CEBU, Philippines - The Cebu Unique Trade Center scored a 103-97 upset over the much-favored AMBL Enterprises, even as Heartvit mauled the J-Art Sportsmasters, 121-93, in the 1st Punta Princesa Ball Club (PPBC) 2009 Vice Mayor Mike Rama Cup at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Gym in Brgy. Punta Princesa, this city.
Unique Trade enjoyed a 51-46 lead at halftime and padded it to 77-70 at the end of the third period behind the efforts of Rolly Catubig and Balong Navarro.
Ronel Tiu then picked up the scoring cudgels by tossing in all his 14 points in the final quarter to buffer the Traders to victory.
Catubig paced the Traders with 27 points followed by Navarro with 18 markers. Dindo Sausa and Tiu chipped in 14 points apiece.
Robert Abasolo and Lito Navarro led AMBL with 55 points combined.
Alffed Lim, on the other hand, torched 22 points for Heartvit, while Reynold Zamora and Efren Mosqueda added 14 each.
The scores
First game
Cebu Unique Trade (103) - Catubig 27, B. Navarro 18, Tiu 14, Sausa 14, Navarro 12, Faunillan 10, Batoon 5, Libre 3
AMBL (97) - Abasolo 23, L. Navarro 22, Felicitas 14, A. Lim 11, Alesna 11, Ibona 8, Ramos 8
Second game
Heartvit (121) - F. Lim 22, Zamora 14, Mosqueda 14, Y. Reyes 13, Jumamel 12, Tagalog 10, Babatid 9, Arias 9, C. Reyes 6, Sanchez 6, Pasana 6
J-Art (93) - Noel 19, Ferrer 18, Birao 15, Perez 15, Mante 14, Te 6, Regidor 4, Villaber 2, Bucton 2 (GGM) (FREEMAN NEWS)