South teams down counterparts from North in MPBL

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:58:14 +0000

SOUTH division teams Bacoor, General Santos and Cebu City bested their North counterparts Wednesday and revved up their playoff drivea in the Chooks-to-Go/MPBL Lakan Season at Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.

The Bacoor Strikers thwarted the Marikina Shoemasters, 100-88, while the GenSan Warriors rallied to down the Pasay Voyagers, 76-69, as they kept their 2-3 spots behind the Davao Occidental Tigers in the 15-team South.

Gab Banal comes up with another solid all-around performance to help Bacoor beat Marikina, 100-88. Banal tallied 9 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds.

Gab Banal comes up with another solid all-around performance to help Bacoor beat Marikina, 100-88. Banal tallied 9 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds.

The Strikers, who led from start to finish, posted their fifth straight victory and climbed to 20-5, just behind the Tigers (20-3).

GenSan dropped seven straight points to snap the game’s last tie at 65 and improve to 16-8

Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol started strong and never let the Quezon City Capitals to recover en route to a 95-89 victory that raised the Sharks to 11-12, within sight of the eighth-ranked Bicol Volcanoes (13-12).

The Sharks zoomed ahead at 39-20 and never wavered behind the guns of William McAloney and Fletch Galvez to pull down the Capitals to 10-16.

McAloney and Galvez contributed 17 points and 5 rebounds each for Cebu, while Rhaffy Octobre came through with 9 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Bacoor banked on Michael Canete, Michael Mabulac, Gab Banal and RJ Ramirez t
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