Saturday, April 22, 2006
Rocket Battery 95 upsets Dendramil 94 to make semifinals
The seventh-ranked Rocket Battery 95 sprung one major surprise as it ousted the second-seed Dendramil Merchandizing 94, 72-69, to advance to the semifinal round of the Cecabas 8th Dr. Chen Lieh Fu Memorial Cup last Thursday at the City Sports Club-Cebu.
In the other sudden-death duel, Young Builders 91 went strong in the first half to beat Chester Enterprises 67/83, 79-70, and complete the four-team semifinal cast in Division I along with Dewfoam 88, Asian Home Appliance 89/93, and Armour Wood 81/85.
Donald Anthony Ting was a one-man wrecking crew, pouring in 16 of his topscoring 28 points in the second half for Class 95. When his teammates ran out of bullets, Ting came up with timely answers to every offensive of Class 94.
Top gunner absent
Raymond Gollon and Archie Gue each contributed 10 points to back up Ting and at the same time offset the absence of one of their top gunners Joseph James Yu.
It was an airtight battle all the way highlighted by a 50-all deadlock at the end of the third period.
In the closing minutes of the game, Class 95 played with grace under heavy pressure on the way to pull off one of the biggest upsets in the league this season.
Class 95 was the only team of five that forged do-or-die games over their higher-ranked foes to make it through to the next round.
Class 95 joined defending champion Big Boss 96, JRJ Enterprises 2000, and Hannahs Cakes and Decors 2004 in the Division II semifinals.
Anwar Satina unloaded 14 of his game-high 33 points in the fourth quarter, but Wellington Yu was handcuffed to only 14 points as the heavily-favored Class 94 unexpectedly went into a timely summer vacation.
Earlier, Tommy Yu had 24 points, while Juan Borromeo Jr. and Kevin Co fired 12 markers apiece for Class 91, which used a fierce 44-32 attack in the first half to baffle Class 67/83 the rest of the way and stave off early elimination.
Zotico Tan tossed in a season-high 27 points, 14 in the fourth period, but only got support from Stephen Tan with 14 as Class 67/83 exited.
Class 1991 (79) Yu 24, Borromeo 12, Co 12, De la Torre 11, C. Go 7, E. Go 6, Lim 4, Ty 3. Class 67/83 (70) Z. Tan 27, S. Tan 14, Ting 10, Cokaliong 5, R. Yu 4, H. Yu 4, Lim 4, Co 2.
Class 1995 (72) Ting 28, Gollon 10, Gue 10, Ong 6, Tiu 5, Arjona 5, Tanbonthong 2, Angcay 2, Ho 2, Dy 2. Class 1994 (69) Satina 33, W. Yu 14, Chua 8, Angana 6, Gaw 5, Peρa 2, Jao 1.
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