Blowout win for Corrections; PTI leads power outage-halted match

Department of Corrections routed the Commonwealth Ports Authority, 96-65, while PTI was headed to a similar win, leading the Department of Public Works/Procurement & Supply, 78-63, in the second game in the Inaugural PTI Inter-Government/Business Basketball League when the power went off Monday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.

Corrections drew 20-plus points from two players to cruise to a 31-point triumph against a depleted CPA crew.

Luis Iguel led all scorers with 27 points, while Jeffrey Quitugua added 26, as the Corrections held CPA to seven points in the third period to turn a 46-42 halftime advantage to a 62-49 lead at the end of the third period.

Quitugua and Iguel fired up Correction’s scoring in the first half, hitting 16 and 15 markers, respectively, while Gregorio Blas paced the team’s breakaway in the third period. Blas made eight of his 13 points in the third quarter.

Iguel and Quitugua picked up where Blas left off in the fourth canto to hand CPA its third straight loss.

In the second game, PTI recovered from a slow start to lead DPW/P&S by 15 and boost its chances to claim win No. 9

PTI’s bid to improve to a 9-1 record and bounce back from an 87-82 loss to NMC, had to wait another day when a power outage hit the gym with less than three minutes left in the match.

DPW/P&S controlled the game in the first half behind Edgar Pangelinan’s triples. He made two triples in the first period, which ended with DPW ahead by five, 16-11. PTI played without scorers Elmer Esdrelon ad Ryan Sanciango in the first quarter.

Pangelinan added four triples in the second period to keep DPW in the driver’s seat, 39-34.

But DPW collapsed in the third period, as Esdrelon and Sanciangco suited up for PTI and big men Kelvin Fitial and Edsel Mendoza began to dominate the paint.

At the end of the third period, PTI was already on top, 65-58 and led by as much as 15, before the game was suspended due to a power outage.

Fitial has scored 16 points for PTI, while Mendoza and Esdrelon tossed in 14 apiece. Sanciangco had contributed 11. Pangelinan was pacing DPW with 40 points when the match was called off. He has made 11 triples.

Corrections 96 – Iguel 27, Quitugua 26, Blas 13, Kwon 9, Itibus 6, Joab 6, Mendiola 5, Mendez 4.

CPA 65 – Camacho 20, Pedro 18, Tarkong 10, Borja 9, Choay 8.

Scoring by quarters: 26-21, 46-42, 62-49, 96-65. [B][I](Roselyn B. Monroyo)[/I][/B]