Park n’ Go, Water Market tie for 2nd in Power 40 basketball
WATER Market upset Ang Tibay Mo, 102-100, while Park n’ Go edged Allyn & Sons, 116-115, Tuesday night to share second place in the standings with identical 4-1 records in the Power Forty Ball Club-2012 summer basketball tournament at the Emilio Jaca Memorial gym in barangay Inayawan, Cebu City.
Utassco leads the tourney with a clean 5-0 slate.
Ang Tibay Mo led in the first two periods but Water Market unloaded a blistering, 35-20 rally in the third for a, 79-74, advantage entering the final quarter.
The fourth was marked by several deadlocks until Michael Arias nailed a perimeter jumper with four seconds remaining that lifted Water Market to the 2-point win.
In the other game, Allyn & Sons led, 32-30 at the start but Park n’ Go persevered especially at endgame to win by a point despite Julyan Capala’s buzzer-beating triple.
Adot Tabar and Wewe Cabrera paced n’ Go with 31 and 25 points, respectively while Julyan Capala and Melvin Caumeran paced Allyn & Sons with 34 and 25 points, respectively.
BOX SCORES
W. MARKET (102)- Arias 47, Libre 16, Mosqueda 12, Ozon 8, Lim 7, Ungria 6, Eleguin 2, Labajo 2, Balbanera 2.
TIBAY (100)- Dejacto 35, Sumargo 33, Chiong 10, Gaviola 8, Abasolo 4, Ed. Gabuya 4, Cayacap 2, Samson 2, Dejarme 2.
2nd game
PARK N’ GO (116)- Tabar 31, Cabrera 25, Misa 18, J. Rama 18, Fuentes 6, Lisondra 6, R. Rama 4, G. Rama 4, Alob 2, Espinosa 2.
ALLYN & SONS (115)- Capala 34, Caumeran 25, Piezas 20, Pestaño 17, Javierto 12, Plarisan 5, Cabase 2. /Correspondent Dale Rosal
