CEBU - The Hapee Online Camp overwhelmed the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J) Blue Eagles, 87-66, in the Hapee Online Basketball Basketball League 2nd Challenge Cup at the Guadalupe Sports Complex.
The Training Specialists employed a stifling trapping defense from the opening tip-off to take early control of the game with a 21-point first quarter lead.
Hapee’s flashy pointguard Mark Jayven Tallo showed his leadership as they kept on protecting a big lead but all of a sudden, the Blue Eagles rallied in the third period behind the heroics of diminutive point guard and defensive specialist Jomari Dinsay to close the gap down to just three points, 52-55.
Sensing danger, the Training Specialists again applied their vaunted pressure defense to choke the Blue Eagles and force them into a spate of costly errors.
Tallo, a member of the CESAFI Mythical Team, led the Training Specialists with 23 points, most of them on penetrating drives aside from having issued several assists.
In the second game, CIT Hoop It Up scored a 65-58 victory over Indiana Aerospace University (IAU) behind the 16 points of Wilkin Sanchez.
The scores
Hapee Online (87) - Tallo M 23, Codilla 18, Onting 14, Brigoli 12, Cutamora 6, Getalla 6, Tallo J 4, Tan 2, Figuracion 2
SHS-J (66) - Alicias 11, Rama 11, Dinsay 10, Valmoria 8. Tagaloguin 8, Gabuya 4, Smith 4, Ventura 4, Dotillos 2, Roma 2, Acusar 2 Halftime 43-34 — Gabby G. Malagar (THE FREEMAN)