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Friday, July 04, 2008
Pagadian upsets Cebu Niños, Laguna rallies to beat MisOr in Liga Pilipinas

PAGADIAN City - The Cebuanos in the Pagadian Explorers lineup played villain to the cause of the M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños as the host team scored a stirring upset over the highly favored visitors, 57-55, in the opening day of the Pagadian leg of the 2008 Liga Pilipinas.

Former University of the Visayas Baby Lancer Robert Labagala played hero as he drilled the winning basket with three-tenths of a second left to break a 55-all deadlock to gave the Explorers the win.

Talisay City born Jan Villaver also provided support as he scored the game-tying jumper at the 4:26 of the fourth. Villaver, who once saw action with the SCSIT Skyblazers and is the second leading scorer for the Explorers, finished with eight points.

Cebu, however, did not give up as coach Yayoy Alcoseba mapped out the last play to forge an overtime. However, Jayford Rodriguez’s alley-hoop basket was nullified after he released the leather a bit late to beat the buzzer.

The defeat came following an exhausting 15-hour trip from Cebu to Pagadian.
The Niños were clearly groping for form as evident of their sub-par performance—sinking only 18-of-60 attempts from the field while giving up 17 turnovers. In the final quarter, the Niños did not score a point in the last 7:26 of the game.

While Marlon Basco and Stephen Padilla had their usual numbers Bruce Dacia and Rodriguez failed to display their valuable performance.

Dacia, the Ilocos Sur leg Best Player, came into the game with an average 18.0 and Rodriguez normed 11.2, but the two explosive duo only scored two points each.

In contrast, Misamis Oriental leg Best Player Mark Yee, displayed another monster game as he nailed 12 points on top of 20 rebounds, while Labagala topped all scorers with 18.

In the first game, Jerwin Gaco scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter to cap the Trace Laguna Stallions’ thrilling 68-64 come-from-behind win over the Misamis Oriental Meteors at the Pagadian City gym.

Four free throws by Abby Santos and Jester Ebuen and a big three-pointer by Leomer Losentes sparked the Stallions’ rally from as many as a 13-points deficit, 27-40 at the 4:05 mark of the third quarter.

Gaco, the lone Stallion who finished in double-digit scoring, also had nine rebounds to emerge the unanimous choice as the Best Player of the Game in the opening game of the Pagadian leg.

The scores:

Laguna (6 — Gaco 21, Angeles 8, Ebuen 8, Ricafuente 8, Santos 7, Losentes 4, Dedicatoria 4, Retaga 3, Raymundo 3, Cruz 2.
MisOr (64) — Caputolan 14, Nailon 13, Paterno 12, Faundo 5, Tagupa 4, Tadena 4, de la Cuesta 4, Concha 4, Saguindel 2, Farochilen 2, Espiritu 0, Micutuan 0.
Quarterscores: 13-20; 25-34; 44-44; 68-64.

[skadiboy]

courtesy of Liga Pilipinas from gamface.ph.


PAGADIAN CITY – The M. Lhuillier-Cebu Ninos flashed their most merciless form as they slaughtered the Trace-Laguna Stallions, 105-68, on Day Two of the Liga Pilipinas-Pagadian City Leg Thursday (July 3) at the Pagadian City Gym.

Smarting from a tight 55-57 defeat at the hands of the host Pagadian Explorers the other night, the Ninos of Michel Lhuillier and Coach Yayoy Alcoseba made their move in the second half. Nursing a slim 47-45 edge at the halftime turn, Bruce Dacia and Jayford Rodriguez powered the Ninos’ initial salvo and Jerry Cavan provided the finishing touches to blow the game wide apart after three periods, 77-59.

The lead slowly ballooned to 30, then 35 until reaching a high of 42 markers on a Cavan triple, 103-61. Stephen Padilla proved to be the biggest headache for Coach Nomar Isla as he peppered the Stallions with three of his five triples in the fourth period. The Stallions greatly felt the loss of point guard JR Retaga to a first half injury as the team’s ball movement suffered.

Padilla tallied 21 points to lead the Ninos. Rodriguez had a complete game with 19 points and team-highs of seven rebounds and four assists in only 18 minutes of action. Floyd Dedicatoria paced the Stallions of team owner Erwin Genuino with 15 points. Abby Santos chipped in 12.

In the main game, the Explorers remained undefeated in two games by clipping the Misamis Oriental Meteors, 68-62.

Mark Yee sank a big triple entering the final two minutes that pushed the Explorers of Mayor Sammy Co and Coach Eric Samson ahead by nine, 62-53. From there, the Explorers protected their lead via the free throw line as the Meteors of Gov. Oscar Moreno and Coach Jun Noel resorted to a fouling spree in order to buy more time.

Yee was named as game MVP with 20 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. Orville Saludsod followed with 12. Frank Nailon and Dennis Concha led the way for the Meteors with 11 markers apiece. The Meteors absorbed their second defeat in a row.

How They Scored:

First Game

CEBU (105) – Padilla 21, J. Rodriguez 19, Dacia 15, Basco 14, Cavan 10, Saladaga 9, Ababon 9, Capati 4, Mepana 2, Berame 2, Luga 0, Aying 0, Atablanco 0.

