Mayor Espinosa hoop opens today in Toledo

COMMERCIAL basketball action at its finest kicks off tonight as the 3rd Mayor Rudy Espinosa Open Basketball Tournament opens at the Barba Memorial Sports Complex in Toledo City.

The cash-rich tournament will feature Autolab taking on Macmae in the 8 p.m. opening game. The champion squad will receive a whopping P100,000 prize while the runner-up will get P75,000. The third placer gets P50,000 while the fourth placer pockets P30,000.

Tomorrow night will have the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) runners-up, University of the Visayas Green Lancers  taking on AC Sports.

The eight teams have been divided into two brackets with bracket A having Autolab, Macmea, Carmen Copper and Cesafi champions, Southwestern University. Bracket B is composed of UV, the University of San Jose-Recoletos, AC Sports and SG Merchandising.  /Correspondent Jonas Panerio