Kyocera completes Evo League semis cast

THE SECOND-SEED Kyocera Frontiers avoided a major upset, getting rid of the seventh-ranked Calltek Trojans, 55-45, to complete the semifinal cast in the EVO League of the 11th City Sports Club-Cebu (CSC-C) E-League for Basketball last Sunday at the CSC-C Gym.
Ariel Ramonito Edera and Winston Stephen Panal lifted the Frontiers in the do-or-die match by firing 15 points each as the Frontiers won their first-ever playoff series to seal a best-of-three semifinal showdown with the Telstra Boomerangs.
The other semifinal encounter  will have the rising Author Solutions Inc. (ASI) Hardbacks going up against the top seed Supportsave Dragons.
The Trojans forged a sudden-death duel when they prevailed in their initial encounter, 73-67, but failed to sustain the momentum when they fell behind early in Game 2, 4-11.
The Frontier started tearing the game apart with an 18-12 run in the second period and took a 29-15 lead into the second half.
Patrick Jamlan topped the eliminated Trojans with 13 points, while Aerl Genebraldo chipped in 11 markers.
In the Elite Classic, the defending champions Teleperformance All-Stars, Convergys Converters and the Accenture Sharks, all armed with twice-to-beat edges, dispatched their respective opponents to clinch Final Four berths.
Teleperformance manhandled the Eperformax Reds, 82-66; Convergys prevailed over the Wipro Tigers, 82-77; while Accenture dumped the SSI Warriors, 84-61.
Teleperformance and Accenture will face each other in the semis, while the Converters will face the winner between the Lexmark Stallions and the champion in the EVO League.
Dean Junber Escalon paced the All-Stars with 13 points with Ryan Veloso adding 11 markers.
Esrom Cuizon paced the Reds with 23 points, while Joey Mari De Guzman tallied 11 points.
The Sharks, on the other hand, got 16 points from Archie Brian Vincent Batua, while Ildefonso Bulangis Jr. came away with 11 markers.