CEBU, Philippines – The Viking Haulers pulled off a 112-103 victory over erstwhile leader Heartfelt in the F. Llamas Youth Association (FYA) 1st Vice Mayor Mike Rama Cup basketball tournament at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Gym in Brgy. Punta Princesa, this city.
Later in the day, Orillaville won by default over Team Jayra, which showed up with lack of players. Thus, Orillaville joined Rollyr Royz on top of the leaderboard with similar 5-1 win-loss records, while Jayra dropped to 2-4.
Toper Limbaga tossed in 27 points and Baeng Medalle added 20 points for the Haulers, who are now toting a 2-4 win-loss card. Former USJ-R Jaguar Givanni Canceko had 17 points for Viking.
Heartfelt, which suffered its third straight loss after an impressive 3-0 start, was led by Tata Laborte with 29 points. Jeffrey Alob added 25 markers in a losing cause.
The scores
Viking (112) - Limbaga 27, Medalle 20, Canceko 17, Ardon 10, Trinidad 9, Cal 8, Potencioso 6, Aguirre 4
Heartfelt (103) - T. Laborte 29, Alob 25, N. Laborte 13, Abella 12, Rama 12, Basubas 8, Danding 2 (GGM) (THE FREEMAN)