#NCAA93 Day 20: San Beda, JRU finishes the first round victorious

The San Beda Red Lions finishes off the first round of elimination in second place with an 8-1 win-loss card after they beat up the Arellano Chiefs 95-70.

The Red Lions completely shuts down Arellano, kicking off the opening period with an early 23-18 lead, and pushing it up to a 48-30 lead at the end of the half, San Beda didn’t show any mercy over the Chiefs as they show that Arellano was a no match in their rematch.

Arellano was able to cut the lead of the Red Lions to start the second half, but San Beda still was able to regain and maintain their lead at 70-52. In the final period, the Chiefs became hapless as San Beda pushes their lead up to 28 points with seconds left in the game.

Javee Mocon led the Red Lions in this onslaught after unleashing 19 points and 14 rebounds, Robert Bolick led the scoring with 23 points, while Donald Tankoua added 15 points.

Kent Sallado was the lone bright spot on the side of Arellano as he topped the scoring with 26 points, Lervin Flores and Archie Concepcion bith had 10 points for the Chiefs as they go down 3-6 in the standings.

The Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers triumphs over the sloppy Mapua Cardinals 68-59 to finish the first round of elimination in third place with a 6-3 win-loss record.

The opening period went tight for the two squads with the Heavy Bombers taking the lead at 19-16. In the second period the Cardinals were able to keep the game close though they still went down 34-38 at the end of the half.

A low scoring third period halted the momentum of both squads finishing it at 49-41 still in favor of JRU. In the final period, the Heavy Bombers were able to establish a 10 point margin in the final three minute of the game to repulse Mapua.

Aaron Bordon top scored for JRU with 17 points, Jed Mendoza added 12 points, while Ervin Grospe and Mark Dela Virgen added 11 points respectively. Adbulwahab AbdulRazak provided 21 solid rebounds.

Christian Bunag led the Cardinals with 15 points and 21 rebounds, Laurenz Victoria added 12 points. Mapua goes down to 1-8, finishing the first round at the bottom of the standings.