Culaste leads Liga past Executives, 102-96

Jessiemar Culaste topscored with 24 points to lead Liga ng Barangay past the City Executives, 102-96 to level their friendly basketball games series, 2-2, recently, at the Davao City Recreation Center.

Culaste sparked in the second half by scoring 17 of his 24 points while Arnold Apostol helped with 18 points .

The barangay leaders established an eight-point lead at the end of the first half and slowed down in the last canto as city sports coordinator Christopher “Bong” Go canned in 18 of his 40 points in the final stretch.

But Culaste and the rest of the leaders defended their lead to score the equalizer and Go, Gerard Acojedo, who contributed 18 points, city general services officer Marvin “Oying” Melodias, who pumped in 12 baskets, and lawyer Joey Felizarta, who drilled in 10 points, could no longer catch up with the Liga cagers as time expired.

The scores:

Liga ng Barangay (102)- Culaste 24, Apostol 18, Torejas 15, Bantayan 12, Orilla 8, Padla 7, Olanolan 7, Gumahin 5, Saron 4, Lazaro 2.

Executives (96)- B.Go 40, Acojedo 18, Melodias 12, Felizarta 10, Palban 7, Rañon 4, Sta.Ana 2, Galvez 2.