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Namfrel/Proa still undefeated
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Posted on Sep 03 2011
By Roselyn Monroyo
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Namfrel/Marianas Health Services Proa kept its unbeaten record, following an 80-61 rout of MDX/Blue Haus in the UFO Inter-Organization Basketball Friendship League Bud Cup 2011 on Thursday night at the TSL Sports Complex.
The victory was the fourth in as many games for Proa and it came as early in the first quarter when coach Rufino Aguon’s wards led by double digits and stretched the advantage to as much as 26 in the third period.
Jack Lizama gave Proa a strong start, scoring the team’s first six points. He went to finish the opening canto with 12 points, while Pete Iguel had nine, as Proa took a 13-point lead, 23-10.
MDX was held to four field goals in the first period with Alex Lauron making three of them.
In the second quarter, Aguon turned to his bench and even his second and third stringers outgunned MDX to pad Proa’s lead to 19 at halftime, 45-26. Joshua Sablan came off the bench with two triples, while Kovin Ogumoro and Keoni Chariton had one trey each.
Proa’s starting five returned in the second half and Iguel began the third period with five straight points and scored six more for a big 66-40 advantage.
MDX found itself in a much deeper hole in the third quarter, as it scored only 14 points, just three markers more than Iguel’s total production in that period alone. Again, only Lauron hit more than two field goals for MDX in the third canto.
Proa’s first five sat out in the entire fourth quarter, leaving its bench players the opportunity to finish the one-sided game.
Iguel still top-scored for Proa with 20 despite missing the fourth-quarter action while Lizama chipped in 13. Five other Proa players scored at least five points each.
Lauron paced MDX with 20 markers, while Dexter Tenorio contributed 15, but most of them came when the game was already decided. MDX has yet to win after five matches, while Proa is the lone unbeaten team in the eight-squad field.
Proa 80 – Iguel 20, Lizama 13, Sablan 9, Chariton 9, Barcinas 8, Valdez 6, Ogumoro 5, Mendiola 2, Johnson 2.
MDX 61 – Lauron 20, Tenorio 15, Palacios 8, Babauta 8, Z. Diaz 4, Johanes 4, Lisua 2.
Scoring by quarters: 23-10, 45-26, 66-40, 80-61.
