During the first game of the finals last Wednesday it was neck on neck game. There were only 6 minutes left in the game but the rain decided to postpone the game until last Friday to show case it with the Championship game.
In the first half however it went through unscathed by the rain. Rollers’ Brandon Aulerio bucketed 15 points all by himself. But Sonics was not daunted. They put Bryan Ajoste against the rollers star player bucketing 18 points towards Sonics’ over all score. To challenge that, Rollers put Patrick Torres, who bucketed 4 points, working hand in hand with teammate Savali Talalemotu who helped with 5 points of his own to stop Ajoste’s rampage. But Sonics did not back down rather, they used Melvin Cadiang who contributed 11 points of his own to tie the first half 38-38.
Unfortunately, with the sudden outburst of rain, the court was too slippery to play so the UBA officials decided to postpone the game to the coming Friday showcasing it with the Championship round.
As the second half was continued on Friday, Sonics started off with Bryan Ajoste and teammate John Paul Villanueva both on a winning rampage bucketing 7 points and 12 points in high hopes that this would be enough.
But Savali Talalemotu and Pat Torres from Rollers took both of them on just by shooting 16 points and 8 points to secure a 6 point lead over team Sonics.
Scores:
Rollers A– S. Talalemotu 21, B. Aulerio 18, P. Torres 12, J. Palacios 9, D. Brennan 8, J. Norita 2, R. DLG 2.
Sonics– B. Ajoste 25, J. Villanueva 17, M. Cadiang 16, R. Ferrer 4, T. Sula 2, L. Byun 2.
Rollers A were crowned Champs in the UBA U18 over Team Sonics 79-73 at the Garapan Court last Friday. After a warm up game and winning over the Sonics, team Rollers again were on a winning streak.
In the first half of the game, Rollers’ Savali Talalemotu scored a whopping 16 points working hand in hand with teammate Brandon Aulerio who scored 7 points. Sonics put Melvin Cadiang who bucketed 9 points, JP Villanueva who scored 8 points, and Adrian Palacios who contributed 6 points to grab a lead. But unfortunately, Aulerio and Talalemotu’s score, along with their teammates, proved to be too much for the Sonics. Rollers grabbed a 10 point lead over Sonics 41-31 at the bottom of the 1st half of the championship game.
During the second half of the game, Sonics’ Tristan Ecalnea scored 16 points in his heroic attempt to close the 10 point gap from earlier in the game. He could not do this alone, so teammate Jun Delrosario helped him out by contributing 6 points. But the Rollers crushed all hopes when Ham Hambros, Savali Talalemotu, Josh Norita put their skills together shooting 6 points a piece with teammate Brandon Aulerio who contributed 5 points of his own.
This proved to be too much for team Sonics and the Rollers ended up securing a 6 point lead 79-73 receiving the champs’ crown.
Scores:
Rollers A- S. Talalemotu 22, B. Aulerio 12, J. Norita 10, P. Tores 7, H. Hambros 6, J. Palacios 8, j. Danas 4, R. DLG 4, R. Cruz 3, D. Brennan 3.
Sonics- M. Cadiang 17, T. Ecalnea 17, A. Palacios 14, J. Villanueva 10, L. Byun 8, D. Brana 4, J. Jung 2, A Ferrer 2.
