Green Lancers on a roll in Cesafi Partner’s Cup

Jancork Cabahug of the UV Green Lancers drives for a layup against the SWU Cobras during their Cesafi Partner’s Cup 2018 match at the Cebu Coliseum yesterday.
CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON

THE University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers remain unbeaten as they won their third game in the Cesafi Partner’s Cup 2018 against the Southwestern University (SWU)-Phinma Cobras, 87-59, yesterday night at the Cebu Coliseum.

Both teams employed tight defense that it took three minutes into the ballgame before the scoring got started. The first quarter ended with UV just having a slim lead, 13-12.

In the second quarter, the SWU-Phinma wrested the upperhand on a 16-8 run and went into halftime with a 40-27 advantage.

The game continued to be heated in the second half as the Lancers regained the lead on an 8-2 run. A commotion then occurred following a collision between both teams’ centers which saw SWU-Phinma’s Edmundo Bayhonan committing an unsportsmanlike foul against Lancers’ import Lassina Coulibaly.

The Lancers then had a 62-41 advantage going into the final canto.

However, the Cobras lost fire in the final canto allowing the Green Lancers a 24-16 run littered with three treys from Josue Segumpan.

The loss dropped the Cobras to a 1-3 win-loss record.

In the secondary division, the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Casino Active defeated the Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildkittens, 89-81.

USJ-R’s Niño Paras and Kendrick Abarquez both had 16 points while Terio Glodove of CIT-U had 18 points.

The USJ-R now holds a 2-2 record while the CIT-U is suffering with 0-3.

In the other game, UV Baby Lancers crushed Cebu Eastern College (CEC) Dragons, 91-62.

Topscoring for UV victory is Joshua Yerro with 19 points while Ivan Ares of CEC saw his 22 points go to naught.

UV Baby Lancers now have a 3-1 record while CEC totes 1-3. /Correspondent Ray Charlie Diaz.