Bogo shares inter-city cagefest leadership
They travelled from the far north but the Bogo Bogoys quashed away their arduous trip as they headed back home with a 94-89 victory over host Cebu City Niños in the resumption of the 1st Cebu Inter-City Cup Basketball Challenge on Friday night at the Poblacion Pardo Gym.
After taking a 44-40 edge at halftime, Noel Balili and Jerome Seno presided over an eight-to-nothing blitz early in the third period to give Bogo its biggest lead at 15 points, 66-51.
Paul “Butong” Villanueva ended
Literally rising from the grave after Bogo’s Chris Lubon was whistled for a technical foul for excessive complaining, the Niños slowly crawled back to contention and threatened at 75-79 with still
Time, however, was not on the Niños’ side and the Bogoys proceeded to wrap up the match by hitting the insurance free throws.
Jun Ace Ursal topped Bogo with 29 points, while Seno tossed in 12 of his 23 markers in the second period that towed the Bogoys to a four-point lead at the end of the first half.
The Niños started with a 7-0 bang, but Ursal went on to score all the first 13 points of Bogoys, who just trailed by three, 18-21, after the first 10 minutes of play.
Villanueva paced
With the win, Bogo joined the Lapu-Lapu Chiefs atop the leaderboard with similar 4-1 win-loss record, while
The scores
Bogo (94) - Ursal 29, Seno 23, Balili 17, Lubon 7, Pedroza 4, Asingua 4, Batuigas 3, Valenzuela 3, Tudtud 2
Quarterscores: 18-21; 44-40; 70-59; 94-89 (GGM)
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