The Hawke's Bay division two basketball team have passed the physicality test.
"The young guys showed a lot of character," coach Theo Tait said on Saturday night after his troops beat Gisborne Suns 74-70.
The game went down to the wire at the YMCA gym before the Ravi Mani-captained Bay prevailed in the CBL League.
"We were tied [70-70] with 50 seconds to go in front of a parochial crowd," Tait said before hitting the road back to the Bay after the 4pm tip off.
A last-minute inclusion to the team of eight, Dean Leutei took two throws from the charity line to ease the tension a little.