03/03/2020
BEST BITES DISMANTLES 2012
MAKATI CITY- Best Bites should little remorse when they crushed DBTI HS BATCH 2012, 66-45, in the curtain-raiser of last weekβs matchups.
Best Bites started like a house on fire with Piel Ordanez knocking down back to back triples and JM Serrano attacking the paint with ferocity to give their team the early 17-4 lead at the end of the first quarter.
2012 put forth a more respectable effort in the second behind Ramilo, Galang, and Langkay as they fought tooth and nail to keep the squad within striking distance.
Best Bites stepped on the gas and pumped 25 points in the third. JC Ibanez, Mike San Diego, and Serrano all took turns running circles around their opponents.
Ramilo balled out in the payoff period but an avalanche of turnovers and miscues derailed 2012βs chances to getting back into the game.
βIt all starts with our defense.β says Serrano, who was also judged the gameβs top performer with a double-double performance of 17 points and 10 rebounds. β We just wanted to come out aggressive on both ends of the floor and it just paid dividends for us.β he adds
Ramilo paced 2012 with 21 points.
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BATANG 90s NOTCHES FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN
The Tito Brigade showed little remorse as they took down Knights of Pegasus, 62-55, to remain the only unbeaten squad in the season thus far.
Salvador Tan and Manuel Canlapan towed KOP to a 9 point lead at halftime and looked to seal Batang 90sβ fate early. As if on cue Geo Dela Roca and Philip Francisco caught fire in third. The pair combined for 13 points in that furious 17-6 rally.
In the tightly-contested fourth quarter, Francisco nailed four of his six three point shots in the crucial stretches. He and forward Quincy Singson provided the finishing touches to another outstanding team victory.
Canlapan led KOP with 18.
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MSR UPSETS AARON TEAM
Fighting for their playoff hopes, the Inigo Reyes- owned MSR proved that they had a lot more fight in them than what their standing says when the pulled off the seasonβs biggest upset last Thursday by defeating the second-seeded Aaron Team, 68-62.
Aaron Team had this game in the pocket for most of the contest. They led MSR by as much as 14 and still had them by 7 points heading into the fourth period.
With nothing to drawn on but sheer will, playing-owner Inigo Reyes knocked down a pair of three point baskets to spark his teamβs comeback bid. With his team following his lead, they held Aaron Team to 9 points in the fourth quarter. On the other end, they tallied 22 points at the end of that run.
Bigman Roulette Candido came up with a monster 18 point-13 rebound effort while Angelo Alperes scored 20 points.
The win puts MSR in a quadruple tie with Aaron Team, Best Bites, and Knights of Pegasus as the playoff wars draw near.
Ian Raymond Ples topscored for Aaron Team with 20 points.
