In the main game, Cebu Daily News/RPN-9 chalked up its first victory of the season after diffusing the Bombo Radyo/ABC-21 Bombers, 53-38.
Before that, ABS-CBN Kapamilya smothered the winless CCTN-47/Bantay Radyo, 54-43, for its third straight win in as many games, while Sun.Star Daily conquered The Freeman/Aksiyon Radyo, 69-45.
ABS-CBN Kapamilya now holds the temporary lead with a 3-0 win-loss record, while Sun.Star shares the second spot with GMA-7 Kapuso on identical 2-0 win-loss marks.
Efren Lonzon topped with 19 points, while Jade Violeta, who will turn a year older today, added 11 markers, for Sun.Star, which used a 12-0 run to deal The Freeman/Aksiyon Radyo its worst defeat in the two-year-old league.
Sun.Star's lead ballooned to as much as 26 points, but The Freeman/Aksiyon Radyo fought back to trim the lead down to 13 points, 40-53, late in the third canto.
But that was the best The Freeman/Aksiyon Radyo could muster as the Sun.Star mainstays shut down their opponents in the closing minutes of the game to seal the 24-point rout.
Manny Villaruel scored only two points in the first two quarters of play, but went hot in the second half to finish with a game-high 26 points, albeit for a losing cause.
The Freeman/Aksiyon Radyo fell to 1-2 in a tie with CDN/RPN-9, while Bombo Radyo and CCTN-47/Bantay Radyo remained winless after two games.
The Freeman (45) - Villaruel 26, Melecio 5, Piloton 4, Davis 2, Padigos 2, Ligan 2, Bustamante 2, Languido 2