SANTA ROSA Laguna downed Batang Kankaloo-Caloocan, 72-64, Thursday night to get back on track in the Manila Bankers Life-Pilipinas Super League Pro Division Second Conference Dumper Cup at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando City.
Jeramer Cabanag had 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Lions, while John Nermal chipped in 18 points, nine rebounds and one assist.
The win allowed Santa Rosa to bounce back from a 61-85 loss to Pampanga Royce Hotel last Saturday and improved to 9-3 won-lost for fourth place.
The Koolers, coming off back-to-back wins that included a 125-102 drubbing of 1Munti also last Saturday, fell to 9-4 in the league presented by Dumper party-list, Winzir, and Skin Care Depot, co-presented by SCD Cosmetics and supported by NET 25, Adcon, Wcube Solutions Inc., MDC, Unisol, Don Benitos, and Finn Cotton, with Philippine Basketball Association and Gilas Pilipinas great Marc Pingris serving as commissioner.
In the other game, Marcy Arellano notched the conferenceās first triple-double of 12 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists as Manila tripped San Pedro Laguna-ARS, 112-105, to improve to 7-6.
Macky Acosta led the Citystars with 29 points and 18 rebounds, while Clark Bautista (21), Rence Alcoriza (18), Jason Mancao (11) and Levi Dela Cruz (11) also did their part in scoring.
The Warriors slumped to 2-11.
Gabby Espinas was the lone bright spot for Caloocan with 14 points.
Eduard Doroteo paced San Pedro with 32 points and five rebounds, while Danny Diocampo added 17 points.
Jan Formento, Charles Collano, Erwin Tangunan, and Wowie Kadir also got 14, 13, 12, and 10 points, respectively, for the Warriors.