USJ-R crushes Abellana in U-15 of CYBL hoop

By: Jonas N. Panerio - 9 years ago

THE UNIVERSITY of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) manhandled the Abellana National High School, 88-19, in the under-15 Division 1-B at the start of the Cebu Youth Basketball League last weekend at the Ateneo de Cebu basketball courts along Mango Avenue.
The tournament, which is the passion project of Ateneo de Cebu athletic director and mediaman Rico Navarro, continues to help young basketball players get the needed exposure and experience as it is the fourth time that the CYBL has held a competition this year following the success of the CYBL Cup, the M.Lhuillier/CYBL Summer League and the M. Lhuillier Vis-Min Goodwill Games.
In this tournament, a total of 70 squads are competing across seven divisions.
In other results in the same division, the University of the Visayas (UV)-A beat Ateneo de Cebu 1, 46-33.
In the under-15 Division 2-A, Ateneo de Cebu 2 returned the favor and crushed UV-B while in the under-15 Division 2-B, Ateneo de Cebu 3 turned back the Abellano girls squad, 38-28.
In the under-10 B, UV creamed Ateneo de Cebu, 34-11 while in the under 12 Division 1, Ateneo de Cebu edged UV, 45-44.
Finally in the under 18 Division 1, the University of San Carlos (USC) B Warriors routed the Ateneo de Cebu, 83-34 while Ateneo de Cebu’s Passerelle squad squeaked past Abellana, 49-47, in Division 2-A action.