CBA finals starts

Games today:

Mandaue Sports Complex

2 p.m. – Talisay vs. ACT

3:30 p.m. – SCSIT vs. Ave Maria

THE BATTLE for local commercial basketball supremacy begins today as the best-of-three championship series in the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Basketball Association between the Ave Maria Sanctuary and Park, and the Salazar Colleges of Science and Institute of Technology (SCSIT) Skyblazers kicks off with Game 1 at the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex.

The two teams made it to the championship round by virtue of their superior records after the round-robin semifinals.

More than pride, at stake is a whopping P200,000, which will go the champion squad.

The contest is expected to be a rough-and-tumble affair with both squads boasting of powerhouse lineups.

The first game will pit Talisay and the Asian College of Technology (ACT) in the battle for third place. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio