Court of Appeals nips BOC in ARENA caging

CEBU, Philippines – The Court of Appeals staged a searing rally midway in the fourth period to walk away with a 72-70 victory over the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu in the Association of Regional Executives in National Agencies (ARENA-7) basketball tournament at the Central Command (CentCom) covered court in Brgy. Apas, this city.

Trailing by eight points 55-47 early in the final period, the Court of Appeals rallied back with savvy behind the efforts Warren Makasiar and Gilbert Tabas to quickly erase the deficit and even posted a seven-point edge, 64-57, with still 6:16 left in the contest.

After Robert Angco split his charities to make it 72-70 for the Court of Appeals with only nine ticks left before the final buzzer, the BOC hoopsters of coach Rady Abarintos could have forged an overtime or even stole the win but failed as they commited a costly passing error.

Makasiar paced Court of Appeals with 17 points, while Jan Adam Mose paced BOC, which also drew 23 points combined from Matugas and Jingjing Rama. (FREEMAN)