Before their historic performance in the 1978 Season of the PBA, the Universal Textiles Wranglers’ finest finish in the still infant play-for-pay league was runner up in 1977. That, too, made the Marikina-based dribblers dark horses to win its first title as pros. Although the Redmanizers, somewhat were able to contain the trio, the Wranglers simply were too much for the 1976 Grand Slam champions. For breaking the three-Season-long Crispa-Toyota title monopoly, U-Tex proved to be one of the top pro clubs in the country. McDonald had 31 points, 13 rebounds ad 3 assists, while Snake contributed 24 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists.

Source: Manila Times June 09, 2020 17:15 UTC