Diputado steers Marinerong Pilipino to Game 1 finals win in PBA D-League

Former Ateneo de Cebu guard Adven Jess Diputado scored 12 points to lead the Skippers to the Game One victory. (Photo courtesy of PBA D-League)
Former Ateneo de Cebu guard Adven Jess Diputado scored 12 points to lead the Skippers to the Game One victory. (Photo courtesy of PBA D-League)

FORMER Ateneo de Cebu guard Adven Jess Diputado took the reins and steered the Marinerong Pilipino Skippers to a 69-59 win over the resilient BRT Sumisip Basilan-St. Clare in Game One of the best-of-three 2019 PBA D-League Foundation Cup finals at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City on Thursday, October 3, 2019.

Diputado was the only player to finish in double figures in the win with his 12 points as the Skippers took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three championship series.

The Skippers utilized their veteran savvy early on, grabbing a 19-5 lead before extending the lead to 19 at halftime. But they suddenly went cold in the third canto as they only scored seven points while the Saints went to Mohammed Pare to trim the lead down, 64-57, with 1:52 to go in the final frame.

Lucky for Marinerong Pilipino, Eloy Poligrates came up with a pair of huge stops on Pare in the clutch to stop the rally and come away with the 10-point triumph in its 10th straight win to put them on the verge of being only the third team to go perfect in one conference after NLEX did it in the 2012 and 2014 Foundation Cups.

Cebuano guard Poligrates fired in nine points, seven assists, four steals, and two rebounds for the Skippers, while University of San Carlos product Will McAloney registered nine points and four boards.

Marinerong Pilipino will look to sweep its way to its first-ever title on Game Two on Wednesday at Cuneta Astrodome.

The Scores:

MARINERONG PILIPINO 69 -- Diputado 12, Poligrates 9, McAloney 9, Santillan 8, Alabanza 6, Rios 6, Ayonayon 4, Clarito 4, Mangahas 4, Yee 4, Villarias 3, Sara 0.

BRT SUMISIP BASILAN-ST. CLARE 59 -- Bautista 17, Pare 14, Fontanilla 7, Hallare 7, Gabo 5, Collado 3, Dumapig 3, Batino 2, Manacho 1.

Quarters: 21-8, 43-24, 54-41, 69-59.

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