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Hapee catches Montana

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Hapee Toothpaste uncorked a decisive 11-0 run in the final six minutes to repulse Viva Mineral Water, 74-65, yesterday and gain a share of the lead in the semifinal round of the Sunkist-PBL 2003 Unity Cup at the Pasay Sports Complex.

Allan Salangsang scored 16 points, pulled down nine rebounds and had a steal as he combined with Nino Gelig in that explosive Hapee windup to catch Montana at the helm at 3-1 (win-loss) mark.

The Water Force fell to 2-2.

Viva was still up, 59-57, with 6:35 remaining in the final quarter when Salangsang and Gelig took over for the Teeth Sparklers, who seized a 68-59 lead with a minute remaining.

A triple by Warren Ybañez broke Viva’s silence while Jason Misolas fired another to trim the gap, 65-69, with 44 seconds to go.

But that was the closest Viva could get as the Teeth Sparklers’ defense held them scoreless down the stretch. Salangsang went three-of-four from the freethrow line while Eugene Tan struck a buzzer-beating basket to seal the final tally.

Earlier, Montana pounced on an erratic John-O side to pound out a 72-59 victory and assure itself of at least a playoff for the second finals slot.

Jon Dan Salvador topped with 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks as the Jewellers annexed their third semifinal win in four outings.

John-O tagged as one of the strong title contenders before the conference started, suffered its fourth consecutive semifinal setback and could only hope for a slot in the battle for third place.

John-O sank 20 of 71 attempts from the field or only 28 percent—mainly because of the pale performance from Ranidel de Ocampo and Celino Cruz.

ALLAN SALANGSANG

EUGENE TAN

HAPEE TOOTHPASTE

JASON MISOLAS

JOHN-O

JON DAN SALVADOR

NINO GELIG

OCAMPO AND CELINO CRUZ

PASAY SPORTS COMPLEX

SALANGSANG AND GELIG

TEETH SPARKLERS

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