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Our women basketball team of STIKOM Surabaya secures their very first champion title. They did it after survived tense games in the Final Four of Road to Campus League 2008. STIKOM played against Unesa at the semifinal games, and then beat favorite Unair team on a dramatic final game.

Back on the semifinal game against Unesa, the game rolled at very high pace. Both teams played quick offense scheme. Shocked by a full speed game from the beginning, STIKOM lost their cool and so many easy shot were wasted. There is also a major hole on low post area of the team. Unesa took the advantage offensively by grabbing most of the rebounds. Fortunately, they were also ruined their finishing shot.

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STIKOM tried to turn the table. They began to use slow tempo on offense, paired by ultra-aggressive defensive press. It worked so well. Unesa made a lot of turnover after been pressed with full-court defense for the whole time. The points started to flow for STIKOM by steals and easy baskets from the interception. It ended with STIKOM had a 49-38 won from the opponent.

Advanced to final, STIKOM met favorite Unair team. Both teams have met earlier at preliminary round by STIKOM had their unpredicted won. STIKOM once again tried to flip up most people’s belief of Unair easy victory.

The game looked so normal when Unair hammered STIKOM by huge number of easy points. Opponent’s defense forced STIKOM to made many turnovers finished by their opponent easily scored on their basket. Unair had their 11 points lead right until 3^rd quarter of the game.

Determined STIKOM pulled their full effort on last moment of the game. They put off overjoyed Unair team by playing aggressive half-court zone defense and grab any possible defensive rebounds. STIKOM rapidly pulled their trigger by showing speedy fast break off the transition to cut the margins down continuously. Shocked Unair team found their guard down. They did many error and hasty unset offense.

STIKOM boiled the crowd. A surprising 3-pts shot made by Melyana near the end of the game had drawn the level. Finally, Marchel drained a 3-pts open shot when it was 4 seconds to go. When buzzer sounds, the crowd had gone wild. The whole STIKOM team and fans enjoyed their celebration of their tournament champion title.

STIKOM got IDR 3.5 millions in cash for acquiring the first spot. The female MVP award goes to Nancy, in her 1^st event since she joined the squad this semester. It was fantastic! Way to go guys… Let us pull some big shots to give our STIKOM another titles. Go STIKOM!