Ex-varsity players trounce E-League All-Stars

THE CEBU Drillers, a team composed of former varsity players, prevailed over the E-League All-Stars, 77-70, last Sunday in the 2013 E-League for Basketball All-Star Game at the City Sports-Club Cebu Gym.

The Drillers proved to be the steadier team, thwarting the E-League All-Stars’ endgame rally to win the goodwill match.

Keith Virtucio, who had stints with the University of Southern Philippines and the University of the Visayas (UV), and ex-Southwestern University Cobra Merbien Dedace paced the Drillers with 19 points each. Alwin Aguirre, a former UV Green Lancer, added 10 points.

Ryan Veloso of the Aegis Vipers topped the E-League All-Stars with a game-high 21 points, while Calltek’s Christina Judilla and Accenture’s Archie Batua added 13 and 11 points, respectively.

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS

Meanwhile, Argiel Fernandez of the 1&1 Marauders bested four other participants to win the Three-Point Shootout crown.

Fernandez scored seven points in the first round and made 10 in the second round to finish with a title-clinching 17 points.

John Alexon Loon of E-Performax topped the Skills Challenge but not after getting a tough resistance from Stream’s Joselito Aranda.

The duo of Rex Barrientos and Gestoni Santos from Executive Boutique won the two-ball competition, scoring 55 points in two rounds to defeat three other pairs.

Batua, meanwhile, was crowned champion in the 1-on-1 Competition. /EDITORIAL ASSISTANT CALVIN D. CORDOVA