Eman Villamor, Mark Cuadra, and Maczi Micutuan. | Contributed photos
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rongcales annihilated M-Tech, 120-79, to log their first win in last Sunday evening’s Mandaue’s Pride Basketball Association (MPBA) Season 2: Cebuano Cup at the Mandaue City Sports Complex.
Eman Villamor unloaded 25 points from his 12-of-21 shooting to become the top scorer of Rongcales, who finished the game with a staggering 41-point lead in the final score. Mark Monte added 19 points with 9 rebounds.
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Popo Nieves, Jestony Baclaan and Jandel Flores scored 14, 13, and 11 points, respectively for Rongcales.
Arfiel Manigbas had 26 points and Benjamin Cantal added 16 in M-Tech’s losing efforts.
Meanwhile, Outlaws outmatched Mitsubishi Motors, 70-61, behind Mark Cuadra’s double-double game of 33 points with 12 rebounds.
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Kevin Reyes added 19 points with 5 assists, and 4 rebounds for the Outlaws’ hard-earned win.
The Outlaws endured 13 lead changes and three deadlocks before beating Mitsubishi Motors.
Kobe Cole scored 18 points in Mitsubishi’s losing efforts.
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Lastly, Void routed Darchys Commercial 92-79.
Maczi Micutuan tallied 16 points to lead Void while teammate Michael Sol and Johndee Sarol combined for 21 points in their dominant win.
Enzo Dayanan scored 20 points while John Earl Villamor had 17 and Rowi Herda with 15 but these were not enough to put Darchy’s Commercial to the winning side.
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