Pampanga Royce Hotel whipped Sta. Rosa Laguna 85-61 last Saturday night to stretch its winning run to five and solidified its hold on second in the Manila Bankers Life-Pilipinas Super League Pro Division Second Conference Dumper Cup at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.
Heady playmaker Renzo Navarro shone anew for Pampanga Royce with a game-high 19 points, to go with six rebounds and five assists, while Joshua Flores added 13 and two.
Allen Liwag and JB Bahio also had 12 and 11 points, respectively as Pampanga Royce scored a big follow-up to a 79-62 ripping of Cagayan de Oro-PSP last Wednesday and rose to 11-1 in the tilt 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.
The Lions, coming off a 68-65 decision over Boracay last Monday, slipped to 8-3, still good for fifth.
In other games, Batang Kankaloo-Caloocan blasted 1Munti 125-102 behind former PBA player Gabby Espinas’ 25 points and 11 boards to climb to 9-3 and tie defending champion Davao Occidental-Cocolife at third, while John Olegario sizzled for 35 points as Bicol dismantled San Pedro Laguna-ARS 121-74 to improve to 3-9.
John Nermal paced Sta. Rosa with 15 points and three caroms, while JBoy Solis got 12.
The Scores
First Game:
BICOL (121) – Olegario 35, Guerrero 21, Abastilla 11, Guevara 10, Ygot 10, Menguez 9, Llarves 8, Carandang 7, Alajat 6, Santos 4, Pido 0.
SAN PEDRO LAGUNA-ARS (74) – Diocampo 23, Tanguan 15, Dela Cruz 15, Kadir 13, Gonzaga 6, Balisi 2.
Quarters: 22-28, 45-34, 90-50, 121-74.
Second Game:
BATANG KANKALOO-CALOOCAN (125) – Espinas 25, Sanga 24, Gonzales 18, Laude 14, Iñigo 10, Caranguian 9, Cinco 6, Galicia 6, Orquina 6, Manalang 3, Tayongtong 2, Valin 2, Santos 0, Casin 0.
1MUNTI (102) – Montilla 31, Matillano 30, Camacho 18, Alves 10, Quinto 6, Mendoza 3, Sarmiento 2, Guevarra 2, Arboleda 0.
Quarters: 34-12, 61-50, 92-72, 125-102.
Third Game:
PAMPANGA ROYCE HOTEL (85) – Navarro 19, Flores 13, Liwag 12, Bahio 11, Andrade 9, C. Flores 9, Tolentino 6, Huang 6, Palencia 0, Yambing 0, Verano 0, Villapando 0.
STA. ROSA LAGUNA (61) – Nermal 15, Solis 12, Reverente 9, Koga 6, Lee 6, Cosejo 5, Cabanag 4, Sumoda 3, Marilao 1, Acuña 0, Matias 0, Ludovice 0. Sara 0, Bonsubre 0.
Quarters: 30-10, 51-24, 68-37, 85-61.
