Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Cokaliong 98 upsets Rocket 95 in Cecaba
Comebacking Cokaliong Shipping Lines 98 scored an 88-77 upset over Rocket Battery 95 in the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Associations 8th Dr. Chen Lieh Fu Memorial Cup last Sunday at the Cebu Coliseum.
In the other game, Dewfoam 88 overhauled a 14-1 deficit to smother Asian Home Appliance Center 89/93, 54-45. Last year, Class 98 wasnt able to participate due to lack of players. This time, they made a statement by rocking Class 95. It was somehow a rude welcome for Class 95s new coach Jojo Romarate.
Robinson Yap topscored for Class 98 with 22 points. Erick Andrew So, who won Player of the Game honors, had 21 points, while Jed Lawrence Co and Elvis Evangelista donated 15 and 13 markers, respectively.
Class 98 trailed, 20-12, after the first quarter but fired back using a 23-15 run to tie the count at halftime, 35-all. Class 98 outscored Class 95 in the third quarter, 28-15, to gain a 63-55 advantage heading into the final period. The younger graduates were never threatened from that point on.
Donald Anthony Ting exploded with 26 points for Class 95, but he had little support from the rest of his teammates except for Joseph James Yu and Dean Dy Teves who finished with 16 and 14 points.
Later, Class 89/93 jumped off to a sizzling 1-14 start, but its lead dwindled down. Down by 11 points at the end of the opening canto, 5-16, Class 88 fought back ferociously to crawl within two points after three quarters, 35-37.
Behind the efforts of Erwin Yu, Richard Yu, and Rey Kenneth Ng, Class 88 detonated a 19-8 bomb in the closing minutes to tear Class 89/93 apart at the final buzzer.
Class 98 (88) Yap 22, E. So 21, Co 15, Evangelista 13, P. So 5, Millan 5, Plaza 3, Escoton 2, Gochuico 2. Class 95 (77) D. Ting 26, Yu 16, Dy Teves 14, Gollon 8, Ho 5, Go 4, Angcay 4.
Class 88 (54) R. Yu 17, E. Yu 14, R. Lim 7, Ng 6, Dy 5, Lu 3, Villamor 2. Class 89/93 (45) W. Tan 18, A. Ting 11, Mendez 10, Ong 2, Ng 2, Chua 2.
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