PCGS dislodges CIC that kicks SIPS out at 14-under

BANILAD TOWN CENTRE, Cebu City (21 August 2011, 2000H) — Full-court press raised Philippine Christian Gospel School (PCGS) to the top grabbing away from Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion (CIC) the advantage position at 14-under as the eliminations of the 3rd BTC Cup ended here today.

Dustin Philip Yao hit a mark from beyond the arc as he orchestrated a high-pressured game for PCGS Blue Lions’ Team B that made the knees of the CIC Blue Angels tremble in the last two minutes of their battle the ended at 6-4.

But little would Maico Montecillo realize that the last yet near-desperate goal he made for the Blue Angels lifted the team from obscurity and remain to play in the playoff on Aug. 27, dislodging San Isidro Parish School (SIPS) Tamaraws’ Team A.

As PCGS-B and CIC finished in a triple tie under Division B with SIPS-A having an identical 5-1 win-loss card, a computation of their quotient score placed PCGS-B at the No. 1 spot with 1.06, followed by CIC with 1.00, while SIPS-A had 0.95.

The quotient in a triple tie is computed by adding the sum of scores a team made against the two opponents in their triangle, then divided by the total scores the two opponents made against the same team, explained Edwin de Jacto, head of Cebu Basketball Referees Association (CeBRA) that officiated the games.

SACS Eagles pointsmaker Ian Renz Singculan.

If Montecillo missed the team’s last goal, CIC’s quotient would have dropped to 0.93 and the boys of coach Frankie Lastimoso would have kissed their playoff dreams goodbye and make SIPS-A keep the second spot.

CIC will now challenge and try to beat St. Alphonsus Catholic School (SACS) Eagles led by Ian Renz Singculan (in photo at right) twice in a crossover twice-to-beat playoff.

Division A No. 2, the Tamaraws’ Team B, will try to beat the PCGS Blue Lions twice on Saturday in their crossover match in the tournament presented by Thirsty, Dimsum Break and Nike Athletic Club.

Hero

Meanwhile, non-bearing games provided playoff-like excitement today when Benedicto College edged PAREF Springdale School – Team B, 5-4, with Yamomo emerging as hero for the Mandaue-based institution.

Yamomo evened the game at 4-all with a goal made at the buzzer that fetched a foul from the Titans’ Amiel Villegas, and further converted his charity that erased all the points last year’s 12-under MVP finalist Jay Sainz produced for the PAREF-run institution.

Springdale’s Team A also suffered a loss in the hands of what was a win-less Centre for International Education (CIE) Team B, 3-7, with Ang and Cambal banging in three points each for the Lions in the series backed by Robinson’s Supermarket and Cherifer PGM 10-22 “Tangkad Sagad” Growth Vitamins.

Cambal also fired two missiles from beyond the arc and two more goals in their encountered with University of Southern Philippines (USP) after but these were not enough to answer seven rapid fires coming from Perez for the Junior Panthers that won the game, 10-8.

CIE Lions’ Team A also stumbled against Team A of the PCGS Blue Lions with White firing a 2-point bomb and two separate goals that diminished the two separate 2-pointers Abad made for CIE.

The 3rd BTC Cup came to be because of the support of Nature Spring, Holy Kettle Corn, Tutoring Club, and Optical Adult & Child, distributor of Lacoste, Oakley, Tag Heuer, Giordano, Levi’s and Silhouette sunglasses.

UV survives do-or-die vs SACS, as CIE gets lucky again at 16-under

BANILAD TOWN CENTRE, Cebu City (21 August 2011, 1800H / UPDATED: 22 August 2011, 1700H) — University of the Visayas (UV) survived yesterday a heart-stopping do-or-die match here against St. Alphonsus Catholic School (SACS) to earn the needed ticket to the playoff at 16-under in the 3rd BTC Cup.

Centre for International Education (CIE) joined UV to complete the 16-under playoff cast with the San Isidro Parish School (SIPS) and Philippine Christian Gospel School (PCGS).

Meanwhile, PCGS coach Jason Velez called the attention of the organizers for news reports that his team bowed to CCS-B. A review on Aug. 22 noted an error in the official score sheet for which Edwin de Jacto, head of the Cebu Basketball Referees Association (CeBRA), promptly apologized. This report has been updated accordingly.

Lucky circumstances went in the way of  CIE Team B in the final weekend of elimination games of the league presented by Thirsty, Dimsum Break and Nike.

On the other hand, SACS must have had double misfortunes today with its Team B losing to UV, 5-7, in Division A, while its Team A got dislodged in Division C when CIE Team B got the credit by default as St. Paul Learning Center (SPLC)-B failed to complete its line-up for their match.

As both finished the elimination round with a 4-1 record, the CIE Lions prevailed over the Alphonsians having defeated the latter last Aug. 13, a second stroke of luck for the boys of coach Arnold Sy after a tossed-coin win yesterday against Formation School & Kiddies Learning Center (FS-KLC).

A 6-7 loss University of Southern Philippines (USP) suffered in the hands of FS-KLC may yet be a third stroke of luck for CIE-B. Had it been otherwise, USP’s Team B will have finished a similar 4-1 card and grabbed the playoff berth for having a higher quotient compared to SACS-A and CIE-B.

Jose Arba Bacasmas led FS-KLC with two bombs from beyond the arc, plus the charity he converted that broke the proverbial camel’s back, preventing a 3-minute extension of their game and subsequently frustrating the Junior Panthers last hope for the playoff.

Minced meat

The Lancers revolved their play on Shawn Vincent Opolentisima who lifted the team with five points in their see-saw battle with the Alphonsians towards the dying seconds of the game in Division A.

Mark Joseph Basea eventually sealed the win from the free throw line that placed SACS-B out of contention in the series backed by Robinson’s Supermarket and Cherifer PGM 10-22 “Tangkad Sagad” Growth Vitamins from InterMed Marketing Philippines.

UV finished the eliminations with a 5-1 win-loss record, and SACS-B with 4-2, the same as St. Louis College Cebu (SLCC) Alpha that bowed to USP’s Team, 13-14, with Reynes pouring in eight points for the Junior Panthers.

In a non-bearing game in Division B, SLCC Bravo crushed CIE-A, 8-3, with Mayol playing like it was the playoff scoring four points, while Cebu Bradford School (CBS) edged Sacred Heart School (SHS) Ateneo de Cebu-B, 5-4, with low post scoring by Las Pinas, plus two goals by Ivan Dick Sebastian.

The Magis Eagles bounced back after by trouncing Word International Ministries (WIM), 14-9, with Josef Gatchalian shooting 6 points with four more by Alan Choachoy and another three by Alphonsus Doyon.

In Division A, Ace Gocuan and Paolo Baltazar of PAREF Springdale School – Team A made minced meat out of Benedicto College, 9-2, producing back-to-back five and four points that belittled the effects of a lone missile Yap fired from beyond the arc for Mandaue-based team.

The 3rd BTC Cup is organized with the support of Nature Spring, Holy Kettle Corn, Tutoring Club, and Optical Adult & Child, distributor of Lacoste, Oakley, Tag Heuer, Giordano, Levi’s and Silhouette sunglasses.