Omar Sneed completed a monster double-double game to power the Powerade Tigers to a 110-105 win over the Talk ’N Tropang Texters in the first game of the 37th PBA Governors’ Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
Sneed coughed up 32 points and hauled down 23 rebounds as the Tigers remained unbeaten since bringing in the hardworking import.
With former NBA player Rashad McCants in tow, the Tigers started the tournament with two straight losses that forced the team to send home the highly touted but ineffective import.
The move quickly paid dividends as the Tigers moved out of the cellar behind Sneed.
Sneed flirted with a triple double in his debut, piling up 13 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in Powerade’s 117-94 trashing of the Alaska Aces last Friday.
From being a facilitator in their last game, Sneed turned himself into a scoring machine and outgunned Talk ’N Text’s import Paul Harris, who finished with 22 points.
The Powerade locals did their part with Gary David, Rey Guevarra and Rabeh Al-Hussaini providing significant contributions.
David stretched his 20-point games to 18 by firing 28 points, while Guevarra and Hussaini continued to impress in their first conference with the Tigers by donating 11 and 10 markers, respectively.
Talk ’N Text played minus the innjured Jayson Castro and Ryan Reyes. Jimmy Alapag, Ali Peek, Ranidel de Ocampo, Kelly Williams and Larry Fonacier all scored in double figures to make up for the absence of their two top guards but the Texters still fell to the bottom of the standings with their third loss in four matches.
PETRON DOWNS ALASKA
In the second game, eddie Basden scored 29 points as he led the Petron Blaze Boosters to a 107-94 win over the Aces.
Petron improved to 3-1 (win-loss) in the standings while Alaska tied Talk ’N Text at the bottom with similar 1-3 slates.
BOX SCORES:
FIRST GAME:
POWERADE (110)- Sneed 32, David 28, Guevarra 11, Al-Hussaini 10, Casio 8, Lingganay 7, Salvador 6, Anthony 4, Vanlandingham 2, Antonio 2, Tugade 0.
TALK N’ TEXT (105)- Harris 22, Alapag 17, Peek 16, De Ocampo 15, Williams 13, Fonacier 11, Gamalinda 5, Aguilar 2, Dillinger 2, Aban 2, Raymundo 0, Alvarez 0.
QUARTERSCORES: 20-25, 44-51, 78-68, 110-105.