The Malaysia men's team rebounded from their Tuesday loss at Springvale Stadium to beat the HoopNation New Zealand Selection 100-92 at Hawera's TSB Hub on Wednesday night.
However, the confidence boost was short lived as Malaysia were hammered 104-81 by NBL team the Taranaki MountainAirs at New Plymouth YMCA last night.
In Hawera, Malaysia led 24-22 at quartertime and then 59-45 at the half, while the New Zealand team with their three Whanganui connections were able to close the gap to five points in the final quarter.
The tourists pulled back out to a 12-point advantage and were safe from there.
Against the MountainAirs, who were without some of their import players from the NBL season, Malaysia were showing signs of fatigue in their third game in as many days.