Diamond shines, Quichocho upsets Ol’Aces

Diamond Auto Care and Quichocho Law Office showed poise in the fourth quarter to outclass separate foes in the 2008-2009 BANMI/Budweiser Basketball League Wednesday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.

Diamond dropped a 14-4 bomb in more than five minutes in the fourth quarter to thwart the Runnin’ Rebels, 81-74, in the second game. In the curtain raiser, Quichocho outgunned the Ol’Aces in the stretch to nail a 91-82 triumph.

The Runnin’ Rebels were still ahead by a hair, 65-64, with 6:18 left in the fourth quarter, when Diamond worked its way back into the game.

Elmer Esdrelon, Errol Peredo and Dick Brostrom scored in succession, while Jawn Joyner drilled four straight points to give Diamond a 75-65 lead, with 3:45 left in the game.

Jose Tumaquip broke the Runnin’ Rebels’ silence with a long jumper, but Errol Peredo countered with a triple to keep Diamond’s double digit lead, 78-67, going into the last three minutes of the match.

The Runnin’ Rebels scored one more basket on a Sylvan Teregeyo layup, but went cold again for more than a minute before Bob Coldeen Jr. canned a triple, with 36 seconds of the game and with Diamond safely ahead, 80-72.

Esdrelon scored 17 points for Diamond, which improved to a 5-5 record for solo fourth place in the team standings.

The Runnin’ Rebels are still in the cellar with a 2-9 slate.

In the first game, Quichocho recovered from a 14-26 first quarter deficit, as Sonny Lerio waxed hot from downtown in the next three quarters to lift the team to come-from-behind win.

Lerio fired eight triples, including two in the fourth quarter. He nailed nine of Quichocho’s 22 points in the payoff canto.

Quichocho began its comeback in the second period, outscoring the Ol’ Aces 38-18, to turn a 14-26 deficit to a 52-45 halftime lead. Quichocho hung on to the lead in the third period, 69-65, as Lerio continued to make his outside shots and Bart Demapan also found his mark.

Lerio finished with a game-high 33 points for Quichocho, which ended the regular season with a 5-7 record.

The Ol’Aces dropped to a 6-4 mark.

[B]First Game

Quichocho 91[/B] – Lerio 33, Cadagat 16, Demapan 14, Mendoza 12, Itaas 6, Capalad 5, Tagle 4, Umali 2.
[B] Ol’Aces 82[/B] – Pelisaman 32, Rangamar 16, Renguul 16, Tudela 6, Iginoef 6, P. Camacho 4, Omar 2.

[B]Scoring by quarters:[/B] 14-26, 52-45, 69-65, 91-82.

[B]Second Game

Diamond 81[/B] – Esdrelon 17, Muleta 14, Berline 10, Joyner 9, Peredo 7, Camacho 7, Brostrom 4, Dayrit 2, Talania 2, Fernandez 2.

[B]Runnin’ Rebels 74[/B] – Teregeyo 16, Norita 15, Tumaquip 13, L. Rangamar 10, Coldeen 10, Kenty 6, Iguel 2, Ogumoro 2.
[B] Scoring by quarters:[/B] 24-19, 41-46, 61-60, 81-74.