Globalport-MisOr dealt Basilan BRT its fifth-straight defeat, 68-65, to take the solo first lead in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Mindanao Challenge on Friday at the Pagadian City Gymnasium in Zamboanga del Sur.
A couple of split charities from JC Luciano and Nikko Panganiban gave the Peace Riders a two-point lead with 3:39 left in the game, 63-61. But Reil Cervantes and Joseph Nalos retaliated with five straight points—a triple and a layup, respectively—to bring the lead back to the Valientes, 66-63.
Luciano then made another bucket with 2:15 to go but that was Basilan’s last field goal to give MisOr its fourth victory in four days.
“My players are already tired, playing for the fourth-straight day but I told them to push more … to the limit,” Valientes head coach Vis Valencia said.
MisOr rose to the top alone on a 6-3 won-lost card, while the Peace Riders slipped to 3-5 to share fifth place with Pagadian.
Joel Lee Yu led the Valientes anew with 19 points on a 9-of-14 shooting while Cervantes chipped in 12 points.
Jason Ballesteros tallied six blocks alongside four points and 14 rebounds to earn the Chooks-to-Go Manok ng Bayan player of the game honors together with Lee Yu.
Panganiban had 14 points and five rebounds for the Peace Riders, while Med Salim got 12 points.
Darwin Lunor scored double digits for the first time this conference with 12 points to go with three rebounds.
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