Bicol, Batangas force knockout tiffs vs rivals in Chooks-MPBL

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:27:18 +0000

Adrian Santos helped Batangas beat the favored Zamboanga side in Game 2 of their quarterfinal series.

BATANGAS CITY – Bicol stunned Davao Occidental while Batangas City got back at Zamboanga on Friday to send their respective South division quarterfinal playoffs to a decider in the Chooks-to-Go/MPBL Lakan Season at Batangas State University Gymnasium.

Down by eight early in the fourth quarter, the Bicol Volcanoes seized control with a 16-point explosion and held on for an 84-81 victory while the Batangas City Athletics subdued Zamboanga Family’s Brand Sardines, 84-75.

Alywn Alday fired eight points in that explosion which shoved the Volcanoes on top, 77-69, with 4:28 to go.

Bonbon Custodio, Emman Calo, and Marco Balagtas countered with a 7-point cluster to push Davao Occidental to within 76-77.
But Alday, Jerome Garcia, and Hafer Mondragon raised it back to 83-78, that all but decided the game.

Alday and Garcia paced the LCC Malls-backed Bicol with 18 points each, followed by Ronjay Buenafe with 14 points plus eight assists and Mondragon with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Playing before a packed crowd of supporters, the Tanduay-backed Athletics led by as many as 21 (62-41) and entered the fourth quarter holding a 62-44 lead.

Adrian Santos contributed 11 points and nine rebounds off the bench as the Tanduay-backed Athletics bucked the absence of Gilas pool members Rey Suerte and Jaydee Tungcab.

Davao Occidental, which lost floor leader Mark Yee to a right foot injury early in the second quarter, drew 15 points plus 10 rebounds from Calo, 13 points from Billy Robles and 12 points from Chester Saldua.

Playing before a packed crowd of supporters, the Tanduay-backed Athletics
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