MANILA, Philippines–JP Boral waxed scorching early however College of Perpetual Assist Dalta wanted its whole arsenal to outlive feisty Lyceum in extra time, 89-83, on the resumption of the NCAA Season 100 males’s basketball event Saturday.
Jearico Nunez used his 6-foot-5 body to the hilt and with assistance from Christian Pagaran and Mark Gojo Cruz put the Pirates in examine within the further interval because the Altas scored an important bounced-back victory, their sixth general in 14 video games.
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Boral poured 15 of his team-high 18 factors within the first half, highlighted by 4 threes, and Pagaran added 16 factors, together with a putback with lower than a minute remaining that created the separation to drive the Pirates into panic.
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Pagaran definitely atoned for a bungled inbound go in regulation that Mclaude Guadana stole that paved the best way for Lyceum to knot the rely at 77 on Jonathan Daileg’s tight nook jumper, forcing the extension.
“We knew the significance of this sport. We actually can’t afford to lose if we need to be within the Closing 4,” mentioned Pagaran in Filipino, the Altas’ chief and staff skipper.
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It didn’t finish effectively for the Altas of their earlier match reverse the Arellano Chiefs, shedding six of their final seven video games.
In management within the first three quarters, the Altas’ scoring equipment out of the blue conked out within the fourth, permitting the Chiefs to essay a tremendous come-from-behind win.
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There was no Perpetual meltdown this time. Nunez scored the staff’s first 5 factors in extra time earlier than Pagaran helped out in preserving their efforts. Gojo Cruz sealed the Pirates’ destiny because the rookie sank 4 free throws together with Boral’s lone freebie to safe the triumph.
Playmaker Renz Villegas nailed six threes and completed with 23 factors and John Barba tallied 17 factors off the bench for the Pirates, who suffered one other defeat after the Chiefs exploited Lyceum’s frontline by way of the 6-foot-6 JL Capulong precisely per week again.
John Abis bolstered the Altas with a strong all-around efficiency of 12 factors, 10 rebounds and 7 assists as they took revenge of a first-round defeat towards the Pirates. Lyceum fell into fifth place with a 6-7 report.
The scores:
PERPETUAL HELP 89 – Boral 18, Pagaran 16, Nuñez 15, Abis 12, Gojo Cruz 9, Manuel 7, Pizarro 6, Montemayor 4, Gelsano 2
LYCEUM 83 – Villegas 23, Barba 17, Daileg 10, Guadaña 9, Moralejo 9, Aviles 5, Peñafiel 4, Montaño 3, Versoza 3, Panelo 0, Gordon 0, Pallingayan 0
Quarter scores: 26-25, 46-45, 64-59, 77-77 (reg.), 89-83 (OT)