The Centro Escolar University Scorpions showed their poise in the end game to clip the Marinerong Pilipino-TIP Skippers, 97-79, Monday in the 2018 PBA D-League Foundation Cup at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
Orlan Wamar exploded for 14 points in the fourth quarter to finish with 31, to go with five rebounds and three assists as the Scorpions held off the Engineers.
Pierce Chan also added 19 points and two boards, while Gilles Oloume tallied a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds to nab back-to-back wins.
With CEU leading by as much as 19, Trevis Jackson tried to rescue Marinerong Pilipino-TIP with a timely explosion to open the fourth quarter, cutting the deficit down to just six, 66-60, in the final 8:47, before Judel Fuentes and Jordan Intic scored five straight to quickly bring the lead back to 11, 71-60.
Things would then got heated on a looseball joust between Wamar and Trevis Jackson that netted both sides technical fouls, but the heightened emotions favored the Scorpions, with Wamar going berserk to put away the Engineers.
With CEU leading by as much as 19, Trevis Jackson tried to rescue Marinerong Pilipino-TIP with a timely explosion to open the fourth quarter, cutting the deficit down to just six, 66-60, in the final 8:47, before Judel Fuentes and Jordan Intic scored five straight to quickly bring the lead back to 11, 71-60.
Things would then got heated on a looseball joust between Wamar and Trevis Jackson that netted both sides technical fouls, but the heightened emotions favored the Scorpions, with Wamar going berserk in the final minutes to put away the Engineers.
“We know the importance of this game. We can’t afford to lose this ballgame and we just came out with double effort, especially on defense. We made them work for every point and we hung tough,” said coach Derrick Pumaren.
Jackson paced Marinerong Pilipino-TIP with 20 points, six rebounds, and five assists, as Robbie Manalang and Franky Johnson both had 14.
The Engineers dropped to their second straight defeat to fall to 2-3.
The Scores:
CEU 97 — Wamar 31, Chan 19, Oloume 16, Fuentes 8, Guinitaran 7, Ke. Caballero 6, Ko. Caballero 6, Intic 2, Rojas 2, Formento 0, Uri 0.
Marinerong Pilipino-TIP 79 — Jackson 20, Johnson 14, Manalang 14, Tratter 12, Napoles 9, Medina 4, Gomez de Liaño 2, Prado 2, Thiele 2, Matignas 0, I. Santos 0.
Quarterscores: 30-18, 48-33, 64-52, 97-79.
