Defending champion Davao Occidental-Cocolife whipped Koponang Lakan ng Bulacan 84-70 last Saturday night for its second straight win in the Manila Bankers Life-Pilipinas Super League Pro Division Second Conference Dumper Cup on tour at the Albay Astrodome.
Emman Calo showed the way for the Tigers with 14 points, three rebounds and five assists, while Renzo Subido chipped in 13 markers and three dimes.
John Wilson also had 12 points as Davao Occidental scored a big follow-up to a 90-87 squeaker over Pampanga Royce Hotel last Wednesday and hiked its mark to 11-3 for solo third.
Bulacan reeled off to its third straight loss, counting a 74-78 defeat to Boracay last week and fell to 8-6 in the meet presented by Dumper party-list, Winzir, and Skin Care Depot, co-presented by SCD Cosmetics, and supported by NET 25, Adcon, Wcube Solutions Inc., MDC, Unisol, Don Benitos, and Finn Cotton, with PBA and Gilas Pilipinas great Marc Pingris serving as Commissioner.
In the other game, home squad Bicol nipped Quezon City 64-63 for its second victory in a row.
Paulo Castro notched 21 points to lead the Spicy Oragons, while John Olegario added 15 markers and four boards.
Bicol improved to 4-9, while the Beacons dropped to 4-8.
Jason Ballesteros had a double-double of 14 points and 15 rebounds for Bulacan, while Leo Najorda and Joseph Celso combined for 21 markers.
Tricky Peromingan got 13 points for QC, which also drew 10 from Jan Jamon.
The Scores
First Game
DAVAO OCCIDENTAL-COCOLIFE (84) – Calo 14, Subido 13, Wilson 12, Abundo 9, Robles 8, Talampas 7, Dagangon 6, Sorela 6, Rodrigez 4, Balagtas 3, Agovida 2, Alao 0.
KOPONANG LAKAN NG BULACAN (70) – Ballesteros 14, Najorda 11, Celso 10, Serrano 9, Pangilinan 9, Delos Santos 8, Ibañez 7, Miranda 2, Biteng 0, Salamat 0, Santos 0.
Quarters: 15-14, 38-35, 66-52, 84-70.
Second Game
BICOL (64) – Castro 21, Olegario 15, Menguez 7, Guerrero 6, Reyes 6, Destacamento 4, Alday 3, Guevara 2, Lao 0, Abastilla 0, Santos 0, Pido 0, Ygot 0.
QUEZON CITY (63) – Peromingan 13, Jamon 10, Lee Yu 8, Javier 8, Casiño 6, Baracael 5, Doromal 4, Lorenzana 3, Abaoag 2, Reyes 2, Arong 0.
Quarters: 16-11, 32-29, 45-46, 64-63.
