MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Christian University-Dasmariñas was beaten twice in the gold medal match but still emerged the overall champion in the first PG Flex-UCAL 3x3 basketball tournament held recently at the PCU gym in Cavite.
After finishing sixth in the opening of the three-leg competition at the Manila Central University gym in Caloocan, the Dolphins advanced to the final in the next two legs against MCU and Lyceum of the Philippines-Batangas, respectively.
That gave the Dolphins 44 points, good enough to beat the MCU Supremos by three in the eight-school event also presented by Angel’s Pizza with veteran coach Horacio Lim, Bernard Yang and Melo Navarro as tournament officials.
Comprising the Juanito Belandrez-mentored Dolphins are Joshua Dino, Datu Ali Adas, Dean Escarda, John Mandrono, Alvin Reyes and Ram Mesqueriola.
Philippine Women’s University was the biggest revelation of the competition after beating Olivarez College, 19-15, in the final of the kick off leg.