Grillin’s Sonny Lerio and Lerio Pagarao were the night’s eventual top scorers with 30 and 28 points, but they alone couldn’t grab the lead they needed.
McGraw Hill claimed the first period, snatching a 24-20 lead. Sablan tallied six of the team’s 24 points with eight from Walter Mendez and Jacob Villagomez.
Lerio and Pagarao however, scored a combined 12 points to drop McGraw Hill to a one-point lead by the end of the first half. Sablan ushered in only one basket after landing a layup past Lerio while James Villacrusis and Kelvin Fitial scored five apiece.
McGraw Hill pulled away in the fourth quarter, leaving Grillin’ behind on eight points from Fitial and five from Gus Palacios. Sablan mustered 15 of his 23 points during the second half, stealing the ball twice from Lerio and once from Rocyl Ritual.
Grillin’ — behind, 72-64 — faced an uphill battle even with Lerio’s late game three-pointer. Aside from Lerio and Pagarao, it was only Hernandez who shot a basket for Grillin’ in the fourth quarter.
10 of McGraw Hill’s 12 players made it to the scoreboard with Fitial and Palacios earning 17 and 11 points, respectively. James Villacrusis, who chipped at Grillin’ in the offense, scored 13 points while Mendez and Manibusan had eight each.
Team McGraw Hill secured the third quarter with a 63-60 lead after back-to-back shots from Sablan, who scored 10 of their 20 points.
Scores:
PSS-McGraw Hill 91 – D. Sablan 23, K. Fitial 17, J. Villacrusis 13, G. Palacios 11, W. Mendez 8, M. Manibusan 8, J. Villagomez 4, L. Buniag 4, P. Guerrero 2, J. Lee 1
Grillin’ 86 – S. Lerio 30, L. Pagarao 28, R. Hernandez 15, R. Ritual 7, J. Kintz 5
Quarterscores: 24-20, 41-40, 63-60, 91-86
Wushin 87, GPPC 67
Meanwhile, Jun Tabora rallied with 33 points to lift Wushin past GPPC, 87-67.
Tabora went scoreless during the first quarter, as Wushin fell behind, 8-20 on an onslaught from nearly all of GPPC’s attackers. He however, fired back with 15 points from the second and third periods to force GPPC off the top seat, 52-47. Ferdie Tobias rallied along with 20 points while Edwin Santos scored 10.
Tabora ended the game with 18 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, denying last minute efforts from GPPC’s Alex Ocampo and Randy Mungcal — both of whom added a combined 12 points.
Scores:
Wushin 87 – J. Tabora 33, F. Tobias 20, E. Santos 10, E. Cosino 8, D. Tibayan 8, O. Tengco 3, J. Pantawaran 3, J. Farinas 2
GPPC 67 – A. Ocampo 23, R. Mungcal 20, J. Tolentino 8, B. Sampang 8, M. Tagle 3, P. Jimenez 2, O. Jalandoni 2, A. Rivera 1
Quarterscores: 20-8, 34-24, 47-52, 67-87
