Wings Travel hands Inchcape first loss

Wings Travel snapped Inchape’s winning run in the 2011 Blue Haus Invitational Basketball League after notching an 80-68 victory on Saturday night at the Gualo Rai Basketball Court.

Wings Travel improved to a 3-2 record in Pool A for second place behind Inchcape, which still leads the seven-team field despite absorbing its first loss in five games.

Inchcape failed to extend its winning streak to five when it scored only 10 points in the opening quarter and played catch up most of the way.

In contrast, Adonis Macoto and Noel Delos Santos gave Wings Travel a good start, combining for 10 markers in the first period to lift their team to a 19-10 advantage.

Wings Travel’s stretched the lead to double digits in the second period, as other players stepped up. Then the advantaged ballooned to as high as 24 points in the third quarter, as Cisco Cruz muscled his way in the paint and hit nine of his 12 points in that period.

Inchcape made one final rally in the fourth quarter behind the hot-shooting of Gilbert Miranda and managed to move within 10 on two occasions. However, baskets from Mike Cruz and Nate Mateo and four free throws in the homestretch saved the day for Wings Travel.

Mateo top-scored for Wings Travel with 14 points, while Macoto and Cruz added 13 and 12, respectively.
[B] FGC/Fong’s Bakery 83, N.V.M. 67[/B]

In Friday’s curtain-raiser, FGC/Fong’s Bakery routed N.V.M., 83-67.

Anjo Ferrer and Jason Bahillo teamed up in FGC/Fong’s Bakery’s 16-point victory in the Pool B game, firing 21 and 18 points, respectively.

N.V.M. had a slim lid at the break, 28-27, and lost it when FGC/Fong’s Bakery outgunned the former in the third period, 30-15. Ferrer and Bahillo led the rally, hitting two triples each and giving FGC/Fong’s Bakery a 57-43 lead, entering the final canto.

FGC/Fong’s Bakery never looked back from thereon.
[B] Fresco Saipan 84, Cell Pro 62[/B]

In Pool C, Fresco Saipan also had an easy win, whipping Cell Pro, 84-62.

A 23-11 start was all it took for Fresco Saipan to keep its unbeaten record in five games. Cell Pro dropped to a 1-2 card.

Ichitaro Faisao paced Fresco Saipan with 20 points, while Mike Ecleva and Angelo Hernaez chipped in 14 apiece.

After leading by 12 in the first period, Fresco Saipan broke the game wide open in the second canto, as it held Cell Pro to five points for a huge 46-16 advantage.

First Game

FGC/Fong’s Bakery 83[/B] – Ferrer 21, Bahillo 18, Cadag 11, Rollon 9, Danipog 8, Guerrero 6, Tenepere 2, Sevilla 2, Faustino 2.
[B] N.V.M. 67 [/B]– Catalla 16, Jr. Mina 16, Metran 11, Montano 8, Benavente 5, Ortiz 3, Rabauliman 2.
[B] Scoring by quarters:[/B] 16-11, 27-28, 51-43, 83-67.

Fresco Saipan 84[/B] – Faisao 20, Eclevia 14, Hernaez 14, Camacho 8, Concepcion 4, Santos 4, Cabanas 3, Chen 3.

Wings Travel 80[/B] – Mateo 14, Macoto 13, C. Cruz 12, Saturno 10, Yalung 7, M. Cruz 6, Verano 2.
[B] Inchcape 68[/B] – Miranda 20, Bugay 13, Del Rosario 6, Marchadesh 6, Buniag 4, Guinto 4, Buenabajo 2.
[B] Scoring by quarters: [/B]19-10, 40-21, 62-39, 80-68.