THE SACRED Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu and the University of San Carlos served notice of their intentions for the title in the Small Basketeers of the Philippines (SBP) division after they logged impressive wins at the start of the Milo-backed BEST SBP/Passerelle Twin Tournaments 2012 Cebu at the SHS-AdC Gym in Canduman, Mandaue last Saturday.
The back-to-back champions Magis Eagles had no trouble defeating the Don Bosco Technological Center, 67-19, while USC had its own rout of the University of San Jose-Recoletos, 87-23.
The University of the Visayas is also looking to be a contender after it defeated the Cebu Eastern College, 45-26.
In games of the CYBL SBP Passerelle D-League, USC South swept all its games on opening day.
USC South/St. Arnold topped USC North-C, 61-45, while USC South/St. Joseph shut down USC North-B, 49-18, in the SBP division. In other D-League games of the SBP division, SHS-AdC-B beat Don Bosco Magone, 35-26, while Don Bosco Savio won over NISSI Academy, 51-24.
USC South earned its third win of the day as USC South-B defeated SHS-AdC 2, 61-40, in the CYBL D-League Passerelle division. Don Bosco-B outscored USJR-B, 50-44 in overtime in the other game. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio