MANILA, Philippines — Dwight Ramos and the Toyama Grouses got the better of Thirdy Ravena and San-En NeoPhoenix, 92-77, in a B. League battle of former Ateneo Blue Eagles on Saturday.
The Grouses won their second game in a row after a third quarter offensive barrage blew the game wide open for them.
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Toyama outscored the visiting NeoPhoenix, 32-14, in the third salvo to turn a one-point deficit at the half, to a lead as big as 18 points late in the fourth salvo.
San-En thus absorbed their 5th loss in a row.
Ramos also topped Ravena in the scoring department as he finished with 15 markers off of an efficient 7-of-10 shooting clip.
Ramos also had three rebounds and one assist.
Meanwhile, Ravena had 13 points, three assists and a rebound.
In Division 2 of the league, Juan Gomez de Liaño and the Earthfriends Tokyo Z fell to 0-12 after losing to the Koshigaya Alphas, 91-80.
Gomez de Liaño had only two points off of 1-of-7 shooting. He did have six assists and three rebounds.
Kemark Cariño, for his part, played 20 minutes in Aomori Wat's' 101-64 loss to Fighting Eagles Nagoya.
He only logged one point, three rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block.