Marlon Adolfo scored 25 points, Jayson Deutchman added 16 and 10
rebounds and Pharex overcome a big early deficit on the way to 100-90
victory against Black Water Thursday in the PBA D-League Foundation
Cup at The Arena in San Juan.
Raymond Aguilar collected 14 points and Chester Taylor and Jeff
Viernes each scored 10 points for the Batang Generix, who turned the
game by scoring 11 of the first 15 points in the second quarter.
Viernes was banished off the court with five minutes left in the game
after hitting Rocky Acidre with a wayward elbow in the head.
In the other game, Cebuana Lhuillier lost star guard Benedict
Fernandez early in the third quarter but got solid performances from
Alain Maliksi, Marvis Hayes anad James Sena to defuse a tough
challenge from Café France for an 83-62 victory in Group B.
The Gems trailed by one points after 10 minutes, but held café France
to 2 of 25 shooting in the second quarter to seize control. Then
Maliksi (16 points) and Sena (12 points, 10 rebounds) took charge in
the third as Cebuana Lhuillier ripped the game open. Hayes also scored
12 points and grabbed 12 boards.
“It’s tough to play collegiate players because they have a system. But
I thought our defense was good and we made good shot selection in the
second half,” said Cebuana Lhuillier coach Luigi Trillo, the youngest
coach in the league at 35.
Fernandez, a free agent, managed just five points before being thrown
out of the game with eight minutes left in the third for plan ting his
foot on the landing spot of a shooting player.
Leeward Labaton and Jewel Ponferada each scored 13 points for Café France.
“Our defense is kind of soft early. But we’re lucky we were able to
turn it around,” said Pharex coach Gian Carlo Tan.
Tan said team was formed only two weeks before the tournament and
pointed to its lack of chemistry as also a factor to their poor start.
“The team has not really experience a time to bond and know each
other. Good thing we defense hold and enable us to win. I hope we jell
sooner than later,” Tan said.
Rocky Acidre scored 22 points and Gio Ciriacruz had 21 for Black Water
which allowed a big, early lead to dissipate. To make matters worse,
the Elites committed 20 tunrovers.
Mentored by Leo Isaac, Black Water got their offense going early and
roared to a 17-5 lead.
But Pharex, which tied NLEX and RnW Pacific Pipes for lead in Group A,
rallied and outscored Black Water, 15-3, the rest of the period to tie
at 20-20.
With the Bidang Generix frontline of Adolfo, Duetchman and Aguilar
taking charge in the third, Pharex opened a 31-25 lead and never
trailed again.
The scores
First Game
Pharex 100 – Adolfo 25, Deutchman 16, Aguilar 14, Viernes 10, Taylor
10, Banal 8, Mangahas 5, Asoro 4, Morial 4, Tecson 3, Montilla 1.
Black Water 90 – Acidre 22, Ciriacruz 21, Celeda 12, Zulueta 12, Mazo
10, Belorio 8, Lapuz 2, J.Del Rosario 2, Del Rosario 1, Zaret 0.
Quarters: 20-20; 48-44; 74-67; 100-90
Second Game
Cebuana Lhuillier 83 – Maliksi 16, Hayes 12, Sena 12, Alas 9, Eunon 8,
Nabong 6, Mepana 5, Fernandez 5, Semira 5, Mandani 2, Lee 2, Llagas
12, bagatsing 0, Canta 0.
Café France 62 – Ponferada 13, Lobaton 13, Bulangis 12, Rublico 8,
Banas 5, Gallardo 4, Magbiutang 3, Mejos 3, Almario 1, Babad 0,
Graebel 0, Garcia 0.
Quarters: 16-17; 33-29; 42-61; 83-62 (pr)
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