Caburnay powers J&B past DJD in Lourdes Fiesta Cup

Junjun Caburnay powered J&B with 22 points as it pummeled DJD Engineering of Engr. Roy Diendo, 97-87, to strengthen its grip at the top of the leader board in the Punta Princesa Lourdes Fiesta Cup basketball tournament at the Vicente Sotto Gym.

J&B banked on its fierce opening game behind ex-commercial player Michael Dumdum and Keith Arellano, who dished off assists that allowed three of its teammates to scored double figures each.

J&B seized a commanding lead, 73-57, by the end of the third quarter and protected its lead until the final buzzer to earn its ninth victory.

The trio of Epon Nacua, Jojo Cañete and Ramil Japin poured 15 points apiece, while Arellano and Dumdum posted 11 and 10 points, respectively.

On the other hand, Rowel Sumalinog and Petoy Mata had 25 and 16 points for the losing team.

In the other game, VRJ Engineering logged its sixth win after dumping X-tra Unleaded 82-72.

Ex-PBA Calvin Tuadles led the charge for VRJ with 17 points while it also drew 37 points combined from Daryl Smith, Dodong Smith and Lito Fuentes.

Global Accent Export crawled back from 14-point deficit to overwhelm CEC Batch '60, 90-91, with Alfie Lansang scattering 23 points while Alwen Tabasa and Romeo Faunillan scoring 20 and 10 points.

The scores

First game

J & B (97) - Caburnay 22, Nacua 15, Japin 15, Cañete 15, K. Arellano 11, Dumdum 10, Caballes 5. A. Arellano 2, Abbu 2

DJD (87) - Sumalinog 25, Mata 16, Hernandez 10, Panique 8, Gilbuela 8, Cheng 6, Silvano 4, Marikit 2, Depedro 2, Paez 2

Second game

VRJ (82) - Tuadles 17, Smith 14, Rosaroso 12, L. Fuentes 11, A. Fuentes 9, Espinosa 8, Lim 6, Serafica 3, M. Arias 2

Petron (72) - Suarez 13, Jayme 12, Belano 10, Dela Cruz 6, Jk. Rodriguez 6, Je. Rodriguez 6, Ramos 6, Puyod 5, Salacot 4, Juablar 2, Hipulan 2

Third game

Global (91) - Lansang 23, Tabasa 20, Faunillan 10, Con 8, Espinosa 8, Sensontic 8, Binondo 6, Garcia 4, Petallar 4, Tapaya 2

CEC '60 (90) - Renejane 24, Ordes 18, Yu 14, Chua 14, Co 10, Chan 6, Yankee 2, Ong 2, Go 2