St. Vincent wallops Phil. Asia in SC tilt
CEBU, Philippines - The Fury Trazuna-led St. Vincent whipped Phil. Asia, 98-89, to even its win-loss record to 4-4 in the Saturday Club First Conference basketball tournament at the Brgy. Quiot Sports Complex.
Phil. Asia was ahead by a matchstick at halftime, 50-49, but St. Vincent used a searing 35-30 rally in the third period to turn the tide of the match in its favor, 84-74, heading into the final stretch.
Phil. Asia staged a last ditch rally behind the efforts of Nonie Sabandeja and pointguard Dodoy de la Cerna, but St. Vincent easily quashed its comeback hopes.
Trazuna and Larry de la Peña paced St. Vincent with 25 and 16 points, respectively, while four others dished out double figures namely Tino Español, Jumie Ararao, Ronald Sevellejo and Toto Peñaflor.
Sabandeja led Phil. Asia with 21 points followed by Noel Medel and De la Cerna with 15 each.
The scores
St. Vincent (98) — Trazuna 25, dela Peña 16, Español 12, Ararao 12, Sevellejo 12, Peñaflor 10, McFritz 6, Matudan 4
Phil. Asia (89) — Sabandeja 21, dela Cerna 15, Medel 15, Yao 10, Undang 9, Sumambot 9, Allera 6, Llamedo 4 (GGM) (THE FREEMAN)
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