THE SEMIFINAL stage of the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association’s 12th Dr. Chen Lieh Fu Memorial Cup concludes with an exciting double knockout match tonight at the City Sports Club-Cebu gym.
The top seeded New Millennium Hardware ’95 squares off with Shell ’80s in the 7:30 p.m. opener, while Dewfoam ’88 and the First Family Appliance Circle ’96 with slug it out in the other sudden-death duel scheduled at 9 p.m.
The winners will advance to the best-of-three championship round that will commence on Thursday.
The second-ranked Class ’96 denied No.3 qualifier Shell ’80s of an outright finals entry after it scored a 69-66 cliffhanger over the Chester Cokaliong-led squad last Sunday. Donald Anthony Ting fired 31 points as Class ’95 kept its title hunt alive with a 73-55 rout of the already ousted Dimsum Frito 2003.
It was a heart-wrenching loss for Class ’80s as it led for most of the way before falling in the end. /pr