Edmark Mendoza scored 19 and Noel David added 15 to hand the Archers a 75-71 win in the 4th Miller Lite Invitational Basketball Tournament at Gualo Rai on Saturday.
Getting fouled on wasn’t so bad for David and Larry Sharry, who each shot two free throws to secure the game.
Bernardo, struggling for possession, settled for four points in the final quarter. Bart Demapan fouled out with five minutes to go and Ferdie Tobias racked up four personal fouls at the second half.
The Archers pulled away, 25-18 in the first quarter but lost momentum and fell behind one point by the third quarter. Demapan easily dodged Sharry for a layup but couldn’t get hold of David in the defense.
Mendoza followed with an open jumper but missed, leaving Sharry Jun Pantaleon scrambling for the ball.
Abuy squeezed in eight points, Gil Miranda and Sharry scored seven each, and Rommel Usi added nine.
Bernardo and Demapan tied at 22 points apiece while Pantaleon earned 13.
Scores:
Lions Club-Archers 75 – E. Mendoza 19, N. David 15, J. Abuy 8, G. Miranda 7, L. Sharry 7, R. Usi 6, M. Cruz 4, R. Yabut 4, J. Diyco 3, Danipog 2
Inchcape 71 – K. Bernardo 22, B. Demapan 22, J. Pantaleon 13, J. Tabora 5, N. Legaspi 3, F. Tobias 2, M. Marchadesch 2
Quarterscores: 25-18, 40-38, 59-60, 75-71
Cargo Express 73, Fixers 62
Lerio Pagarao and Kelvin Fitial led Cargo Express-Seabridge with 26 and 21 points, respectively to sweep the Ebisuya Fixers, 73-62 last Sunday.
Cargo Express erased its two-point deficit in the second quarter and jumped nine points head by the second half.
Pagarao only scored two points from the first period but made up with 15 more in the final quarter. Rosel Ritual posted 10 and White Capalad tallied four to bury the Fixers.
Fixers’ Jawn Joyner mustered 25 points and Danny Bicera had 10, but it wasn’t enough to turn the game around.
Fitial stepped up with his team’s only three-pointer in the third quarter. Won Joo Jung followed with his last free throw for the evening.
Both Joyner and Bicera stayed on track with back-to-back layups near the end, but Fitial, Pagarao, and Ritual sealed the game with a combined 21 points.
Scores:
Cargo Express-Seabridge 73 – L. Pagarao 26, K. Fitial 21, R. Ritual 10, W. Jung 6, W. Capalad 4, L. Itaas 3, Usi 1
Ebisuya Fixers 62 – J. Joyner 25, D. Bicera 10, J. Artates 9, JM Llagas 6, J. Abedes 6, C. Camacho 2, E. Pineda 1
Quarterscores: 14-12, 25-34, 47-51, 62-73
