Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Metrobank, Plantersbank win in Bankers Cup '08
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey
THE Bankers Cup basketball tournament got off to a rousing start for defending champion Metrobank and former titlist Plantersbank Saturday at the Evergold Gym in Obrero, Davao City.
The Metrobank dribblers carved out a tough 83-79 overtime win over BPI to start their title-retention campaign on a bright note, while Plantersbank staged a searing rally in the fourth quarter to hack out an 82-63 victory over Citibank.
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Coach of Plantersbank is Nhoy Pido of PacMan.
Banco de Oro, meanwhile, defeated RBC, 86-83, to join the early winners in the eight-team field, which uses a double round robin in the elimination phase.
Jeff Solidum was the best performer for Metrobank with 25 points. He was backed by Te Eng Fo's 20 and Pena's nine markers.
Buenaventura, Costan, and Villanueva engineered the fight-back for the Plantersbank cagers, the 2006 champion, on the way to scoring the widest winning margin of 19 points.
BDO relied on the outside sniping of Nilo Temporal, who finished with 25 points, including a career high seven three-pointers.
Metrobank eyes its second win when the tournament resumes this Saturday, May 10.
Metrobank plays Citybank in the last game of a four-game schedule at 12:45 p.m.
BDO meets Enterprisebank in the first match at 9 a.m., while Plantersbank faces BPI in the secons game at 10:15 a.m. The third game pits RCBC vs Securitybank at 11:30 a.m.
The boxscores:
First Game
Metrobank - 83 - Solidum 25, Te Eng Fo 20, Pena 9, Paz 6, Efren 5, Solis 5, Gabila 4, Calubayan 3, Mejia 2, Migrino 2, Morales 2.
BPI - 79 - Bantan 30, Samson 14, Cervantes 10, Rubi 6, Guilaran 5, Maningo 5, Loricga 4, Uy 3, Kapauan 2
Second Game
Banco de Oro - 86 - Temporal 25, Dalisay 15, Sorinao 14, Barrera 12, Balayon 5, Abalos 4, Villacorta 4, Cabug-os 3, Dolleson 2, Reston 2.
RCBC - 83 - Genoso 21, Allawan 15, Gano 7, Escudero 6, Delos Santos 6, Quioge 6, Elizan 5, Lee 5, Sevilla 4, Escalera 4, Neri 3, Ngo 1.
Third Game
Plantersbank - 82 - Leong 16, Buenaventura 11, Costan 11, Villanueva 10, Charcos 10, Corpuz 8, Recta 6, Cadayona 4, Movilla 2, Sipalay 2, Hao 2.
Citibank - 63 - Te 18, Santos 13, Lumbatun 9, Malazarte 8, Jarden 6, Yu 5, Salvador 4.
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