CEBU, Philippines - Defending champion University of Cebu (UC) Webmasters and the Southwestern University (SWU) Cobras blasted separate rivals in the 11th Cebu Schools athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) men's basketball at the Cebu Coliseum.
Games today
(Cebu Coliseum)
Juniors
1 pm USPF vs. CIT-U
2:30 pm USJR vs. CEC
Seniors
4 pm USPF vs. UV
5:30 pm USC vs. USJ-R
The Webmasters sizzled to a 100-81 thrashing of the Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildcats to move within a win of completing a six-game elimination round sweep, while the Cobras hammered the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Jaguars, 83-59.
In the secondary matches, the University of the Visayas (UV) Baby Lancers tamed the Baby Jaguars, 85-77, to stay unbeaten in five games, while the Junior Webmasters finally barged into the win column after they clobbered the Wildkittens, 79-64.
Robinson Mohammad fired seven triples of his 25 points, while 6-foot-9 center June Mar Fajardo and Edward Pao controlled the rebounding department even as they chipped in 21 points combined.
John Raphael Aranas added 16 points, while Quinton Brian Heruela pitched in 13 markers underscoring UC's balanced offensive.
Former UC juniors Floyd Taboada exploded with a game-high 27 points but to no avail as the Webmasters crashed to their fifth straight defeat.
For SWU, Justin Aboude had more allies than their past games as coach Raul "Yayoy" Alcoseba made use of his bench players to break their usual 8-man offensive rotation. The 6-foot-6 Cameroonian center responded with 20 points.
The Jaguars, who dropped to 1-4, were led by Abulaiz Suliman with 19 markers.
The scores
First game
SWU (83) - Aboude 20, Armecin 12, Pacquiao 10, Guillena 9, Bregondo 8, Nalos 7, Arong 5, Escobio 3, Casquejo 3, Ortuyo 2, Castro 2, Padilla 2
USJ-R (59) - Suliman 19, Nudalo 8, Sanchez 7, Olbedado 6, Genodiala 6, Capillar 6, Martinez 4, Tabalic 3, Abing 2, Lajato 1
Second game
UC (100) - Mohammad 25, Aranas 16, Heruela 13, Fajardo 12, Pao 9, Bercede 8, Bagnol 7, Batino 4, Auditor 4, Ampoon 2
CIT-U (81) - Taboada 27, Curso 21, A. Nazareno 14, Dimco 6, Taghoy 4, Brigoli 4,Sanchez 2, D. Nazareno 2 (FREEMAN)