Xavier,
Faith Academy, SBC book MMBL Finals seats
by rick olivares
The 30th SeaOil Metro
Manila Basketball League is fast reaching its conclusion. From a pool of 70
high school teams from all over Metro Manila, the number has now dwindled to 20
squads who are competing in a semifinals win-or-go-home format.
Hope Christian High School upset De La
Salle Zobel 73-64 in Division I play to book a seat in the finals where they
await the winner of the National University-San Beda game that will be played
on this coming Wednesday, January 16 at the San Beda College Gym in Mendiola,
Manila.
In Division II competition, the
Hoosiers-like run of the Faith Academy Vanguards continued with a 69-58 win
over UST’s Team B. Faith Academy will be playing Xavier that squeaked past NU’s
Team B, 71-69.
The San Beda Red Cubs Team B ensured
that their school has representation in the finals when they tripped brother
school San Beda Alabang 68-66. They will be facing Colegio San Benildo Rizal
for the Division III crown after the latter crushed Colegio de San Agustin
Biñan, 71-57.
Over at Division IV, NU Team C
walloped La Salle College of Antipolo 71-44 to earn the right to play San Beda
Team D that outlasted a hard-fighting Espiritu Santo Parochial School 65-61.
De La Salle Zobel salvaged a measure
of pride when its girls team crushed sister team La Salle College of Antipolo
68-48 where they await the winner of the Chiang Kai Shek-UNO/Casimiro Ynares
Memorial School tussle.
The finals for all five divisions will
be played this coming Sunday, January 20, at the San Beda College Gym.
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