Ave Maria stretches unbeaten streak to six in Vic hoop

Ave Maria Sanctuary Park slammed Roble Shipping, 105-84, to move one win shy from sweeping its elimination round assignments in the Vic Enterprises 2008 Invitational Basketball Tournament at the CEC gym.

Dindo Paciño had 18 points as Ave Maria firmed up its grip of the overall lead with an immaculate 6-0 record. Danrey Baclay had a game-high 26 points for Roble Shipping, which is still winless in six starts.

In the other games, 100 Plus Isotonic Drink ran over the Mitsubishi, 74-67, while the Cebu Lite Trading came back to life with a 94-86 demolition of the Cyber Rasta.

Bonjing Mendoza and Lando Luces showed the way for 100 Plus ( 2-3) with 16 points apiece, while Matt Zamora and Dennis Jayme had 18 and 17 points, respectively, for Mitsubishi (2-4).

Former SWU Cobra Elmer de la Cruz and Vincent “Inting” Reyes, on the other hand, finished with 16 points each for Cebu Lite (3-2), while Jimbo Noel and Lito Navarro chipped 27 points combined.

In the main game of a featured quadruple-header, Unilink upended Golden Lines Shipping, 79-73, to grab the solo second place.

Martin Grogard once again paced Unilink with 27 points. Fo the first time in six games, Opel Cabaltera submitted double figures leading Golden Lines with 15 points.

The scores

First game

100 Plus (74) - Mendoza 16, Luces 16, F. Estorba 13, Maranga 10, Dee 8, Lim 4, Nadera 4, Estorba 3

Mitsubishi (67) - Zamora 18, Jayme 17, Villamora 12, Villamor 6, Aringo 6, Biton 4, Pimentel 4

Second game

Cebu Lite (94) - Dela Cruz 16, Reyes 16, Noel 14, Navarro 13, Magdales 10, Sasing 10, F. Te 8, Mauro 3, B. Te 2, Labilles 2

Cyber Rasta (86) - Veloso 30, Canoy 15, Bacalso 13, Dela Cruz 10, Arong 7, Maranga 3, Bullo 2, Fuentes 2, Leyson 2, Ramas 2

Third game

Ave Maria (105) - Paceño 18, Desuyo14, Pugoy 14, Latosa 14, Estudillo 9, Soliman 8, Lapiz 8, Senining 8, R. Senining 6, Alesna 6

Roble Shipping (84) - Baclay 26, D. Lim 17, Ranile 12, Dandan 11, Silvano 6, Lungay 5, Quinañola 4. Go 3

Fourth game

Unilink (79) - Grogard 27, P. Gabatan 8, Yap 8, Baclay 8, Benci 6, Doblas 5, Narvasa 4, Trinidad 4, Kwan 3, Lim 2, Datan 2, J. Gabatan 2

Golden Lines (73) - Cabaltera 15, T. Lim 13, Jayme 12, Armenion 11, Uy 8, Cenabre 8, Cortes 6 (GGM)