After a hard fought basketball knockout game, teams MPIIC and Fish N Fins earned their right to be part of the final four after winning against their respective challengers on separate divisions
Team MPIIC connected with their perimeter shots to start off a five point lead ending the first quarter. And as the game ended the second half with a score of 40 – 33, MPIIC worked on their outside shooting while putting up aggressive stops that put PNCC / UC’s gameplan at bay.
Although players like Phillipus, Tochong, Asailee, and Ula shot for 16, 10, 11, and 11 points respectively for PNNC / UC, at was clearly nor enough to sustain the powerful offensive and defensive drive of their opponent that ended with a final tally of 69 – 64. Russ, Burton, and Jeff of MPIIC finished with 20, 18, and 17 on that order.
Final four teams remains for the government division all trying to reach the finals in which team Spiders will go against team MPIIC who are still on a high note after winning a big game then PNOC – Mercury will face team MOF – Omsangel. Matches will be played on Friday, 23rd of October.
BUSINESS DIVISION:
Fish N Fins put up a late rally scoring 25 points on the last quarter against 15 for business division opponent, Cliffside Hotel, to be victorious with a final tally of 71 – 68.
Down by as many as 12 points to the three quarters of the match, Fish N Fins seemed to have found their secondwind on the fourth as they put up a great run courtesy of Moses and Clint who scored 23 and 20 to help uplift their team against team Cliffside. In spite of Eric’s 19 points and Jay’s 16 of the team Cliffside, Fish N Fins put up an impressive defensive stops towards the latter part of the last canto to hang on to a three point lead, 71 – 68, at the end of regulation.
With the win, Fish N Fins now gets to face Surangel and Sons on October 22, to determine the first seat of the business division finals. On the other hand, team PRR – Royals duels with team Galaxy to determine the other team fighting for the finals.
