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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Lucky nine in third 3-point shooting title
Chester Cokaliong once again lived up to his billing as one of the best 3-point snipers in the local leagues by claiming his third consecutive 3-point title this year and ninth overall in the 21st century.
Cokaliong won the 2005 Executives Cup basketball tournament trifecta competition last Sunday at the City Sports Club-Cebu.
Not easy
But just like some of his previous triumphs, it wasn’t easy as Cokaliong had to pass through the proverbial eye of the needle before dethroning last year’s title-holder Philip Oncines of back-to-back champion Liloanon Sports Organization (Liso) Selection.
“I really did not expect to win the title,” said an elated Cokaliong of the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association All-Stars, who has the best 3-point field-goal percentage this season at 35 percent.
Cokaliong barely made it to the final round as he just scored nine points in a tie with Cecaba
Selection’s Samuel Co and Benedict Chua and Archie Corros of the Jaycees Basketball Association (JBA).
Completing the seven-man finals line-up were Juanillo Soliman with 13 points, Oncines with 12 points and Dean Wong of San Carlos Boys High Alumni Basketball Association (SCBHABA) with 10.
In the championship round, Cokaliong and Soliman were tied with 10 points each to forge a sudden-death shootout. In the decider, Cokaliong wielded the power of his steady-shooting hands to rout Soliman, 15-9.
Lucky number
Nine was the lucky number indeed for Cokaliong as he scored nine points in the elimination round of the 3-point shootout. He went on to win his ninth 3-point shooting crown and scored nine points together with Zotico Tan in the 2-ball competition topped by JBA’s Corros and Ringo Balbuena.
Corros and Balbuena combined for 27 points in the final round to defeat the Liso tandem of Edgar Ybañez and Jopseph Torlao, who piled up only 18 points. Torlao did not go home empty-handed though as he was named the Finals MVP.
Liso’s Dalmacio Maglasang Jr., on the other hand, topped the free-throwing shooting contest, while Henrich Chua of the Cecaba All-Stars settled for the first runner-up honors.
Awarding
During the awarding ceremonies of the tournament backed by Osaka Iridology and Manang Gina’s Lutong Bahay in cooperation with Imports Unlimited, Sunsport, Toys@Work, Grand Gemini Ventures, Gloria Jean’s Coffees-Banilad Town Centre, AD Gothong Manufacturing and Cebu City Sports Commission, SCBHABA’s main man Edwin Banaag was awarded the regular-season MVP honors.
Banaag, who was also the All-Star MVP and owned the best 2-point field-goal percentage at 59 percent, made it to the Mythical Five selection together Cecaba All-Stars’ Samuel Sia and Joel Chan, and Liso’s Abner Desiderio, and Guardo-Rama Boys’ Reynaldo Zamora. Sia also had the best free-throw shooting percentage at 65 percent.
(October 11, 2005 issue)
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