USC North enters finals in Milo BEST passerelle

The University of San Carlos-North Campus was the first to get a finals ticket among the four USC squads playing in the semifinal round of the Milo Basketball Efficiency and Scientific Training (BEST)-Basketball Tournament at the Don Bosco College gym yesterday.

The USC North Campus-B dribblers pulled a 59-55 victory against the University of Cebu in the passerelle division.

The UC Webmasters actually had the lead in their hands at the final canto, but things turned around when USC's Adrian Armenion stood firm and delivered a triple to grab the lead for their team.

John Otida led the charge for USC-NC with 13 points, seven points of which earned in the second quarter while teammate Jordan Nuneza had 10 points and Adrian Armenion with nine, all of which were done under the three-point territory.

USC-NC awaits the winner between Don Bosco College and sister squad, USC-South Campus as its championships opponent. The finals will be taking place next week.

The winners of the Cebu eliminations will face the top teams of Iloilo and Bacolod for the Visayas finals on November 18 in Iloilo City.

The Visayas winners will then meet the other champions from Luzon, NCR and Mindanao for the National crown later this year.

The scores:

USC-North Campus B (59) - Otida 13, Nuñeza 10, Armenion 9, Negapatan 6, Manoloto 4, Santos 4, Uy 3, Caneja 3, Leyson 3, Conte 3, Omolon 2

UC (55) -Alviva 10, Caballero 8, Pearce 8, Pelayo 7, Arsenal 6, Batiguin 4, Codilla 4, Bayno 2, Tabuada 2, Ybañez 2, C. Cabañero 2, Catalan 2