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"It was a really good win because they have done a lot of traveling from one end of the South Island all the way to the other," Huskies assistant coach Brett Smith said.
"They had been up since five o'clock in the morning flying out, so there has been a lot of travelling done.
"So to dig deep like that I would say would have been our best win for the year."
But it was still not without nervy moments amid a tense final term after leading for nearly all of three quarters.
The Tasmanians trailed by three points heading into the final two and a half minutes, but piled on a 14-3 run to put the result beyond doubt.
Smith applauded Anthony Stewart's coaching moves.
"We kept chipping away and made some big stops and big plays," he said.
"Stewy went smaller in the last five minutes and it turned the game around."
Warhorse Jalen Billups was sent to the bench so Lochie Cummings put some life back into the Huskies game.
Saturday night's top win was secured at the defensive end, claiming the final five rebounds of the tight contest to dominate 33-10 under the Giants' basket all game.
Marcel Jones picked up a massive 14 boards, adding to his game-high 22 points while Harry Froling in his third Huskies' appearance pulled down a further 10 rebounds and scored an equal personal-best 21 points.
It was a huge turnaround from Friday night's sub-par tally in which the visitors were out-rebounded 59-35.
"We fixed a few things and learned a lot," Smith said.
Froling took control from the outset scoring 10 of the side's first 19 points.
Craig Moller came in and finished off Froling's good work, putting on the Huskies' final seven points for his 10 for the quarter to lead by 10.
The Giants challenged the Huskies twice in the second term, but it wasn't until the third that seven unanswered points drew the home side towards the inevitable lead.