The defending champions Letran Knights slips past the pesky JRU Heavy Bombers 67-62. It was a low scoring first period for both squad with JRU taking a slight 12-10 advantage to end the opening quarter. In the second period Paolo Pontejos spearheaded the offense of the Heavy Bombers as they extend their lead to 29-23.
The second half was a different story for the two squads as the Knights finally took over the lead after Rey Nambatac fired a three to break the deadlock to take a 56-53 lead. At that point there was no more looking back for Letran as they secured the lead to diffuse the Heavy bombers.
Rey Nambactac again spearheaded the Knights with 29 points, while John Quinto added 12 points for Letran as they move up 5-2. On the side of JRU, Paolo Pontejos had his best outing so far with 27 points, he's the only heavy bomber to score in double digit in this game as they go down 2-4.
Letran Knights 67 – Nambatac 29, Quinto 12, Calvo 9, Sollano 4, Balanza 4, Ambohot 4, Luib 3, Bernabe 2
JRU Heavy Bombers 62 – Pontejos 27, Dela Virgen 9, Grospe 6, Lasquety 5, Mendoza 5, Teodoro 4, Poutouochi 2, Abdul Wahab 2, Cruz 2
The San Beda Red Lions were able to defend their record unblemished as they endure the toughness of the Mapua Cardinals 85-74. It was a rough road getting to their 7th straight victory as San Beda found themselves down in the first period 20-16.But going to the second period the Red Lions unleashes their wrath as the Cardinals got plague by Turnovers giving away easy points for San Beda to pull away 29-15 in that quarter alone, the first half ended 45-35.0
In the second half, Acee Soberano bear the torch for the Red Lions as he scored 11 points in that quarter to pull the Red Lions up 67-51.In the final period though the Cardinals were able to outperform the Red Lions with a 23-18 output, Davon Potts still able to push the Red Lions to Victory.
Top scoring for the San Beda are Davon Potts who tallied 25 points and Acee Soberano with 17 points, meanwhile two Red Lions scored double-double, Javee Mocon with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Robert Bolick who had his best game so far almost scoring a triple double with 10 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists.
On the side of Mapua, Allwell Oraeme's monster game having 21 points and 20 rebounds didn't do well for the Cardinals as they dropped their 2nd game after 7 games,
San Beda Red Lions 85 - Potts 25, Soberano 17, Mocon 14, Tankoua 11, Bolick 10, Presbitero 2, Tongco 2, Noah 2, Alas 2
Mapua Cardinals 74 - Oraeme 21, Estrella 14, Serrano 9, Raflores 8, Menina 7, Aguirre 6, Bunag 5, Orquina 4
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