'Brother Act' for Cokaliongs as Shell '80s trounces 2009

CEBU, Philippines - The Cokaliong brothers Chester and Christopher showed they can also act like the marvelous Batman-and-Robin tandem on the hardcourt.

Chester Cokaliong fired 29 points and his younger brother Christopher scored 19 on top of 11 rebounds as Pilipinas Shell '80s trounced Fil-Ann 2009, 79-57, in the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association's 12th Dr. Chen Lieh Fu Memorial Cup last Tuesday night at the City Sports Club-Cebu gym.

Class '80s found the youngest graduates a tough customer to handle at first, resulting into a closely-fought battle that was accounted for seven deadlocks and several lead changes.

After surviving the first half with a shaky four-point edge, 33-29, the Cokaliong brothers went on a scoring rampage that set the stage for the Shell-backed's squad masterful demolition of Class 2009.

Chester, who also dished out two assists, knocked in three consecutive 3-point bombs sandwiching

Christopher's six straight points in a blistering 17-0 splurge that suddenly saw Shell '80s leading by a mile, 50-29, late in the third quarter. Shell '80s went on to post their biggest lead of the night at 25 points, 66-41, midway in the last quarter.

Stephen Tan finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and three assists for Shell '80s. Flashy guard Joel Chan netted only six points, but again performed par excellence in other departments, grabbing 18 rebounds and issuing 11 assists as they improved their win-loss record to 3-2.

Alfie Dwight Miranda banged in 19 points and seven rebounds, while Joseph Baluyos, Jr. added 17 points, six rebounds and four steals but their efforts were to no avail as Class 2009 crashed to its second straight defeat.

In the other game, Ernest Tanting scattered 12 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three steals as Dewfoam '88 eked out a 45-43 win over Las Vegas KTV-M16 Disco '94.

Gregorio Aguilar, Jr. added eight points, six rebounds, five steals and two assists, while man mountain Ricky Up chipped in seven markers on top of 13 rebounds as Class '88 evened its record to 2-2.

Ritchie Alex Manois, Anthony Chua and Wellington Yu combined for 35 points, 17 rebounds, eight steals, and four assists but their efforts went for naught as Class '94 suffered its first taste of defeat. (FREEMAN)

The scores

First game

Class '80s (79) - Ches. Cokaliong 29, Chris. Cokaliong 19, S. Tan 10, W. Yu 7, Chan 6, R. Co 2, Mendez 2, Z. Tan 2, Lim 2

Class 2009 (57) - Miranda Sy 19, Baluyos 17, H.J. Tan 12, Sy 4, Suazo 3, Tsai 2

Second game

Class '88 (45) - Tanting 12, E. Yu 8, Aguilar 8, R. Yu 7, R. Lim 5, Siy 2, Yu 2, Dy 1

Class '94 (43) - Chua 12, Manaois 12, Yu 11, Peña 8