Scorpions a win shy of 4th UCAL crown

MANILA, Philippines — Centro Escolar U went full throttle in the final quarter and beat reigning titlist Olivarez College for the third time, 87-79, to inch closer to reclaiming the crown in the PGFlex-UCAL Season 8 Basketball Tournament last Monday at the Paco Arena in Manila.

It was Kem Sabsalon’s turn to shine, scoring seven of his 17 points in the last four minutes of the tense-filled showdown to help the Scorpions take the opener of the best-of-three title series.

Already a proud winner of three titles, CEU can clinch another one and third over Olivarez if it emerges victorious in Game 2 tomorrow also at the same venue.

Top individual players, including the MVP and Best Foreign Player winners will be honored after the battle for third between Philippine Christian University-Dasmarinas and Lyceum of the Philippines-Batangas at 1 p.m.