Ave Maria Sanctuary Park outclassed Golden Lines Shipping, 87-75, in the battle of unbeaten squads to take the solo lead in the Vic Enterprises 2008 Invitational Basketball Tournament at the CEC gym.
Thus, the USJR-laden Ave Maria of coach Edito Salacut extended its undefeated record to 5-0. Golden Lines of league commissioner George Uy fell to 4-1.
In the other games, Cyber Rasta snapped out of its four-game skid with a 92-78 drubbing of the listless Roble Shipping, Cebu Lite Trading bounced back from back-to-back losses and vented its ire in Mitsubishi Motors, 80-58, while Unilink Shipping stretched its winning streak to three after spilling 100 Plus Isotonic Drink, 80-73.
Vincent “Inting” Reyes had 23 points as Lite Trading of playing coach Boy Te evened its win-loss record to 2-2.
Lite Trading scored another victory as the technical committee ordered a replay of its match against Unilink Shipping, which was found out to have fielded in a player who was already disqualified on fouls.
The scores
First game
Cyber Rasta (92) - Veloso 23, Fuentes 16, Bullo 14, Ramas 13, Canoy 8, Maranga 8, Aranduque 8, Leyson 2
Roble Shipping (78) - Dandan 33, Baclay 19, Navarro 13, Quiñanola 6, Aclan 2, Silvano 2, Ranile 1
Second game
Ave Maria (87) - Lapiz 15, Estudillo 14, Soliman 14, Pacino 10, Senining 10, Pugoy 6, R. Senining 6, Latosa 4, Alesna 2, R. Alesna 2, Desuyo 2, Calinawan 2
Golden Lines (75) - Armenion 21, Jayme 19, Cabaletera 9, Lim 7, Gabrinez 4, Maquilan 4, Uy 3, Abellon 3, Cortes 2, Aballe 2, Cenabre 1
Third game
Cebu Lite (80) - Reyes 23, Ocampo 10, Noel 9, Sasing 8, Te 6, Esma 6, Magdales 5, Dela Cruz 4, Mauro 3, Labilles 2, Seno 2, Navarro 2
Mitsubishi (58) - Jayme 15, Zamora 10, Aringo 9, Villamor 7, Genis 5, Cenabre 4, Pimentel 4, Villamor 2, Tulod 2
Fourth game
Unilink (80) - P. Gabatan 26, Yap 17, Lim 8, Cabiluna 7, Trinidad 7, Datan 7, Bensi 4, Doblas 4
100 Plus (73) - Ong 18, Estorba 18, Mendoza 14, Maranga 10, Nadera 7, Luces 6 (GGM)