San Juan, Manila rout foes; Nueva Ecija stuns Batangas

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:24:21 +0000

THE San Juan Knights and Manila Stars lived up to the hype and trounced their opponents in the resumption of the Chooks-to-Go/MPBL Lakan Season Monday at the San Andres Sports Complex.

The Knights, the North division and overall pacesetters, drubbed the Navotas Uni-Pak Sardines, 112-95, to climb to 21-3, while the second-running Stars clobbered the Rizal Golden Coolers, 116-69, to rise to 21-4.

San Juan co-team owner and former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (left) during their112-95 win over the Navotas Uni-Pak Sardines in the Chooks-to-Go/MPBL Lakan Season game on Monday at the San Andres Sports Complex.

Nueva Ecija, on the other hand, caused a buzz with an 85-81 conquest of skidding Batangas City in the opener.

Sinking all of their eight free throws, including the game’s last four points, the Rice Vanguards improved to 7-16 while handing the Tanduay-backed Athletics their third straight loss and a 13-10 record in the South division.

Burly John Paul Sarao drilled in four of four charities while Tonino Gonzaga added two, his total for the night, in the last six seconds to seal the victory for the Vanguards, who were cheered on by busloads of supporters.

James Martinez topscored for Nueva Ecija with
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