Tuesday, July 18, 2006
All-Stars swamp sister Cecaba squad
The Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association All-Stars once again rode on Chester Cokaliong’s explosive outside shooting to annihilate sister-team Cecaba Selection, 92-67, in the Executives Cup basketball tournament last Sunday at the City Sports Club-Cebu.
Cokaliong, who shot 41 percent from the 3-point area, knocked in 11 treys of his 37 points to easily become the game MVP. He canned 5-of-7 triples of his 19 markers in the first quarter to steer the Cecaba All-Stars to a 34-12 start.
The Pilipinas Shell-backed Cecaba All-Stars buried the Runway Tires-sponsored Cecaba Selection further, 52-27, at halftime.
From that point on, Cecaba Selection couldn’t even cut the deficit to a single-digit. All-Stars center Sammy Sia added 11 points and seven rebounds, while guard Joel Chan chipped in 10 points on top of 10 assists, nine caroms and two steals as the All-Stars grabbed solo second place in the standings with a 7-2 win-loss card.
Erwin Yu contributed eight points, eight assists, five rebounds and three steals for the All-Stars, while Richard Yu scored only two but was monster on defense with eight rebounds and five blocks.
Danny Calagos played one of his finest games of the season, finishing with 17 points, 13 rebounds and four assists but fell short in the end as Cecaba Selection plunged on the brink of elimination with a 2-6 slate.
In the other game, Edgar de la Calzada sparkled with a season-high 30 points, while Reynold Zamora dished out a league-record 15 assists on top of 10 points, nine steals and seven rebounds in Team Barkada’s 77-75 victory over Club Monday-Gatorade.
Giovanni Mante netted 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists followed by Danny Lim with 14 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Barkada, which forged a three-way tie at third with Insular Life and Jaycees Basketball Association with similar 6-2 slates.
Club Monday had an opportunity to win but Andres Seno Jr. only shot 1-of-6 free throws in the final seconds. Club Monday missed the services of two key players, Demosthenes Alfeche and Carlito Macasero Jr., but Barkada was also without top gunners Pablo Yu and Richard Molina.
Seno wound up with 24 points and Julito Bacatan had 18 for Club Monday, which had one of its worst games, has only three wins in nine starts.
Cecaba All-Stars (92) – Cokaliong 37, Sia 11, Chan 10, E. Yu 8, Cokaliong 7, Kaw 6, Z. Tan 5, W. Yu 4, R. Yu. 2, Lee 2. Cecaba Selection (67) – Calagos 17, Uy 14, Ng 12, P. Lim 9, Lu 6, Dy 5, K. Lim 2, Villamor 2.
Barkada (77) – De la Calzada 30, Mante 17, Lim 14, Zamora 10, Borres 6. Club Monday (75) – Seno 24, Bacatan 18, Monterroyo 8, Fernandez 8, Navarro 5, Tabucanon 4, Montuerto 4, Ponay 4.
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