Manila edges Pasig; Makati also triumphs

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:44:38 +0000

Manila weathered Pasig’s final assault while Makati came from behind to subdue Bulacan in the Chooks-to-Go/MPBL Lakan Season quarterfinal round at San Andres Sports Complex on Tuesday.

JUNERIC Baloria starred for Makati’s win over Bulacan.

With their 12-point spread cut to just four with 35 seconds left, the Manila Stars’ Gabby Espinas and Gian Abricos canned two charities each to preserve the 91-88 victory, in the best-of-three series.

Trailing by six points in the final quarter, the Makati Super Crunch bunched 14 points, seven by Juneric Baloria, to surge ahead and prevail, 94-88.

The Stars and the Super Crunch hope to advance to the North division semifinals outright when they seek repeat wins on Saturday at Makati Coliseum.
Carlo Lastimosa wound up with 23 points on 71.4 percent clip from the field for the Stars, ranked second after the round-robin eliminations and are favored over the No. 7 Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors.

Espinas contributed 11 points and four rebounds, and while Abrigo and Jollo Go posted nine points each for Manila.

Jeric Teng tallied a game-high 30 points, seven
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