In the first game of the last day of the first round of eliminations, the JRU Heavy Bombers dealt the San Beda Red Lions their first loss 79-73. It was the biggest upset of the season so far after JRU denies the Red Lions a first round sweep.
The whole game was almost dominated by the Red Lions taking the first three quarters 22-14 in the first, 37-35 at the end of the first half and 66-53 at the end of the third period.
But going to the final quarter, it was quiet bizarre that after scoring 29 points in the third period the Red Lions collapsed and only scored 7 points in the final period, giving the game away to JRU as they were able to outperform them in the final minutes.
Paolo Pontejos had his best game this season having 27 points to pull JRU up to 4-5. Meanwhile Donald Tankoua topped the scoring for San Beda with 28 points, the Red Lions still end the first round on top despite the loss at 8-1.
JRU Heavy Bombers 79 – Pontejos 27, Poutouochi 14, Teodoro 14, Grospe 9, Dela Virgen 5, Lasquety 4, Cruz 4, Abdul Wahab 2
San Beda Red Lions 73 – Tankoua 28, Potts 11, Soberano 7, Bolick 6, Mocon 6, Noah 6, Oftana 4, Tongco 2, Sara 2, Presbitero 1.
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In the last game of the elimination round, the Mapua Cardinals outlasted the defending champions Letran Knights 79-75.
The Knights were able to control the first three quarters due to the high turnovers of Mapua converting 32 points out of the 29 turnovers of the Cardinals, but Mapua were able to counter their poor ball handling with their rebounding as they were able to defend the paint better having 46 rebounds against the 28 of Letran.
All was well for Allwell Oraeme as he had another monster performance of 20 points and 20 rebound, Joseph Erioubu had his best game for the Cardinals having 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Darrell Menina added 17 points as Mapua goes up to 6-3 to finish fourth in the first round.
John Quinto top scored for the defending champs with 20 points, Jom Sollano added 16 points, and Rey Nambatac puts up 13 points for the Knights as they go down 5-4 ending the first round fifth.
Mapua Cardinals 79 – Oraeme 20, Eriobu 19, Menina 17, Isit 9, Orquina 4, Biteng 3, Victoria 3, Estrella 2, Serrano 2
Letran Knights 75 – Quinto 20, Sollano 16, Nambatac 13, Calvo 9, Balanza 8, Luib 7, Ambohot 2
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