TEAM PURA earned for itself a spot in the national finals of the Talk ‘N Text Tatluhan 2015 after claiming the Cebu leg title with an 18-14 come-from-behind win over the San Remegio Beach Club in the finals last Saturday at the Cebu City Sports Institute.
Team Pura, a team composed of Jair Igna, Lucky Ecarma, Carlo Ortega and Errol Pastor, earned the cash prize of P10,000 and a trip to the nationals to be held at the Harrison Plaza on June 13 and 14.Both protagonists swept their respective groups in the classification phase to book an encounter in the finals.
There, San Remegio, which was comprised of University of the Visayas standouts Jun Manzo, Theo Flores, Dominic Morre and Orlan Wamar, had the inside track on the Cebu title as it raced off to a 9-0 lead after consecutive triples by Manzo and Wamar.
But Team Pura kept its composure and retaliated with a huge 15-1 run capped by shots from Igna and Ecarma.
San Remegio tried to rally and pulled to 14-16 after a basket by Manzo but Team Pura hacked out the hard-earned victory with two free throws from Igna.
San Remegio got P3,000 for placing in second. Third place honors went the way of the Abellana National School which won P2,000.
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