The
Arellano Chiefs kept their final four hopes alive after they defeated the Mapua
Cardinals 81-64 to end the elimination round at 9-9, the Chiefs will wait for
the results of the final games of San Sebastian and Letran.
The Chiefs
showed their dominance and control over the Cardinals the whole game, finishing
the opening period with a 17-13 lead and pushing it up to a 39-28 advantage at
the end of the first half. The Cardinals were able to fight back at the start
of the second half, but Arellano was able to push their lead up by 21 points to
keep the Cardinals down and clinch the first spot in the playoffs for the
fourth spot.
Levi Dela
Cruz comes up big after he scored his career high 29 points to lead the Chiefs
in this win, Lervin Flores and Zach Nicholls added 14 and 11 points.
Christian
Bunag led the Cardinals with 22 points. Mapua ends the season at the bottom of
the standings with a 3-11 record.
Though they
were already out of contention the EAC Generals were able to finish their
campaign on a high note after sending the Perpetual Help Altas down 83-81.
Jerome
Garcia led the Generals with 22 points followed by Jethro Mendoza with 17
points, Sidney Onwubere with 15 points, and Rustan Bugarin with 12 points. EAC
finished at 7th place with 7-11 record.
Prince Eze topped the scoring for the Altas
with 21 points, GJ Ylagan added 17 points, Jon Yuhico had 13 markers, and Jeff
Coronel added 10 points. Perpetual Help finished the season at 9th
place with a 4-14 record.
The Letran
Knights survived the gritty CSB Blazers 66-60 to enter the play offs for the
fourth spot with a 9-9 record.
Rey
Nambatac saved the Knights with 18 points, JP Calvo supported him with 16
points, while Jerrick Ballanza added 13 points and finally Jeo Ambohot had 10
points and 13 rebounds.
Clement
Leutcheu’s 18 points and 18 rebounds didn’t put CSB on the winning column in
their last game, Eric Pili added 16 markers for the Blazers as they finish
their season 93 campaign at 8th place with 4-14 record.
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