Jakarta - Pelita Jaya Jakarta showed its dominance on home turf by defeating the Mongolian team, Bishrelt Metal, 90-68 in the Group A match of the 2025 Asia-East Basketball Champions League (BCL) at the PJ Arena GMSB Kuningan, Jakarta, Saturday.
Pelita Jaya immediately pressed from the start of the match. Aggasi Yeshe Goantara's layup opened the lead for Johannis Winar's team and since then never fell behind and closed the first quarter with 29-25.
The second quarter was a test for the hosts. Despite dominating, Pelita Jaya lost focus until Bishrelt equalized the score at 40-40.
However, the momentum returned to Pelita Jaya through Kevin McDaniels' driving lay-up which changed the score to 42-40 and closed the first half with 45-40.
In the third quarter, Brandon Jawato and his friends appeared more solid and widened the gap to 67-54. In the final quarter, their dominance was unstoppable until they closed the match with a convincing victory of 90-68.