Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tiebreaker Times
2018-pba-commissioners-cup—alaska-def-columbian—vic-manuel
2018-pba-commissioners-cup—alaska-def-columbian—vic-manuel

Basketball

Alaska gives new-look Columbian harsh 31-point beating


The Alaska Aces gave the Columbian Dyip a hard slap of reality with a 31-point beatdown, 134-103 to collect their second straight victory, Friday evening at the SMART Araneta Coliseum.

Just as he promised before in terms of being assertive on offense, Vic Manuel led the whitewashing with 26 points on 70 percent shooting from the field on top of four rebounds, a steal, and a block.

Reinforcement Antonio Campbell continues his stellar play, backing up the veteran power forward with 22 points along with 13 rebounds, two steals, an assist, and a block.

Manuel and Campbell were responsible in the Milkmen’s fiery second quarter surge, where Alaska scored 42 in the said frame alone while holding Columbian to just nine points.

The first half ended with a lopsided 73-37 result, more than enough to call the match decided.

“Guys played so well in the second quarter,” lauded head coach Alex Compton. “The entire team played defense, moved the ball well. We forced them to miss some shots and we got some easy baskets off some of the defensive activities that we did and I think that was the game.”

The Aces’ lead swelled to as huge as 43 points, 121-78, after a wing three-pointer made by seldom-used forward Ronald Pascual with less than nine minutes remaining in the final chapter.

Noy Baclao had an all-around outing for Alaska with 12 points, nine rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Abel Galliguez produced 10 markers, six caroms, and two steals.

Chris Banchero was just a point short of a double-double, finishing with nine points and 13 assists.

#ReadMore  FilAm Sports coach says Jalen Green's decision will inspire next generation

Columbian’s loss spoiled the debut of John Fields III, who has replaced CJ Aiken. The new foreign reinforcement though had a good debut in terms of stats as he had 39 points and 16 boards.

Eric Camson and Reden Celda each had 10 markers in the defeat that sent them to an even 2-2 card.

Alaska wil next face TNT on May 13, Sunday, 4:30 PM at the Ynares Center. Columbian, meanwhile, will face Rain or Shine on May 9, Wednesday, 4:30 PM at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The Scores:

Alaska 134 — Manuel 26, Campbell 22, Baclao 12, Galliguez 10, Banchero 9, Magat 9, Abueva 8, Casio 8, R. Pascual 8, Potts 6, Teng 5, Exciminiano 4, Thoss 4, Racal 3, Andrada 0, Enciso 0.

Columbian 103 — Fields 39, Camson 10, Celda 10, King 8, Lastimosa 8, McCarthy 7, Cabrera 6, Gabriel 4, Yee 4, Khobuntin 3, Cahilig 2, Sara 2, Ababou 0, Corpuz 0, Escoto 0, Tubid 0.

Quarterscores: 31-28, 73-37, 106-72, 134-103.

Written By

Oftentimes on the sidelines. Forever a student of the game. Morayta-bred.


You May Also Like

Basketball

Phoenix sent Terrafirma skidding all of a sudden, 94-78, in the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup Wednesday night at the Philsports Arena in Pasig....

Basketball

San Miguel got one of its key cogs back as Terrence Romeo returned in Game 1 of the PBA Season 48 Commissioner’s Cup Finals,...

Basketball

Bennie Boatwright put on a show as San Miguel boosted its top four chances following a 132-110 conquest of the also-ran Terrafirma in the...

Basketball

TNT came out of the break firing and never let up to snap Terrafirma’s two-game winning streak, 133-93, for back-to-back victories in the PBA...

Basketball

Venky Jois wasted no time introducing himself as NorthPort escaped Terrafirma, 108-103, to begin their PBA Season 48 Commissioner’s Cup campaign on a successful...

Basketball

Magnolia completed its sweep of the PBA On Tour after foiling the upset-hungry Terrafirma, 106-92, Wednesday at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan....

Basketball

Magnolia pulled away late to beat Phoenix Super LPG, 111-91, and move closer to sweeping the PBA On Tour, Sunday night at the FilOil...

Basketball

Terrafirma achieved an outstanding feat in the ongoing PBA on Tour by surpassing its win total from the entire PBA Season 47. With a...

Advertisement