Customs routs DILG for 5th win in Arena-7 hoop

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) of Collector Ronnie Silvestre pulverized the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), 81-35, last Monday for its fifth win in six games (5-1) to snare the early lead in Division B of the Association of Regional Executives in National Agencies (ARENA) Region 7 annual basketball tournament at the DPWH court in SRP.

BOC jumped to a blistering 21-7 rally in the opening period to set the tone for the lopsided 46-point victory which is by far the biggest winning margin in the tourney.

Ronan Cañete and Boodee Monteño led the Bureau of Customs with a game-high 18 and 16 points, respectively while Elmar Echavia and Mat Chavez paced DILG (1-7) with 11 and 10 markers.

Earlier, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) defaulted its match against the Department of Health (DOH).

BOX SCORES

CUSTOMS (81)- Cañete 18, Monteño 16, Matugas 11, Mose 10, Rama 7, Velez 4, Capalan 4, Mabalo 3, Laraga 2, Remonde 2, Tan 2, Dela Cruz 2.

DILG (35)- Echavia 11, Chavez 10, Medado 8, Genegobes 6.  /Correspondent Dale Rosal