Green, White share lead in Customs Cup
POWERHOUSE Green extended Blue’s winless skid following a, 80-69 bashing while White outgunned Red, 65-53, Thursday night in the 2nd elimination round of the Customs basketball dubbed as the 3rd Major Alfonso Abbariao Cup-Biggest Loser-2012 at the Basak San Nicolas gym.
Green and White now share the lead with identical 4-1 win-loss records.
Green led by single digit in the first two quarters but widened the gap in the third with a, 22-11 run for a commanding 15-point edge, 57-42, heading into the final quarter.
Jingjing Rama fired a game-high 24 points on top of seven trifectas to lead Green while Raymund Delig and Tata Laborte paced Blue with 18 and 13 points, respectively.
Earlier, White Team trailed 13-16 deficit in the first period but rallied in the 2nd to take a, 30-28 halftime lead and was never in trouble the rest of the way.
Boodie Monteño led White with 22 points while Jan Mose paced Red with 12 markers.
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Article continues after this advertisementWHITE (65)- Monteño 22, Maningo 13, Rabago 7, Cañete 7, Sabanal 4, Paghasian 4, Nadal 2, Yu 2, Dela Cruz 2, De Gracia 2.
RED (53)- Mose 12, Mabalo 8, Apuya 7, Quiño 6, Cabahug 5, Ali 5, Paguntalan 4, Lopez 2, Remonde 2, Bailio 2.
2nd game
GREEN (80)- Rama 24, Medalle 23, Herbito 15, Javellana 6, Bacalla 5, Cabrera 3, Banuag 2, Rabanes 2.
BLUE (69)- Delig 18, Laborte 13, Gerundio 10, Navaja 5, Capalan 4, Silvestre 4, Bondoc 4, Manahan 3, Datu 2, Velez 2, Librando 2, Bernez 2. /Correspsondent Dale Rosal
