Villahermosa, Romeo push Big Chill to D-League semis

FORMER University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) guard Mar Villahermosa teamed up with star wingman Terrence Romeo as the Big Chill Superchargers advanced to the semifinals after they upended the Fruitas Shakers, 89-83 in their sudden death quarterfinal match in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup yesterday at the Blue Eagle Gym inside the Ateneo campus.

Their second straight win over the Shakers earned the Superchargers a semifinal berth and join defending champion NLEX, Blackwater Sports, Boracay Rum.

Big Chill defeated Fruitas, 77-72, on Tuesday to force the rubber match.

The Final Four starts Tuesday.

Romeo and Jeckster Apinan each scored 20 points for Big Chill, which will face NLEX in the next round in a rematch of their championship showdown in this same conference last year. Apinan also had 14 re bounds to finish with a double-double for the second straight game.

The other best-of-three series pits Boracay Rum against Blackwater Sports. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio