CEBU, Philippines – The AC Sports-sponsored Black squad pulled off an 80-59 demolition of Green K2S team of Nestro Kyamko to grab the last semifinal berth in the Still Fighting Athletics Association (SFAA) 2009 First Conference inter-color basketball tournament at the CEC gym.
Earlier, the highly-favored Yellow-Master Drug annihilated Maroon-Roger Morri, 88-69.
Green was ahead by as much as 11 points in the final period, but Black suddenly caught fire and unleashed a searing 26-4 rally to turn things around in its favor.
With Green’s defeat, it also relinquished the overall lead to Yellow, which will proceed into the penultimate round with an 8-2 win-loss record.
Meanwhile, Michael Sumayang came up with another spectacular performance to pace Yellow with a tournament-high 36 points spiked with eight triples. He was ably backed up by Teloy Abanes with 24 markers.
The scores
First game
Yellow (88) - Sumayang 36, Abanes 24, A. Ladonga 7, Sagayno 6, Espina 4, Gorrero 4, C. Ladonga 3, Lasque 2, Kilaton 2
Maroon (69) - Ceballos 14, Nalayog 14, Godinez 11, Tonion 9, Taboada 8, Ceniza 6, Kue 5, Padin 2
Second game
Black (80) - Ando 17, Piloton 16, Baba 10, Sison 10, Godinez 10, Casquejo 6, Silana 4, Fernandez 4, Elizondo 2, Bejaresco 2
Green (59) - Dayondon 17, Misa 15, Seno 12, Kyamko 5, Juablar 2, Lumayag 2, Estrada 2, Tan 2, Bascon 2 – GGM (THE FREEMAN)