LAGUNA (6 – Dedicatoria 15, Santos 12, Angeles 8, Gaco 8, Retaga 6, Ebuen 6, Ricafuente 5, Cruz 4, Valderama 2, Roldan 1, Raymundo 1, Losentes 0.

Period Scores: 20-18, 47-45, 77-59, 105-68.

Second Game

PAGADIAN (6 – Yee 20, Saludsod 12, Labagala 9, Daja 9, Orquillas 9, Villaver 6, Alvarado 2, Kong 1, Alberto 0, Sinco 0, Quilo 0.

MISAMIS ORIENTAL (62) – Nailon 11, Concha 11, Tadena 6, Caputolan 6, Tagupa 5, Paterno 4, Espiritu 4, de la Cuesta 3, Apepe 2, Micutuan 2, Farochillen 2, Saguindel 2, Faundo 2, Grijaldo 2.

Period Scores: 15-23, 36-38, 51-46, 68-62.

[Motownkid]

maayo kay naka-bawi intawn ang Cebu gilubong taga li-og ang Laguna..wahahaha

kaluoy pod nila oi, nag 15-hour trip intawn from Cebu to Pagadian? wala hatagi budget para eroplano..

[JIGS]

unsay topic?

[skadiboy]

daog ang laguna sa pagadian half shot man sguro ehehhe XD

[digitalsuperman]

maayo kay naka-bawi intawn ang Cebu gilubong taga li-og ang Laguna..wahahaha

kaluoy pod nila oi, nag 15-hour trip intawn from Cebu to Pagadian? wala hatagi budget para eroplano..

wala man gud piso fare ang cebu pacific..hahahaha.. luoya bitaw ana nila..tsk.tsk..

[skadiboy]

Taguig stuns Pampanga for leg title

TAGUIG (July 6) – Taguig Batang Global stunned the Pampanga Buddies, 81-75, to clinch its first championship leg in the Liga Pilipinas Tour elimination phase.

In clinching the win, the host team earned 11 Tour points, including 10 for winning the Taguig leg during week 3 of the country’s newest regional basketball tournament.

Meanwhile, the Buddies, winner of the Pampanga leg, secure 7 Tour points for finishing runner up.

Earlier, Al Vergara posted a double-double with 21 points and 10 assists as the Lipa Barakos crushed the Quezon Red Oilers, 96-83, Sunday to settle for third place at the C.P. Tinga gym here.

Jeffrey Sanders added 13 points with seven rebounds for the Barakos, who picked up their second win in five games.

The Barakos shot 31 of 75 (41 percent) from the floor compared to the Red Oilers’ 26 of 71 (37 percent).

The game had three deadlocks and six lead changes.

The scores

Lipa (96) — Vergara 21, Sanders 14, Custodio 11, De Castro 10, David 9, Estrada 9, Junio 8, Neo 5, Habit 3, Moody 3, Lim 2, Alfad 1, Lustestica 0, Magcawas 0.
Quezon (83) — Williams 19, Magsumbol 17, Mondragon 13, Macanig 12, Chua 9, Manabat 5, Panzo 3, Bolado 2, Garrido 0, Canizares 0, Mendoza 0, Casino 0, Dabel 0.
Quarterscores: 20-21; 50-45; 70-61; 96-83.

[ursoman]

nindot pod ning la liga? mao ba ning isalida sa channel 13?

[skadiboy]

uu mao na.. delayed telecast na sya...

[digitalsuperman]

Niños beat Explorers to rule Pagadian leg

PAGADIAN City - The M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños banked on its vast championship experience to defeat the hard fighting Pagadian Explorers, 72-67, to win the Pagadian leg of the 2008 Liga Pilipinas Championships Tour Elimination phase at the jampacked Pagadian City Gym last Sunday.

The Niños took over the top spot in the 13-team field after north heavyweight Pampanga Buddies lost to the host team Taguig Batang Global, 75-81, at the CP Tinga hall in Taguig City.

Cebu now has 24 points, Pampanga follows with 20, while Pagadian is at the third place 17. Taguig is fourth with 16 points.

The Niños found Pagadian’s moneyman Mark Yee waxing hot early as he led the Explorers to an early 10-3 lead.

However, Pagadian lost hold of the lead when Cebu attacked Yee’s defense and Ron Capati dominated the middle as the Niños countered with 17-3 run to lead 20-13 before the end of the first quarter.

Cebu was holding a slim lead until Pagadian reclaimed the advantage on a short 8-2 run early in the third, 45-44.

The Niños answered with five baskets and the Explorers made a 10-0 run before Cebu evened the score at 55 at the end of the third period.

Biggest lead

Pagadian erected its biggest lead of the game with an 11-2 run, 66-57 at the 6:04 mark in the fourth but that was the last time the Explorers scored a field goal as the last six minutes was the most trying span in their campaign to win a second leg title.

The Niños quickly employed a full court press and Mark Ababon took two crucial steals, while Bruce Dacia, Marlon Basco and Stephen Padilla nailed a triple each for Cebu’s final 15-1 push.

Ababon was named Best Player of the game as he scored 14 points, on top of three rebounds, five assists, three steals and one shot block.