another four NYIT, both teams crawled to the finish, and ACEC just did enough to narrowly secure the 12-point victory and the tournament's top title. Allan de Castro scored 40 points to lead the victors, while Omar Asmad and Eldrin Simpas finished with 20 apiece. NYIT's young Muharraq Club star Mohammed Abdulmajeed poured in a game-high 47 points, including an outstanding nine three-pointers, in the losing effort. Zaid Obaidly contributed 14 while Mohammed Hussam and Hassan Al Khaja added another 11 each. Meanwhile, the Arabian Office Solutions Hungry Hamours clinched third place in division 'I' with via walk over against Bank Muscat Muscat, Maskat, or Masqat (all: mŭs`kăt, mŭs`kət), city (1993 pop. 533,774), capital of Oman, SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman. It is flanked by rugged mountains. International. After both games, the teams were awarded their respective trophies by Filipino Club president Nick Odejar, in the presence of past president Bobby Paraan and club officials Willie Carpio and Nino Buhay. Tournament commissioner Rod Cleofas thanked all those that made the tournament a success, including the competing teams, the sponsors, and supporters. It was the first-ever competition that featured a team from Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. as well as four non-Filipino squads.
Copyright A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2008 Gulf Daily News
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