Webmasters eke past USJ-R Jaguars to remain unbeaten in Cesafi seniors hoop tourney

Games today:

Cebu Coliseum

1 p.m. – SHS-AdC vs. CIT-U (jrs.)

2:30 p.m. – CEC vs. USC (jrs.)

4 p.m. – USJ-R vs. UC (jrs.)

5:30 p.m. – USC vs. SWU (srs.)

The University of Cebu (UC) Webmasters are making a habit out of their last-minute escape acts.

Last Thursday night, UC was on it again as it got past the University of San Jose-Recoletos Jaguars, 67-66, in the seniors division of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. basketball tournament at the Cebu Coliseum.

The Jaguars controlled the tempo and the lead for most of the game until with about 1:47 left in the fourth period when UC’s Luigi Bercede hit a booming three-pointer that gave the Webmasters their first lead at 60-59, a lead which they didn’t relinquish until the very end.

The victory pushed UC’s unbeaten streak to eight games as they stand atop the seniors division standings with a perfect 8-0 (win-loss) mark. The USJ-R Jaguars crashed to their seventh defeat in eight games.

Reigning Most Valuable Player Junemar Fajardo scored 20 points, the same output as Bercede.

Robinson Mohamad scored 16 to help the Webmasters’ cause.

Abulaiz Suliman paced the struggling Jaguars with 16 markers while Renato Abing added 12, his last two three-pointers pegging the game’s final score.