Bambi fries Moondogs in K Gallery caging

Bambi Cooking Oil and two other teams also jumped into the winners’ podium during last Sunday’s opening of the 2008 K Gallery Basketball League First Conference at the Visayas Glass Gym in Brgy. Guadalupe, this city.

Bambi Cooking Oil of coach Ryan Betia and team captain Frederick Castañeda made a big turnaround in the windup to turn back Sam’s Moondogs, 75-68. In the other games, Daks Kakain pulled off a 59-57 upset over Atan Guardo-Sherilin Plastics, while Don Alejandro’s dumped Diakon, 72-60.

Bambi Cooking Oil led by four at the end of the first period, 18-14, but Sam’s Moondogs charged back with a sizzling 21-12 run in the second canto to wrest the driver’s seat at halftime, 35-30.

>From that point on, Sam’s Moondogs dictated the tempo of the match until Bambi Cooking Oil staged a tide-turning rally in the final three minutes of the contest. A crucial triple by Jethro Dejaño with less than a minute to play sealed’s Bambi’s victory.

Mike Yong topscored for Bambi with 20 points followed by former USC Warrior Vernini Tangarorang with 13.

Enrico Lim, on the other hand, paced Daks Kakanin with 16 markers. Daks Kakanin trailed by three, 43-46, but came up with a solid endgame show to stun early title favorite Atan Guardo-Sherilin.

The scores

First game

Daks Kakanin (59) -Lim 16, Cabiles 12, Dayon 9, Salarda 8, Co 8, Ramil 4, Nutia 2

Atan Guardo (57) - Custudio 13, Lanutan 11, Antido 11, Potencioso 9, Murillo 7, Que 3, Genes 3

Quarterscores:12-17, 35-34, 43-46, 59-57

Second game

Bambi (75) -Yong 20, Tanggarorang 13, Villagonzalo 10, Mansueto 9, Masiglat 8, Dejaño 5, Sereño 4, Paspie 2, Alvarez 2, Castañeda 2

Moondogs (68) - Pancho 17, Viliran 16, Sensano 10, Grogaard 8, Osorio 7, Go 5, Ygay 3, Seroy 2

Quarterscores:18-14, 3-35, 45-46, 75-68—EBV