Powerade
drops Alaska into a 0-3 hole; Petron undefeated in win over Shopinas
by rick olivares
October 16, 2011
Araneta Coliseum
The one-two punch combo of Powerade’s
Gary David and Marcio Lassiter was good enough to drop the reeling Alaska Aces
to their third straight loss following a 79-67 win at the Smart Araneta
Coliseum last night.
David scored 26 points while Lassiter
added 13 with eight coming in the crucial third period that gave the Tigers all
the cushion they needed to hold off a late Alaska charge.
Early in the game, Alaska looked
unable to even hit the side of a house as they only hit 5-21 field goals for a
15-28 deficit after a quarter played.
However, come the second quarter, the
Aces found scoring sock in Mac Baracael and back up center Paolo Bugia. The
rally from a double-digit deficit also saw Cyrus Baguio score on a variety of
high-arcing jumpers and fadeaways to come within a point 35-36 at the half.
But Powerade showed how much better
they’ve become with some off-season acquisitions as Lassiter and newcomers Doug
Kramer and Rudy Lingganay combined for 15 points to back up scoring machine
David’s nine-point output.
Jay-R Reyes and Baracael tired to
inspire one last ditch rally but their shooting woes continued to hound them.
Reyes led four Alaska players in double figures but suffered from the lack of
production from their guards (LA Tenorio, Cyrus Baguio, Bonbon Custodio, Eric
Salamat, and Brandon Cablay) who totaled 15 points amongst themselves.
Said Powerade coach Bo Perasol who saw
his team go to 2-1: “I am quite confident that given more playing time together
with the personnel right now, we can still get better. We have youth and
veterans who are still willing to play. That’s still discounting the fact that
we have JV on the bench and when he comes back we will have more firepower and
leadership.”
In the first match of the PBA
Philippine Cup doubleheader, Petron Blaze, behind the seventh consecutive
double double of Arwind Santos (16 points and 21 rebounds) dominated Shopinas
with a 98-87 win. It was Petron’s third straight win that conversely sent the
Clickers to their third loss in the same number of outings.
With Petron’s starting frontline of
Jay Washington and Rabeh Al-Hussaini still out because of knee injuries, the
team picked up Rob Reyes who was cast adrift from Powerade to shore up their
frontline. Reyes scored five points and pulled down three boards for fourth
ballclub since coming out of Flagler College in the United States for the
2008-09 PBA season.
The Boosters were led by Dennis
Miranda’s 18 points and former Smart Gilas mainstay Chris Lutz’ 17 points.
Former Petron guard Jojo Duncil led
Shopinas with a game high 22 points.
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