FINAL STANDINGS
M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Ninos
Misamis Oriental Meteors 3-1
Cebu Landmasters RDAK-Mandaue 2-2
Laguna Golden Lions 1-3
MP Warriors of GenSan 0-4
With the scored tied at 25-25, Dino Daa nailed triple and Rudy Lingganay scored on back-to-back lay-ups in the final minute to give the Meteors of Gov. Oscar S. Moreno and Coach Jun Noel the lead for good by the half, 33-25.
Mandaue of Joe Soberano and Rick King tried their best to rally behind Vic Manuel and Ariel Capus but timely baskets by Lyndon Gudez and Ken Bono resulted in the Meteors’ biggest cushion early in the fourth period, 53-41. Manuel and Capus continued Mandaue’s attempts to come back but Egay Billones, who played with an injured hand, made two free throws and added a basket in the final minute of play to preserve the win.
Bono took Best Player honors with 14 points and eight rebounds. Daa supported him with 10 points. Manuel topped Mandaue with 21 points followed by Capus with 14. Both teams entered the game tied with similar 2-1 win-loss records.
Sunday’s championship game marks the fourth straight conference that the Ninos and Meteors will play for the National Championship. The Meteors took Conference II after which the Ninos took the next two conferences.
In the second game, the Ninos of Michel J. Lhuillier and Coach Raul “Yayoy” Alcoseba formalized their entry into the finals by disposing of the Laguna Golden Lions of Gov. ER Ejercito and Coach Philip Cezar, 90-82. The Ninos finished the preliminaries with a four-game sweep while the Lions dropped to 1-3.
Stephen Padilla put up a vintage shooting performance by connecting six triples in the first half alone to push M. Lhuillier ahead, 52-41. The Lions behind the tandem of Bryan Faundo and Glenn Bolocon fought back to temporarily give them the upper hand after three periods, 67-65.
Ian Saladaga opened the fourth with a drive and Padilla was not finished as he added another triple as their defense held Laguna sans a field goal for the first six minutes and M. Lhuillier pulling away, 79-71.
Padilla finished with eight triples for a total 26 points. Saladaga added 10 points. Bolocon and Faundo paced Laguna with 15 and 14 markers respectively.
In between Saturday’s games, Liga Pilipinas gave out the conference’s individual awards led by Bolocon who went home with the Most Valuable Player award as well as the Best Scorer. The major awardees included Mandaue coach Jun Tan as Coach of the Conference, Suzette Gentallan of the Meteors as Executive of the Conference and Mark Magsumbol of Mandaue taking the Sportsmanship Award. The other winners for the different statistical categories were Faundo for rebounds, Alex Angeles of the MP Warriors of GenSan for assists, Harold Sta. Cruz of Mandaue for blocks and Felix Belano of M. Lhuillier for steals.
The games of Liga Pilipinas are made possible by San Miguel, Molten, Summit Natural Drinking Water and Accel and are seen on Basketball TV from Monday to Saturday at 5:30 PM.
How They Scored:
First Game
MISAMIS ORIENTAL (70) – Bono 14, Daa 10, Billones 9, Gerilla 9, Lingganay 8, Raneses 7, Gudez 5, Moreno 5, Capati 2, Larong 1, Misa 0, Lamocha 0.
MANDAUE (63) – Manuel 21, Capus 14, Magsumbol 13, Sta. Cruz 6, Losentes 5, Mondragon 2, Doruelo 2, Marlon Basco 0, Guiyab 0, Villaver 0, Dedicatoria 0.
Period Scores: 15-13, 33-25, 44-38, 70-63.
Second Game
M. LHUILLIER-CEBU (90) – Padilla 26, Saladaga 10, Dacia 9, Santos 8, Belano 8, Raymundo 5, Maliksi 5, Mepana 5, Cruz 4, Ababon 3, Nailon 2, Baguion 2, Jeffries 2, Hayes 1.
LAGUNA (82) – Bolocon 15, Faundo 14, Franco 14, Saguindel 8, Sanz 7, Bautista 5, Flores 5, Glorioso 4, Martinez 3, Asoro 3, Fampulme 2, Feihl 2, Legaspi 0.
Period Scores: 19-22, 52-41, 65-67, 90-82.(pr)
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