THE Red team drubbed Orange, 79-63, last Saturday in Group A while Orange blasted Green, 67-52 in Group B to draw first blood in their respective best-of-three Finals Series of the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD)-2012 annual basketball tournament.
Red set the tone of the rout by posting a, 27-13 lead in the opening period and was unstoppable the rest of the way.
Melvin Mission and Bernie Carreon led Red with 18 and 13 points, respectively while Army Marata and Virgilio Rago paced Orange with 14 and 13 markers.
Earlier, in Group B, Orange took a slim advantage in the first three periods before finishing off Green with a, 21-11 run in the fourth quarter for the 15-point win.
Bert Tabar and Jeramy Ranolo led Orange with 19 and 18 points, respectively, while Lowen Tancinco and Lalong Abella paced Green with 21 and 15 markers.
Game 2 of the Finals Series is slated on Saturday.
The event is made possible through tournament commissioner Jude Godin.
BOX SCORES
Group B
ORANGE (67)- B. Tabar 19, Ranolo 18, Abanilla 7, Lapaza 6, Bontuyan 5, Capacite 4, Ortizuela 4, Dakay 2, Salomon 2.
GREEN (52)- Tancinco 21, Abella 15, Amores 7, Salvacion 5, Hoybia 4.
Group A
RED (79)- M. Mission 18, Carreon 13, Reyes 12, Gako 11, G. Tabar 7, Basergo 6, Logarta 4, Cabrera 4, Jagmoc 2, Abasolo 2.
ORANGE (63)- Marata 14, Rago 13, Gabato 8, Basergo 7, Caparas 5, Mission 4, Nacar 3, Dalena 3, Ebesa 3, Castañares 3. /Correspondent Dale Rosal