Stars 180 Final Table hand - How freaking weak tight is this??

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t3000 (4 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t119237)
Hero (t65365)
UTG (t49492)
Button (t35906)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t6000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t15000</font>, SB calls t9000.

Flop: (t30300) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t12000</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t42300

Just doublechecking my dumba$$ self on this one - the correct play was to PUSH on the flop to his probe bet correct?? Does anyone think folding was correct?

Also, should I have just pushed preflop and saved myself the heartache?

Ugg...