Dewfoam, RJX Transport triumph in CECABA

CEBU, Philippines - Dewfoam '88 and RJX Transport Solutions '99 vanquished separate foes in contrasting fashion in the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association's 11th Dr. Chen Lieh Fu Memorial Cup last Friday night at the CEC gym.

Dewfoam '88 had to wade through rough waters before edging out First Family Appliance '87/94, 52-50, while RJX Transport was never in trouble as it dispatched PTT Lubricants 2005, 72-61. The winners now hold an identical 6-1 win-loss records.

John Philip Po had 12 points and man mountain Richard Yu added 10 points for Dewfoam '88, which was constantly threatened by Class '87/94 since taking a 28-21 lead at halftime.

Class'87/94 closed in at 37-39 after three quarters, but Class '88 held its ground in the closing minutes of the contest to hang on to a two-point victory.

 Henrich Chua had 13 points and Stanley Gaw donated 10 markers for Class '87/94, which suffered its fourth setback in six games. 

Mark Eugene Bukiron, on the other hand, pumped in a season-best 35 points to almost single-handedly carry Class '99 to victory. They were in full command of the match after posting a 2923 advantage at the intermission.

Ruben Yap, Jr. and Lawrence Lauron backed up Bukiron with 10 points each as Class '99 immediately plunged back to winning track after its five-game roll was snapped.

Philip John Lua and Ken Benedict Uy fired 18 points apiece but to no avail as Class 2005 slipped to 2-4.

The scores

First game

Class '88 (52) - Po 12, R. Yu 10, Aguilar 9, P. Lim 7, Dy 6, Villamor 4, R. Lim 2, Ng 1, E. Yu 1 

Class '87/94 (50) - H. Chua 13, Gaw 10, Quilacio 8, Beldeniza 7, W. Yu 5, Labadan 2, Angana 2, Angeles 2, Jao 1

Second game

Class '99 (72) - Bukiron 35, Yap 10, Lauron 10, Uy 7, Tan 6, Sia 4

Class 2005 (61) - Lua 18, Uy 18, Alegado 9, Lee 8, Angcay 6, Salibio 2 – EBV (THE FREEMAN)