Petrogas '92 extends win streak to eight in the CECABA

A red-hot Petrogas '92 extended its winning streak to eight games in a row with a 74-54 scorching of Security and Systems Monitoring Inc. '87 in the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association's 9th Dr. Chen Lieh Fu Memorial Cup over the weekend at the CEC gym.

It was a triple celebration for Ryan Ordes as aside from topscoring for Class '92 with 16 points on top of eight rebounds, he also reached the 1,000-point plateau becoming the 38th player to achieve the feat since the league's inception nine years ago.

Richard Lanutan added 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals for Class '92, which pummeled Class '87 quarter after quarter to post a league-best 8-0 start via a 20-point blowout.

Charlie Tolentino dished out a season-highs 15 points and four steals, while George Artus added 14 markers and nine caroms for Class '87, which slumped to its second straight defeat after kicking off its campaign with five successive wins.

John Brian Lo, on the other hand, also had a big night as he became the 39th player to breach the 1,000-point mark in powering JRJ Enterprises 2000 to a 60-57 conquest of ACY Shipping 2000.

Lo finished with 21 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three steals, while Lorenz Azzaraga added 16 points and nine rebounds as Class 2000 improved to a 3-3 while handing Class 2000 its sixth straight setback in as many starts.

In the other games, Hannah's Cakes and Decors 2004 kept its sizzling run with a 62-54 beating of Cokaliong Shipping '98, while Castrol '96 rolled past Sun Gold 2005, 76-63.

Class 2004 deftly protected a 45-37 edge after three quarters on the way to nail its sixth win against only one loss.

Christian Espada unleashed a razor-sharp performance finishing with 23 points, 15 rebounds, four steals and three assists for Class 2004, while Aljhune Areja added 20 points, seven rebounds, four assists and the same number of steals.

Elvis Evangelista submitted double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds for Class '98, which suffered back-to-back losses after an impressive 5-0 start.

Arnel Frank Pelaez had 17 points and 11 rebounds followed by Drefuss And with 15 and Mark Ryan Babor with season-highs 13 points and 13 rebounds for Class '96, which used a decisive 28-12 run in the windup to improve its win-loss record to 4-1.

Class 2005 fell to 1-5 despite a balanced offensive by Kent Benedict Uy, Philip John Lua, Godsent Alegado and Jarden Ramero, who connived for 55 points. The scores

First game

Class '92 (74) - Ordes 16, Lanutan 14, Ngo 9, Diputado 9, Kong 9, Tan 8, W. Yu 5, S. Yu S. 4

Class '87 (54) - Tolentino 15, Artus 14, Chua 8, K. Lim 7, J. Lim 6, Angeles 4

Second game

Class 2000 (60) - Lo 21, Azarraga 16, Pimentel 9, Mercadal 6, Ocarol 5, Yu 2, Boltron 1

Class 2006 (57) - Dy 21, Cisneros 17, Gochuico 12, Tan 5, Tan 2

Third game

Class 2004 (62) - Espada 23, Areja 20, Hayag 10, Chan 2, Mamac 2, Co 2, Sypongco 2, Wee 1

Class '98 (54) - Evangelista 15, Yap 10, P. So 9, E. So 9, Millan 4, Escoton 4, Co 3

Fourth game

Class '96 (76) - Pelaez 17, Ang 15, Babor 13, Alinson 9, Chua 7, Dy 6, Donayre 4, Tan 3, Gue 2

Class 2005 (63) - K. Uy 15, Lua 14, Alegado 14, Ramiro 12, M. Uy 2, Tiu 2, Yu 2, Salibio 2