LSGH blanks Xavier in BBI hoops
by rick olivares
La Salle Greenhills’ 10-Under and
17-Under squads both rallied past their Xavier High School counterparts for a
pair of wins in the Smart Breakdown Basketball Invitationals Cherifer Tangkad
Sagad Basketball Tournament last Sunday, January 7, at the Moro Lorenzo Sports
Center in Quezon City.
In 10-Under division play, Xavier
led by as much as 16-points, 30-14, with 3:38 left to play in the second
period. After coach Rene Flores Jr. called for a timeout, the Greenies, behind
the backcourt of Gian Gomez and Dominic Tuason harried the Golden Stallions
into turnovers while converting fastbreak lay-ups.
LSGH dropped a 14-2 bomb to
narrow the gap, 32-28, at the halftime break. La Salle continued its stifling
defense and took the third period, 39-37, after Tuason hit a triple right
before the buzzer.
Xavier kept it close in the
fourth until center Bryan Hachuela hit consecutive jumpers to put the wind out
of the Golden Stallions’ sails, 52-45, to coast until the final buzzer.
Gomez, a transferee from San
Sebastian College, finished with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 steals
to earn Player of the Game honors.
LSGH’s U-10 squad is atop the
division with a 5-0 record while Xavier succumbed to their first defeat, 4-1.
In the 17-Under Division, both
schools waged a nip-and-tuck affair, Xavier also took the lead and held off
LSGH’s repeated rallies for the first 25 minutes until the latter forged a
53-all deadlock by third quarter’s end.
The game remained close until Joshua Marcos scored five straight points
to stretch a 69-66 lead to a 74-69 lead. LSGH prevailed 79-72.
Joshua Marcos, who also played
for LSGH’s NCAA title squad, top scored with 26 points and 10 rebounds.
Xavier’s Darren Sytin led the Golden Stallions with 19 points.
LSGH’s 17-Under team hiked their
slate to 5-2 while Xavier dropped to an even 2-2 record.
In another 17-Under BBI match,
San Beda routed AMA Computer College 85-62 in a game that saw both the coaches
of both squads nearly come to blows after the match. The Red Cubs’ Team B who
are slated to take over from the NCAA squad after this school year, took
control of the match from the opening tip and led by as much as 32 points. The
match got chippy in the second half and after the game, AMA’s head coach Edwin
Ancheta confronted a Red Cub over what he perceived to be a dirty play. SBC coach
Manu Iñigo took affront to the confrontation and challenged his AMA
counterpart. Both exchanged harsh words but cooler heads were able to separate
both.
SBC is atop the division with a
7-0 record while AMA suffered their first loss in five matches.
In another key match, this time
in the 12-under Division, Agila crushed Kings Montessori School, 73-46, behind
Derek Domangcas’ game high 24 points and point guard Jordan Salandanan’s 10
markers. Brothers Paolo and Javi Adevoso added 9 and 8 points respectively to
Agila’s onslaught.
The Smart Breakdown Basketball
Invitationals are sponsored by Smart, Cherifer, San Marino corned tuna,
sulit.ph, and Mared Rubber.
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