Fonacier is week’s best

TALK ‘N TEXT reserve wingman Larry Fonacier added another feather to his cap as he earned the Player of the Week award in the PBA Governor’s Cup for his career-night last Saturday in their exciting victory over the Powerade Tigers in an out-of-town game in Digos, Davao de Sur.

Fonacier, a Ateneo Blue Eagle, earned the award for the period of June 20 to  26.   He scored 27 points in powering the grand-slam-seeking Tropang Texters to an 89-85 win over the resilient Tigers.

Making the feat even more impressive was Fonacier’s marksmanship from beyond the three-point arc, where he drained eight of his 11 attempts.

His last one proved to the difference-maker in the tightly contested match as it broke an 85-all deadlock with just 18 ticks left on the clock.

“He bailed us out,” said Texters coach Chot Reyes of the 2005-06 Rookie of the Year, who came into the game averaging 8.0 points per game. On that particular night, He  finished with a 9-of-13 field shooting laced with four rebounds and two assists. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio