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Thursday, February 12, 2004
CEC 1970s-B routs 70s-A
By Rommel C. Manlosa
WHAT was expected to be a tough grind for Shell 1970s-B turned out to be a walk in the park as Batch 70s-B demolished fellow 1970s team Villa Shipping 70s-A, 62-47, to gain a share of the top of the team standings in Division I of Cecabas 6th Dr. Chen Lieh Fu Memorial Cup Monday evening at the City Sports Club-Cebu Gym.
With Chester Cokaliong getting his usual numbers and the all-out support of point guard Guillermo Tiu, Danny Calagos, Rafael Tan and Joven Cimafranca Class 70s-B scored its third straight victory.
Tiu found a place in the Cecaba record books after making 10 steals aside from scoring nine points, dishing out seven assists and grabbing six rebounds.
Calagos scored eight points on top of 12 rebounds, Tan had seven points and seven rebounds, while Cimafranca hit 5-of-6 from the free-throw line to finish with 11 points that helped Class 70s-B off to a hot start.
Class 70s-A had its moment in the drivers seat after leading, 19-15, before Cokaliong fired off seven points to lead 70s-B to a pivotal 18-9 spurt to take the lead, 33-28, at the bend.
The Calvin Tuadles-mentored Class 70s-B erected its biggest lead at 49-30 and Class 70s-A never got closer than eight points. Class 70s-A slid to its third straight defeat in as many games.
Asian Home Appliance Center-backed Class 89, on the other hand, had to go through the proverbial eye of the needle before pulling off a pulsating 78-77 win over the stubborn Tsibogs 93.
With only 10 seconds left in the game, Christopher Lauron got the chance to tie the game at the free-throw line but sank only the front end of his two foul shots as Oliver Yu grabbed the defensive board and was fouled.
Yu, however, failed to score on his charity shots giving Siegfred Tiu the chance to fire the last shot for Class 93. But his hurried lay-up failed to find the bottom of the net as time expired. Class 89 played with only four players on the court in the final seconds of the game.
Class 70s-B (62) Cokaliong 16, Cimafranca 11, Tiu 9, Calagos 8, Tan 7, Uy 5, Yap 4, Go 2. Class 70s-A (47) A. Sy 10, Chua Chan 9, Ong 7, Tecson 6, Go 4, Chua 4, Kong 3, Go 2, Tan 2.
Class 1989 (78) Mendez 30, Yap 16, Gomez 11, Lim 10, Chiang 9, Lao 2. Class 1993 (77) W. Tan 18, Ng 14, Bejer 12, Ting 11, Tiu 11, Lauron 7, Tan 2, Lopez 2.
(February 12, 2004 issue)
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